Hello Snake Forum

Palor · 02-22-10, 08:22 PM

I found this forum through google. A sad post about the snake I am researching popped up (RIP Limon).

I have been working with reptiles for about 25 years and I saw a snake I had never seen before at my local place, Giant Chinese Green Snake (Cyclophiops major) was the snake. I am hooked. The animal was easy going, and calm despite being a WC snake.

So I came here to pick all your brains for care info on Giant Chinese Green Snake (Cyclophiops major).

So before I ramble forever. I have a few pet snakes at the moment, a Brazilian Rainbow Boa, and a Red Tail Boa of an unknown species/local/morph. Mostly I work with breeding various species of geckos and lizards.

Thanks for reading

infernalis · 02-23-10, 05:34 AM

Welcome to the forum.

Thanks for your kind words about Limon, he was very special to me.

When I first got him, I knew absolutely nothing about him, we learned from each other.

First things first, ALL specimens are wild caught animals, therefore the first steps to success are to....

1. Check your animal over carefully for snake mites upon arrival, do not introduce into a collection right away.

2. get a stool sample to your local herp vet for parasite testing.

3. they are mostly arboreal, so a tall cage with a tree or fake vines is essential if you want your snake to thrive!!! (Very very important)

4. their natural habitat is Asian rain forest, so they require some good humidity, I misted my cage daily, and it has very little airflow, enough to keep the air from going stale, but NO screen (I drilled small holes in the wood, other than that it was almost sealed)

5. The only food item I could ever get mine to eat was the common night crawler, Limon would eat from 2-4 large night crawlers DAILY.
Insects and pinkie mice were a waste of time, even scented, he would not even touch them.

6. Keep the cage a uniform 85-95 degrees, DO NOT USE A BASKING LAMP!! your snake will wrap around the bulb and get severely burned!!!!!!
I used a large heat rock on the bottom of the cage buried in soil to keep the cage warm, UTH would be ideal also.

7. for our cage I used a 12 volt LED lamp, it illuminated the cage well, produced no heat and could never shock my snake with electricity.

8. Keep the water bowl changed and filled with fresh water at all times.

9. repti bark or clean earth soil are the most ideal substrates to use, aspen or coconut fiber will stick to the worms and get ingested by your snake.

10. this species is very tolerant of handling ,at least mine was, there may be exceptions.

Feel free to contact me at any time, send me a PM and I will give you my phone numbers if needed.

infernalis · 02-23-10, 09:15 AM

I only wish I had the money to get another one while they are available...

Scrub that I want a breeding pair!

Feebo · 02-23-10, 09:32 AM

Welcome to the forum

Ooooh yes those are really nice ! I must resist though lol

I think you`ll like it here, I`m quite new here and I`ve found it to be a very friendly and helpful forum, really nice atmosphere going on here

marvelfreak · 02-23-10, 02:25 PM

Hello and welcome! Love to see some picks of your rainbow and RTB. Infernalis sweet pics. That last one is wicked. That the kind of pics iam trying to get people to post in my head shot thread.

Palor · 02-23-10, 12:11 PM

Thanks for the welcomes

Infernalis thank you for the extra information

I am trying to compile enough info to start breeding these guys. I think we need more CBB animals in the hobby. The more research the more I am sure I can breed them. They live in the same areas as another reptile I love, the flying gecko. I have been breeding flying geckos for a few years now with great success.

The green snake project is a year or so off at least, I need to get cages, plant them and have everything going before getting, rehabbing and pampering the snakes.

Is there a reliable person who sells them anywhere? I hate dealing with most importers.

Feebo · 02-23-10, 02:53 PM

What kind exactly Marveldude? I might have some for you....

marvelfreak · 02-23-10, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Feebo

What kind exactly Marveldude? I might have some for you....

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/gener...ead-shots.html Oh i know you do. You have a real sweet one of your new hognose that gave me the idea. I thought how cool it be to have a thread of this kinds of head shots. Just about everyone on here got some so let's see them.

Hillsberry · 02-23-10, 05:19 PM

Hey!!! Welcome!!!! Cant wait to see some pictures of your snakes!!! See you around.:P

Palor · 02-24-10, 01:21 AM

Thanks for the welcomes.

Infernalis,
Thank you for the extra information. I really hope I can get this wonderful snake to breed in captivity. I wondering if you knew if anyone tried to feed slugs?

infernalis · 02-24-10, 10:01 AM

He turned them down.

When we first got Limon, no one on the planet could tell me what this species ate, I tried every know food item one could imagine, and big juicy night crawlers were all he would eat.

Miss Information said feed crickets, yeah right, he ignored them.

Worms are an excellent source of proteins, so we just sprinkled a little repti cal (calcium supplement) on his worms once a week.

And I have not "met" anyone else who kept one alive for more than a few weeks.

shaunyboy · 02-26-10, 11:51 AM

hello and welcome palor.
those pictures are amazing infernalis.thats the first time ive seen a snake eating worms.my wife and i found it quite facinating.love the colour of the snake.
cheers shaun