I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien

bigsnakegirl785 · 01-07-16, 11:36 PM

They're so goofy-looking, they always crack me up, too. haha

I didn't think anyone would have been attempting to keep them in captivity, though.

Nightflight99 · 01-08-16, 01:03 AM

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I didn't think anyone would have been attempting to keep them in captivity, though.

They're specialized snakes, but they're not impossible to keep. One of my former co-workers did a lot of work with dipsadine snakes, and as long as you had access to snails, they were actually quite manageable. Very interesting animals!

bigsnakegirl785 · 01-08-16, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Nightflight99

They're specialized snakes, but they're not impossible to keep. One of my former co-workers did a lot of work with dipsadine snakes, and as long as you had access to snails, they were actually quite manageable. Very interesting animals!

Huh, that's really interesting, some of the most specialized snakes tend to be the more difficult ones to keep, even if their natural diet is replicated.

Handyhens · 01-08-16, 05:20 AM

Wow! I've seen pictures of these but never thought they were real!

Handyhens · 01-08-16, 05:21 AM

Cool! I've seen pictures of these but never thought they were real!

**Tsubaki** · 01-09-16, 05:49 AM

Incredible! They do look like aliens, and they eat aliens! This species really fascinates me, sadly only had the pleasure of seeing a single specimen once in captivity (in a local reptile zoo i volunteer at) it sadly died within a matter of weeks.

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Originally Posted by Nightflight99

They're specialized snakes, but they're not impossible to keep. One of my former co-workers did a lot of work with dipsadine snakes, and as long as you had access to snails, they were actually quite manageable. Very interesting animals!

May i ask what type of snail you are feeding? Could this species be fully fed (juvenile) Achatina fulica snails? I have read that even well eating specimens die after a couple of months when fed on 'wrong' species of snails. Is this even true? If so are the feeder snails missing some nutrient perhaps, fixable by giving the snails a different diet? If ever given an opportunity to keep one of these (Or any Dipsas) i will take it, but not if i can not find an appropriate food source for it.

Nightflight99 · 01-09-16, 11:16 AM

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May i ask what type of snail you are feeding? Could this species be fully fed (juvenile) Achatina fulica snails? I have read that even well eating specimens die after a couple of months when fed on 'wrong' species of snails. Is this even true? If so are the feeder snails missing some nutrient perhaps, fixable by giving the snails a different diet?

I don't know what species my colleague was feeding the dipsadine snakes that he was working with, but I do know that they were a local species (i.e., from Texas). His specimens were all long-term captives that seemed to thrive on that diet.