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Elenyve
11-14-16, 07:10 PM
This is Hyperion and Helios, my 2 males African house snakes. Personally i love these guys, really easy to take care, no aggressive behavior, they chill all the time when i handle them and don't grow too big. For me is the perfect snake for beginner. I just have some problem with Helios the young one as difficult to eat... but Hyperion the adult is a machine. Still want a female as they grow bigger. I thought they were really common but i don't see a lot of people sharing pictures so this is mine :)

http://i.imgur.com/0OOoE3P.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ppzw5oD.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/B9409t0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zp2dGBx.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2DHUARM.jpg

I don't have a lot of pictures of Helios as i don't handle him often because he still refuse food most of the time...
http://imgur.com/zp2dGBx
Minkness
11-14-16, 07:43 PM
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. =)
SWDK
11-14-16, 09:01 PM
I've always been interested in house snakes, but never owned one. Yours look very good.
Van
11-14-16, 09:35 PM
Beautiful snakes,I used to keep a lot of them,where I live in South Africa we get some rather large ones.But if you wanna add to your collection of house snakes,get yourself an aurora house snake,that to me is the most beautiful one! Enjoy them bud
EL Ziggy
11-14-16, 10:02 PM
Very nice critters. :)
MartinD
11-15-16, 04:00 AM
Beautiful snakes
Elenyve
11-15-16, 08:46 AM
Beautiful snakes,I used to keep a lot of them,where I live in South Africa we get some rather large ones.But if you wanna add to your collection of house snakes,get yourself an aurora house snake,that to me is the most beautiful one! Enjoy them bud

I try to find a Aurora as really beautiful but i live in Malta and it's really difficult to find species which are not Ball python, BC , BI and Cornsnake... I'm happy that the owner of the shop where i go breed House snakes himself :)

Anyway, thanks everybody, i think to open a thread with all my reptiles it will be easier
dannybgoode
11-15-16, 12:11 PM
Beautiful-I particularly like the darker one.
daisymaisy
11-17-16, 09:10 PM
They are so pretty! African house snakes are on my "I want someday" list. Yours are very nice.
Elenyve
11-18-16, 08:29 AM
Beautiful-I particularly like the darker one.

I love the contrast with the dark and the white belly
it remind me crocodile Candy...
Elenyve
11-18-16, 08:30 AM
They are so pretty! African house snakes are on my "I want someday" list. Yours are very nice.

Thanks :) they are one of my favorite snakes in my collection, at least they tolerate really well handling
Humble308
11-19-16, 10:04 AM
I love house snakes. I end up giving my little male housie to a friend as their first snake who didn't want the same old ball or corn. He loves him so far.

How is the feed response on your boys? Mine was always hungry and hit the mice pretty hard off the tongs :D
Elenyve
11-19-16, 01:56 PM
I love house snakes. I end up giving my little male housie to a friend as their first snake who didn't want the same old ball or corn. He loves him so far.

How is the feed response on your boys? Mine was always hungry and hit the mice pretty hard off the tongs :D


The young one still don't eat... all the setup is correct, the other eat like pig but this one, since 2 month, nothing. He seem afraid of it and i think he just have 1 meal before i took it so... i will probably try live food one day or forcefeeding (don't like it) with little part as even a pinky is a little bit big... I had to speak with some people used to breed them and like some baby cornsnakes, some are difficult to feed (my previous baby cornsnake refused to eat too but no problem with the adult)
RedTailRutiodon
02-26-17, 03:37 PM
Adorable little guys!
Captain837
02-27-17, 08:46 AM
African house snakes are one of the most prolific and easiest to breed species of snakes in the world. The ease of breeding is made up for by the difficulty in getting the babies to eat. The issue you are having is rather common.
I have seen a few people on this forum with them, hopefully one can chime in with suggestions. When i had mine many years ago i just assist fed mice tails until their feeding drive kicked in and they started eating on their own. There is probbably a better way these days.
TRD
02-27-17, 09:19 AM
Nice! Love the eyes, I have a thing for cateyes :)
Macropodus
02-28-17, 01:22 PM
I try to find a Aurora as really beautiful but i live in Malta and it's really difficult to find...

They are also difficult to find (and expensive) in USA. A pair just sold for USD $1,000 and that was the only 1 the dealer made available. Copy/paste this link: faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=611464

... difficulty in getting the babies to eat...

Did you mean difficulty in obtaining appropriately sized live rodents? Anybody seriously interested in breeding African House Snakes should also be seriously interested in having enough breeding colonies of mice to produce a steady supply of pinkies, preferably 1 day old pinkies. Have you had trouble getting hatchlings to eat those?
Primal Rage
02-28-17, 02:08 PM
I wonder who is getting that pair? :D Here are a couple pics of my sub adult female aurora.
Macropodus
02-28-17, 02:49 PM
Oh it's you? Congrats! Brilliant orange stripe on olive background. Did you get the male too? She looks similar to the olive colored African House Snakes we saw at an expo last weekend in Hamburg, PA, but of course those didn't have the telltale orange stripe. Will you be breeding her? breeding mice?
Primal Rage
02-28-17, 03:06 PM
Yes sir! No, I just got the pair. Hopefully the male will be breeding size in 2 years and can pair him with my current female. Auroras for what ever reason grow extremely slow. I think that my 1.2 trio will be one of the only unrelated groups of L.aurora outside of europe and south africa. The last time these were bred in the US was some time in the late nineties, maybe 2000. It will be a really neat project for sure. No I am not currently breeding mice however the guy I get my feeders from has both mouse and rats of every size. I will post some pics of the pair when they get here in a couple weeks!
Macropodus
02-28-17, 04:24 PM
cool! keep us updated. I wasn't aware that they were slow growers. Have you considered African Soft Furred pups for them? Many, including myself, have noticed faster growth rates amongst Ball Pythons fed ASF vs the standard Norwegian. Higher protein vs fat content. Also makes sense (at least to me) to feed an African prey item to an African reptile. Norwegian rats would seem to be an unnatural, foreign food item that they could only possibly encounter in captivity (captivity outside of Africa).
Primal Rage
02-28-17, 04:31 PM
Will do! ASF's are a no no here in Georgia. But I do agree with the rat vs mice nutrition idea! As soon as I can get my Honduran milks on rats they really take off growth wise! My female aurora would eat pieces of sliced raw chicken and tilapia when she was a hatchling. Now she turns her nose up at both but yes I love to use alternative food items when given the chance. I have a couple adult female hondos that will eat pieces of raw chicken and a female tri color hognose that loves it.
Macropodus
02-28-17, 04:42 PM
Live ASF's are prohibited in some states, frozen pinkies should be permitted anywhere.