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Pseudoboa coronata - Captive experience thread
Well they are in the country, rehydrated and wormed and ready to collect. Set ups will be gotten ready tonight, and picking them up from my good friend Mr Castille tomorrow night.
I can find no information on these having been kept captive, apart from a couple of South American zoos, anywhere. So this is going to be quite the adventure, I just hope I am up to it.
As there is almost no information bar taxonomy grouping out there, I thought I would start this thread and keep it updated with my own experiences so that others can learn from them.
I will start with what I know about them so far:-
They are South American, and the Genus contains 5 other Species. All are rear-fanged venomous, and while very little is known about the venom, the bite of one species has been reported to be able to kill prey as large as a cat. They're very docile by nature, however I will be treating these as a would a hot as I really do not want to be the first person to describe just how bad a bite may be!!
Their geographic range should give me enough clues on how to set their vivs up. I will be aiming for 60% humidity (not that I measure it) and temps of 75° - 85°. Then see how they get on from there.
This will be achieved with live substrate plenty of ground cover in the form of cork bark, and a moist hide. Heating will be with a ceramic set up. I will post pics of the set ups later.
Thats about all I can say at the moment, if anyone does have any knowledge of experince with these, please share. In the mean-time wish me luck.
EDIT* Forgot to add that they seem to be primarily lizard and small snake feeders.
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