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02-23-16, 12:29 AM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
As adults they will grow to on average about 1m (3feet) in length, although I have had a female at 1,2m in length. At this size they will readily take a small rat. I have been on a callout and caught a 1m female with an adult (Large) rat inside her.
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02-23-16, 03:06 AM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
They're very nice snakes!
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03-01-16, 09:02 PM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
Any eggs yet? Hope all is well!
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03-01-16, 09:28 PM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
These snakes are gorgeous. Never even heard of them until seeing your post. What are their temperaments like?
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03-02-16, 12:55 AM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
As babies these snakes are nervous and will after thrash violently, this is however a defence mechanism. very few of them bite, but as babies some can be a bit nippy. In more than 12 years of keeping this species, I have only had 3 that bite.
Out of about 10 wild caught specimens, I have only had 1 bite me.
The gravid female has not dropped any eggs yet, 3 weeks after what I thought was a pre-lay shed. She still however does look gravid, and does not seem to be egg bound. If she goes into the Blue Stage in the next week or so, then the shed I thought was a pre-lay shed, was actually a mid-term shed.
Updated Pic from this Monday past.
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03-02-16, 02:51 AM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
Hope you get lots of stunning hatchies! Beautiful snakes by the way!
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03-02-16, 02:15 PM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
Wow, she sure is a beauty. I'm on egg watch with you in spirit! Many thanks for the update. Nature sure does take its own sweet time sometimes!
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Corn snake 0.1 butter motley, Cleo
Cape African house snake 1.0 normal, Clyde
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03-04-16, 06:37 AM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
200% correct, nature has her own set of rules.
I checked on Mom last night, and she is back in the blue.
This is definitely the pre-lay shed, so I reckon eggs by about the 25th of March.
I will keep the post updated.
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03-04-16, 09:48 AM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
Thanks. Ill keep checking in. That's about my birthday so pics of the eggs would be a long distance birthday happiness 
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Corn snake 0.1 butter motley, Cleo
Cape African house snake 1.0 normal, Clyde
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03-14-16, 01:44 AM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
An update.
She shed yesterday 13 March, so I expect eggs between 23 and 27 March.
Birthday Girl, I am holding thumbs for 25 March.
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03-14-16, 03:00 AM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
I can't wait to see it hatchies!
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03-24-16, 02:36 AM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
I finally found as photo of the wild caught Brown House Snake with a Jumbo sized Rat inside her. Humble308, this pic is for you.
She took 2 weeks before any signs of the meal stopped showing as a bulge inside her.
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03-24-16, 04:20 PM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
Quote:
Originally Posted by Frisky
I finally found as photo of the wild caught Brown House Snake with a Jumbo sized Rat inside her. Humble308, this pic is for you.
She took 2 weeks before any signs of the meal stopped showing as a bulge inside her. |
Holy smokes! A real time stament to the house snakes constricting strength! Or perhaps it was found dead already. It's a wonder she didn't split in half from such a big meal.
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03-25-16, 08:51 AM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
Oh my goodness! I'm not gonna try that at home. My little housie, Clyde is a whopping 25 grams and still eats mice pinkies.
Great pic Frisky. That's one amazing house snake.
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Corn snake 0.1 butter motley, Cleo
Cape African house snake 1.0 normal, Clyde
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03-28-16, 11:49 PM
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Re: My Brown House Snakes
Pound For Pound, they can out - constrict most Constrictors. In this case, she had been seen to track a live rat into a garage, and the people had heard the rat squeal. That is when they called me.
They are indeed, very powerful constrictors.
What amazed me is that even with being caught and transported home to an enclosure, she never regurged the meal.
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