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Posted by dan felice on May 19, 2002 at 19:49:56:
In Reply to: LMAO... posted by Fred Albury on May 19, 2002 at 12:02:11:
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: : : I have an opportunity to acquire a WC, light brown, 4 ft. "central american indigo." In reality, aside from a hefty parasite load, what can I expect to be the challenges of acclimating this animal? I've never worked with drymarchon before, but have had my share of WC malagasy hognoses and american rat snakes. All input is greatly appreciated.
: : : CJ
: : cj, my friends and i keep and breed lots of cribos and all of our adults were wc animals at one time. to tell you the truth, our experiences w/ them are not at all like what was described below. they are generally quite shy and retiring right from the get-go but if given adequate room and a snug hide box, you'll find he will accept you, learn the routine and adjust quite well rather quickly. they're pretty smart,....as far as food goes, offering live rat PUPS as a first meal is a good idea as you don't want him to be hooked on mice when he's 8' plus. just slip them under the hide box a couple days after his arrival and leave them in there. they'll disappear. you won't see your snake very much in the beginning [only gravid females thermoregulate] but eventually you'll catch him sneaking peeks at you and looking you over. these 'peeks' will soon become 'stares'. this means he's curious about you......and/or he's hungry. ;-] just give him 'his space' and go easy w/ the regime......he'll do the rest. feel free to email me if needed w/ any specific questions cj......and good luck w/ him! i don't think you'll find this to be too terrifying a project......da
: CJ,
: At this point, you must be saying"What the heck, two diffrent opinions?" What should I do. Well,I leave that choice to you.I have just given you MY insight into keeping Drymarchon and esp w/c cribos. I am very opinionated. And have been doing this for quite a while. I to have "freinds"(lol roflmao) that have been doing it for a while also(Chuck Eliot,Travis,Doug Taylor) but my EXPERIENCE stems not from them, but from trial and error that I caused my self t go through. The choice is yours. Inocorporate some of what Dan was saying in his diatribe, and come to your OWN conclusions, which may be diffrent than either Dans or mine. And may be 100% right btw. Well, good luck.
: Fred Albury
: (Aztec Reptiles)
fred, sorry dude, but i gotta call you on this one. you couldn't be MORE wrong here! #1, you don't breed cribos [do you have any at all?], doug does not breed or own any cribos, i know chuck never conveyed any of these 'ideas' to you and who is travis? all of which leads me to ask, what are you basing these ridiculous and outmoded claims on?.......seems to me you are merely parroting the old familiar 'party line'...... on the other hand, i actually DO breed cribos, have been breeding cribos for years and currently own 8 very ltc, rather large, wc adults [diff. subs.], 2 yearling holdbacks and 24 eggs at the time of this writing. i'm pretty sure i KNOW what i'm talking about. getting my drift fred? you seem to shoot entirely too much from the hip in this and other forums i've noticed over the years in your 'ardor' to be heard and i've kept my mouth shut......but not not today. you couldn't have been more wrong here if you tried. the ACTUAL truth of the matter is that cribos, even wc's, are usually quite tractable, docile and ANYTHING but the high strung captives you described them as, when PROPERPLY kept. ie- don't overheat them fredo!..... they are in fact, indigos, same snake, same exact 'lap' snake as a matter of fact only different locale so slightly different requirements ......and they only get even better w/ time and a little effort. if you want to gain actual first hand knowedge of these remarkable animals fred, you gotta work w/ them awhile [as in years].....mere 'pontification' just don't cut it anymore dude. you wanna spew the news, you gotta pay your dues. that's just the way it is. ps- we have lots of 02 babies still coming. i probably can get you a deal fred........;-]
