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Thamnophis elegans tenerus.
Caged in MV2
29 July, then soon struck from there. Still
the mouse got away. Added another
mouse later, snake struck immediately,
but the mouse got away and the snake got
his mouth full of shavings.
30 July - Added a Sceloporus occidentalis.
Mouse still sneaten.
31 July - Mouse escaped. Snap trapped them
both overnight in Affie.
6 August - Sceloporus is gone, but snake
doesn't look any better. He has been getting
thinner and thinner.