The African Egg Eating Snake

shmotz666 · 02-17-04, 05:00 PM

does anyone keep or know what temprement the african egg eating snake has? any info much appreciated.

Lisa · 02-17-04, 06:30 PM

I don't know if jordan has one or not, but he does have an egg eating snake.

JD@reptiles · 02-17-04, 08:04 PM

Heya. Healthy egg eating snakes are whippy and will bite and act like a saw scaled viper. Even though they bite, it's a pretty useless defence considering they dont have any teeth, lol.

Cruciform · 02-17-04, 09:46 PM

Sounds interesting

Do you just feed them chicken eggs, or have some quail roosting?

JD@reptiles · 02-17-04, 10:17 PM

quail

eggbert · 02-18-04, 03:54 AM

I have a Southern Brown Egg Eater (Dasypeltis inornata) - there's a picture of him in my gallery. As far as temperament goes, it varies from snake to snake, as you might expect. My snake (Eggbert) is fairly feisty, and does a lot of huffing and puffing (hissing) when I first take him out. He doesn't do the "scale rasping" that some egg eaters are known for, and he's also never bitten. He calms down significantly after a couple minutes of handling, which is also the case with every other egg eater I've heard about.

Contact me (mlsinclair@hotmail.com) if you'd like some more specific info. I can also direct you to some UK people who may be able to help if you're interested in buying an egg eater. I think they're amazing snakes, and find them quite easy to care for, assuming you have a source for appropriately-sized eggs (which I can also provide you info. about). Hope this helps.

shmotz666 · 02-18-04, 04:30 AM

i am very interested in them. i am not sure about keeping one, although i am giving it alot of thought. how long do they grow? i am going to take a look at the photo you have of your egg eater. i will get in touch with you soon eggbert, i am going to florida in a few days you see.

eggbert · 02-18-04, 05:09 AM

They usually don't get much bigger than about 3', and are slender snakes. Eggbert is almost 2 years old and about as big around as a finger, and about 2' or so (he hasn't been measured lately, so this is a guess).

My name is Michelle, if I haven't mentioned that already. I realized that my name on here probably makes me sound like I'm male.

shmotz666 · 02-18-04, 05:37 AM

lol, i had thought that, but you cleared it up, so its all good.

JD@reptiles · 02-19-04, 12:08 AM

Yeah, they are AWSOME snakes if you can get a healthy one. or if you can make them healthy. heres a feeding pic of mine.

this is the east african version. unlike the normal african egg eating snake, this one has much more of a pattern.

shmotz666 · 02-19-04, 05:50 AM

that is such an awesome picture, where did you get yours and how much did you pay?

JD@reptiles · 02-19-04, 10:09 AM

i payed A LOT, about $140! lol. i got it at a reptile expo a while back. i couldn't resist! but its proving to be doing well.

shmotz666 · 02-19-04, 12:11 PM

how many times do you feed him in a week? lol i am making you post about the same sh*t in 2 threads, just keeping you on your toes JD!

JD@reptiles · 02-19-04, 11:14 PM

these snakes go on and off feeding. i just feed them as much as i can when they are feeding

dlucka · 04-25-04, 08:13 AM

I'm looking to get some of those snake for about a year now, does any one know where i can get those?

thank's