Dewie the giant green snake scared me today

[Reptile_Reptile]

i love this snake... nuff said

[TylerWortman]

This snake is sweet. How big will he grow? Where are they normally found?

He looks like an active little guy!

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by TylerWortman

This snake is sweet. How big will he grow? Where are they normally found?

He looks like an active little guy!

He is an adult male, about 3 feet long and very slender.

I had a female 2008-2009 and she was almost 4 feet and just a wee bit thicker.

They are (unfortunately) wild caught in the Chinese rain forest and exported.

Sad thing is so many people don't even know what to feed them, I did make it a point to tell both importers, and at least they now sell them with proper care info.

When I got "Limon" I was clueless as to what his requirements were, and at that time Cyclophiops Major was not something that Google could find and data on.

I had fun learning that snake, within a week I had him set up in a tall cage with a tree in it.

I tried every known snake food and the snake chose earth worms, They suck down night crawlers like spaghetti

Lately things are changing, and Google searches for Cyclophiops major show a lot of results leading to the forums I discuss the snakes on, so I meet a lot of new owners too. Sadly a lot of them wind up telling me the snake died after a few weeks..

They absolutely cannot be kept in any sort of standard colubrid or boid cage, The profile of the cage needs to be tall and have places to perch up off the ground.

One day I plan on closing in one corner of the reptile room like a closet, but with a glass door, so I can put a fairly big potted tree in it. That would be cool, then I'd like to have a mating pair.

[edens]

Originally Posted by infernalis

He is an adult male, about 3 feet long and very slender.

I had a female 2008-2009 and she was almost 4 feet and just a wee bit thicker.

They are (unfortunately) wild caught in the Chinese rain forest and exported.

Sad thing is so many people don't even know what to feed them, I did make it a point to tell both importers, and at least they now sell them with proper care info.

When I got "Limon" I was clueless as to what his requirements were, and at that time Cyclophiops Major was not something that Google could find and data on.

I had fun learning that snake, within a week I had him set up in a tall cage with a tree in it.

I tried every known snake food and the snake chose earth worms, They suck down night crawlers like spaghetti

Lately things are changing, and Google searches for Cyclophiops major show a lot of results leading to the forums I discuss the snakes on, so I meet a lot of new owners too. Sadly a lot of them wind up telling me the snake died after a few weeks..

They absolutely cannot be kept in any sort of standard colubrid or boid cage, The profile of the cage needs to be tall and have places to perch up off the ground.

One day I plan on closing in one corner of the reptile room like a closet, but with a glass door, so I can put a fairly big potted tree in it. That would be cool, then I'd like to have a mating pair.

i want a baby :-D

[Damion930]

He is a very nice looking snake I love that green I caught what I belive was a rough green snake in georgia or tenn can't remember wich that was green like that I have pix someplace ill have to see if I can find them

[edens]

well like you said i cant find much info on the internet and my municipal library is useless.... can you point me to a good place to find info on the snake, size, info on feeding, tank size temps humidity etc please?

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by edens

well like you said i cant find much info on the internet and my municipal library is useless.... can you point me to a good place to find info on the snake, size, info on feeding, tank size temps humidity etc please?

You are talking to him...

Size wise, they are around 3-4 feet max, slender and relatively calm.

They are like a large green ribbon snake (Garter snake that likes trees)

If you must buy a cage, obtain one that is for arboreal snakes. My home build cage is almost 6 feet tall, but I broke the glass. Dewie is still in the "substitute" cage, but he seems quite comfortable in it.

They are only "semi-arboreal" so make sure you have some ground space to move around on.

The ONLY food I have ever got this species to eat is fat night crawlers.

temps are not real critical, above 80 and below 100 is ideal, a tropical environment similar to the rain forest is what they like most.

Send me a PM and I can put you in touch with the 2 importers who get the nice specimens in.

[edens]

Originally Posted by infernalis

You are talking to him...

Size wise, they are around 3-4 feet max, slender and relatively calm.

They are like a large green ribbon snake (Garter snake that likes trees)

If you must buy a cage, obtain one that is for arboreal snakes. My home build cage is almost 6 feet tall, but I broke the glass. Dewie is still in the "substitute" cage, but he seems quite comfortable in it.

They are only "semi-arboreal" so make sure you have some ground space to move around on.

The ONLY food I have ever got this species to eat is fat night crawlers.

temps are not real critical, above 80 and below 100 is ideal, a tropical environment similar to the rain forest is what they like most.

Send me a PM and I can put you in touch with the 2 importers who get the nice specimens in.

i definetley will but i am not quite ready want to get everything in order first...somehow though, i think i wont be waiting all that long! would you recommend i build or get a ready-made? i saw on one of your posts that it was 5 feet high, but that the inside was only 3 feet high....its made 2 feet off the floor?

[infernalis]

The cage I built started out as a small table, I added sides, a back & framing along the front and a sheet of glass, it was coincidental that the floor of the cage was up off the floor, Don't start out with a table.

[edens]

i found this on the internet...what do you think?

One of the biggest misconceptions about ... arboreal snakes is that their enclosures should be very tall. With tall cages these snakes typically select the highest perch and their water bowls are usually located on the cage floor. Sometimes, the snake never comes down to drink and eventually suffers from dehydration. When snakes become active, they crawl horizontally through the trees -- not up and down the trunks of trees. Horizontal space is far more valuable than vertical space. A good general rule is that the snake should be able to comfortably reach the bottom of the enclosure from the highest perch. Even though these animals spend most of their lives in trees, they make good use of horizontal space. When active, they spend their time crawling through tree branches and occasionally move from one level to another.

would this be applicable to this type of snake? as well as floor space of course?

[infernalis]

That seems quite true. Like I said, He seems quite comfortable in the temp cage, it's about 2 feet tall, I ran a cross bar about 18 inches up off the floor, Dewie can reach into his worm bowl and water dish without coming down, sometimes he does just that.

Other times, I peek in and see him entirely on the floor of the cage.

[edens]

thanks :-)