If referring to the Shovelnose, many are wild-collected but some are captive-bred; hoping mine is among the latter but he's already fairly large for the species (they only get to about 15" max).It is a beauty. Are they bred in captivity? They stay small?
Many years I had A Colombian red-tail boa. I gave her away when I moved from Chicago. She liked to go to sleep wrapped around my arm.
I have always loved snakes, but I hated the mouse part. Since you updated that these will indeed eat roaches, I may have to look into this species. How common are they at reptile shows?The family grew again...
This is Halailah; she's a newborn (still has her umbilical scar even) Baja king snake. Originally planned on getting a Mexican Black king, but she was cheaper and, besides the cool stripe down her back, she's just as dark as one. Good chance she'll stay that way too.
Lampropeltis getula "nitida" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Common consensus is that these guys are just a very southern, very dark morph of California king snake (Lampropeltis getula californiae, "nitida phase"), but with just how dark they are I think the Baja is just a touch cooler.
Other new arrival: Cinder, a Colorado Desert/Resplendent Shovelnose snake.
Chionactis annulata by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
These guys are insect eaters (and the vendor said this one likes crickets, which means a new bug in the house too, for now), so they're more like feeding a mantid than the rest of the reptiles (including a far more often feeding schedule). I'm hoping I can coax him to eat the dubias I breed (one of their natural foods is roaches), or mealworms, but at least crickets aren't very expensive. He's not much of a handling animal though, very jumpy and sometimes likes to mock-strike, but once he settles he's cute.
Not very. They are very rarely bred in captivity, a lot are wild-caught (which I don't recommend), and they're not handling animals. Plus as small as they are, they get out of cages that aren't wholly secure rather easily.I have always loved snakes, but I hated the mouse part. Since you updated that these will indeed eat roaches, I may have to look into this species. How common are they at reptile shows?
Sorry, didn't see this.Nice pics of your snakes. What do you feed them? roaches? mice?
My mom would LOVE that! LolNearly all mine eat mice.
Do you feed them live mice? or dead ones? I saw a snake feeding vid where some snakes accept dead mice, but others don't eat them.Sorry, didn't see this.
The vast majority of snakes do not recognize insects as food. Nearly all mine eat mice.
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