Pseustes poecilonotus

[Jason_Hood]

Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

These are interesting. I'm not familiar with them. Can you post a little more information on them?

Spilotes or Tiger Rats are their closest relative in the hobby. They attain 7-9ft in length though I have yet to see one over 7ft personally. They are nest raiders in the wild hence the "birdsnake" name. In captivity the most difficult thing is getting them to take F/T prey. I offer them mice, rats, chicks, and quail and they do very well for me. They are also very easy to handle in captivity as long as you don't alarm them but even then they are all bluff. I have seen everything from jet black to black with yellow spots to purple to the colors I have posted here.

They all hatch out looking pretty much the same and under go about 4-5 different color changes as they mature until they reach their adult colors. They are mostly arboreal so they are thin bodied and lean and they have a very high metabolism. I have mine on a 7-10 feed schedule but they could go as fast as every 3-4 days with as fast as they poop. haha

Jason

[BarelyBreathing]

Originally Posted by Jason_Hood

Spilotes or Tiger Rats are their closest relative in the hobby. They attain 7-9ft in length though I have yet to see one over 7ft personally. They are nest raiders in the wild hence the "birdsnake" name. In captivity the most difficult thing is getting them to take F/T prey. I offer them mice, rats, chicks, and quail and they do very well for me. They are also very easy to handle in captivity as long as you don't alarm them but even then they are all bluff. I have seen everything from jet black to black with yellow spots to purple to the colors I have posted here.

They all hatch out looking pretty much the same and under go about 4-5 different color changes as they mature until they reach their adult colors. They are mostly arboreal so they are thin bodied and lean and they have a very high metabolism. I have mine on a 7-10 feed schedule but they could go as fast as every 3-4 days with as fast as they poop. haha

Jason

Thanks for the information. Would they do well on organically bred fertilized chicken eggs with a developed chick inside?

[Jason_Hood]

Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

Thanks for the information. Would they do well on organically bred fertilized chicken eggs with a developed chick inside?

Hahaha Well in Costa Rica they just call those chicken eggs and yes they do well!! My friends and I have been offering quail eggs and they love them. One of my friends took in a bunch (like 20) parrots and their eggs have all been fed to them as well.


I didn't mean to post both species together as it confuses people when introduced to 2 new species, sorry about that. You can see where I posted a new title above to start my new topic if any admins are able to split these that would be awesome.

Jason

[BarelyBreathing]

Originally Posted by Jason_Hood

Hahaha Well in Costa Rica they just call those chicken eggs and yes they do well!! My friends and I have been offering quail eggs and they love them. One of my friends took in a bunch (like 20) parrots and their eggs have all been fed to them as well.


I didn't mean to post both species together as it confuses people when introduced to 2 new species, sorry about that. You can see where I posted a new title above to start my new topic if any admins are able to split these that would be awesome.

Jason

That's good to know.