Sunbeam Snakes

[Minkness]

As I sit around thinking of future additions to my snake....er...collection... (kinda hate calling it that because I feel like that objectifies them...) I think long and hard about what I would truely like to own, and why.

Now, Sunbeams caught mybattention VERY early in my snake choosing history, and was almost my first sbake, except that after some research, I came to find out that pretty much all of them are wild caught and notoriously delicate. But, other than that I'm not very informed.

Now, some day, in the distant future, when I am a much more experienced keeper, I would actually like to try my hand at captive breeding these beauties. I figure that I would purchase about 10-20 of them and hopefully most survive to be part of a breeding program.

My plan is that all of them would be in tubs, not racks or display tanks. (So maybe a more realistic number is 5-10 lol). I would customize the tubs (which would be the longer tubs) so that 1/3 would be thwir water 'dish' (would use aquatic silicone and make a lip to hold the water in and make sure that it's about 4-6 inches deep) then the middle 1/3 would have moist moss, and the last 1/3rd would be sectioned off with more silicone and built all the way up to the top (probablyusing cut plastic or acrylic) woth a hole that the snake could go through. This would also have moistened moss, but, unlike the other 2/3 of the tub, the lid would be fully ventalated, allowing it to be more dry than the rest. I also plan on putting the UTh in this last 1/3 as their heat source.

Does this sound like a viable plan?

Also, I couldn't seem to determin what their natural diet is or what family they are part of. Boas, pythons, ect.

Again, this is a long time off, but it's something I love thinking about. So, if you have any expereince or inside on these beautiful animals, please let me know!