Re: Aesculapian Snakes...

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Posted by tmc on February 06, 2000 at 07:37:11:

In Reply to: Aesculapian Snakes...is anyone breeding them this year?? posted by ratman on February 05, 2000 at 16:28:07:

Aesculapian snakes are not terribly popular in the herp trade..even with the ratsnake enthusiasts there are only a handful of collectors that even have any. I've gotten several calls in the past year from people who have only one snake and are looking to match up with someone else's. Sometimes trades are possible if one person is willing to take a chance and send their animal to another person who will do the breeding setup then send the snake back later in the year after a clutch is obtained or a female is gravid. I personally have a magnificent, large Russian female and a beautiful Chinese twin-spot female that are on lone to me from my good friend Dave Powell. Between the two of us we should have some pretty neat offspring of Eurasian rats by next fall.

My situation with the Aesculapian snakes is that my female is getting pretty old..she is about nine years..and my male is very young just turned two. I have a question..can these two still breed? and..does anyone know how 'putting a much smaller snake in with a much larger snake' will work?

Let me take this chance to explore our info on Aesculapians a little. They are from southern Europe and range eastward into Iran..but they also occur as far north as about 50 deg. They are extremely hardy being able to stand long hibernations and temps as low as 50*F at least. They are also quite agile climbers..very slim..and strong constrictors. Let me add one more thing..a personal opinion of mine..i don't think aesculapian snakes are true ratsnakes..they should be renamed to a new genus. I think they are related to the rats of southern Asia..namely the radiated rat, the red-tailed green rat, and the stripe-tailed rats, although it could be argued that these animals aren't that closely related either. The Persian ratsnake is closely related to the aesculapian snake too, so these two make an interesting group.

Hope this information is of some help and that maybe it will start some discussion of these very interesting herps. Thanks. TC.

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: Aesculapian snakes are not terribly popular in the herp trade..even with the ratsnake enthusiasts there are only a handful of collectors that even have any. I've gotten several calls in the past year from people who have only one snake and are looking to match up with someone else's. Sometimes trades are possible if one person is willing to take a chance and send their animal to another person who will do the breeding setup then send the snake back later in the year after a clutch is obtained or a female is gravid. I personally have a magnificent, large Russian female and a beautiful Chinese twin-spot female that are on lone to me from my good friend Dave Powell. Between the two of us we should have some pretty neat offspring of Eurasian rats by next fall. : My situation with the Aesculapian snakes is that my female is getting pretty old..she is about nine years..and my male is very young just turned two. I have a question..can these two still breed? and..does anyone know how 'putting a much smaller snake in with a much larger snake' will work? : Let me take this chance to explore our info on Aesculapians a little. They are from southern Europe and range eastward into Iran..but they also occur as far north as about 50 deg. They are extremely hardy being able to stand long hibernations and temps as low as 50*F at least. They are also quite agile climbers..very slim..and strong constrictors. Let me add one more thing..a personal opinion of mine..i don't think aesculapian snakes are true ratsnakes..they should be renamed to a new genus. I think they are related to the rats of southern Asia..namely the radiated rat, the red-tailed green rat, and the stripe-tailed rats, although it could be argued that these animals aren't that closely related either. The Persian ratsnake is closely related to the aesculapian snake too, so these two make an interesting group. : Hope this information is of some help and that maybe it will start some discussion of these very interesting herps. Thanks. TC.

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