Re: Red-Tailed Green Ratsnakes?

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Posted by Bill on May 18, 2000 at 22:17:26:

In Reply to: Red-Tailed Green Ratsnakes? posted by Morgan on May 10, 2000 at 11:59:40:

I have kept both the Green and Grey phase Goynosomas for some time now and as all were wc adults I eventually got tired of the micromanaging it took to keep them healthy. Granted, I live in Las Vegas, Nv. and it is a constant chore to keep humidity loving herps happy.
Although ther are always the lucky few (in any sensitive species) who luck into remarkably hardy animals, it is in my humble opinon that wc Goynosomas will break your heart at some point. They will feed well etc. and then for no explicable reason (trust me I've experimented w/all humidic and thermo-related parameters) they get upper resp. disorders on what seemed to be a quarterly basis. It was not a contagious condition but nevertheless one I could not rid them of.
I was fortunate to get two fertile clutches and kept the offspring - a far cry different than the wc adults. W/out going into laborious detail - get cb Goynosomas - the wc adults are loaded w/parasites and are as sensitive as Mandarina! Bill

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: I have kept both the Green and Grey phase Goynosomas for some time now and as all were wc adults I eventually got tired of the micromanaging it took to keep them healthy. Granted, I live in Las Vegas, Nv. and it is a constant chore to keep humidity loving herps happy. : Although ther are always the lucky few (in any sensitive species) who luck into remarkably hardy animals, it is in my humble opinon that wc Goynosomas will break your heart at some point. They will feed well etc. and then for no explicable reason (trust me I've experimented w/all humidic and thermo-related parameters) they get upper resp. disorders on what seemed to be a quarterly basis. It was not a contagious condition but nevertheless one I could not rid them of. : I was fortunate to get two fertile clutches and kept the offspring - a far cry different than the wc adults. W/out going into laborious detail - get cb Goynosomas - the wc adults are loaded w/parasites and are as sensitive as Mandarina! Bill

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