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06-09-13, 08:26 AM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
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I bred the rough green snakes a few times, only ever handled to move them for cleaning, otherwise i let them get on with it, they were always a flighty snake if i tried handling, but if i left them to it were quite brave and inquisitive in their vivs.
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nice! how did u get on with breeding them? if i ever breed any snakes I'd probly choose them, assuming they arnt too fussy about it; then again i do like problem solving 
cant wait to own one or two, one day!
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06-09-13, 09:38 AM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
Hands down, the Madagascar Ground Boa!
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06-09-13, 09:42 AM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
Garter snakes. hands down. Inquisitive, active, diurnal, dynamic, and handsome.
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06-09-13, 09:49 AM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
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Is there a noticeable difference in temperament between these and the western kings?
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Mainly size, the eastern subspecies tend to get larger. Also, for some reason, CA kings just seem to have that "eat everything that touches me" attitude that I find annoying. Granted, not every CA king does this, and there are definitely other species that are capable of doing it; just seems in my experience, CA kings are the worst about it. But I do like the classic look of a black/white banded CA king.
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06-09-13, 11:46 AM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
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Hands down, the Madagascar Ground Boa!
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Someday, I WILL have one of those!!
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06-09-13, 02:57 PM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
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Hands down, the Madagascar Ground Boa!
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That looks too much like a dumeril's lol.
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06-09-13, 03:01 PM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
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Hands down, the Madagascar Ground Boa!
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 That's an awesome looking snake!!!
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06-09-13, 03:55 PM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
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nice! how did u get on with breeding them? if i ever breed any snakes I'd probly choose them, assuming they arnt too fussy about it; then again i do like problem solving
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They bred relatively easy once they were established, the problem people have is establishing them in the first place, as most available are wild caught, and people feed them cb crickets and locusts when they arrive, and it changes the bacteria in the gut flora too quickly and kills them, which is why people say they only survive 6 months in captivity. If you wean them onto captive bred crickets and locusts by starting them off on wild caught food, spiders being a favorite of theirs, but woodlice, flies, grass hoppers, earth worms etc, and the odd cricket and locust, and gradually adding more and reducing the rest of the stuff, you can slowly change over the bacteria levels and the gut flora doesn't change to quickly and kill them.
They also seem to do better in groups than on their own, they are braver and feel safer in numbers, i've found them to do much better when left well alone, barely handled, a lot of foliage and hiding places and sprayed twice a day with a good quality UV light, and i bred them a few times, and have kept a lot of wc adults successfully.
and interestingly i've never had a wc adult or baby try and bite to defend itself, just try to flee when being moved, but the cb babies, straight from the egg had character
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06-09-13, 04:48 PM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
As I don' t keep many snakes I keep only snakes I am interested in. I do really like Californian Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula californiae), the Redtailed green Ratsnake (Gonyosoma oxycephalum) and Barons racer (Philodryas baroni), but my all-time favorite is obviously the Tiger ratsnake (Spilotes pullatus) - a large, fast moving snake, highly active, very attractive and with an interesting behavior.
Here are some new pictures of my favorites... 
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06-09-13, 08:28 PM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
Common BCI. Big softies!
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06-09-13, 08:36 PM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
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Common BCI. Big softies!
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I concur 
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06-10-13, 11:43 AM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
My BCC's and BCI's. They are beautiful, mellow, easily handled, and happily pound f/t rats.
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06-10-13, 02:03 PM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
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06-10-13, 06:56 PM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
Stimsons pythons...
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06-10-13, 09:13 PM
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Re: What is your "favorite" snake species to own?
ppl.....show the Hognose some love !! i know there are hognose fans here somewhere , one of my favorite snakes tho i do not own one
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