Re: What's a trinket snake?

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Posted by Allen Sheehan on July 20, 1999 at 10:56:48:

In Reply to: What's a trinket snake? posted by Lonesome Dove on July 19, 1999 at 21:20:50:

: These are neat snakes, and make great pets. I do not recall seeing any real good info on the web on them. I used to keep mine just like your average corn with no problem.
These things do breed like flies. And as result I would not expect to make a whole loy of money from these, as lots of people can and will be breeding them. Evan if they do shut down the location they are currently exported from I think captive bred animals will more than fill in the loss of wild caught animals.
What they will do is give you lots of experiance with breeding, eggs, incubation, etc. they are fun snakes and after all thats what it is all about.
I talked to a fellow at the Arlington, Texas show over the weekend who was selling trinket snakes (elaphe helena?). I was only vaguely familiar with the name and didn't now much about them, and couldn't find a whole heck of a lot on the web.

: Anyway, the babies were kinda neat looking and I was just wondering what they looked like as adults. The breeder said they were very nice, calm snakes and would soon become quite valuable since whatever country they're from (Sri Lanka ?) had just put a halt to their exportation (which I assumed to be a good thing, huh?). He said they were very easy to breed - apparently no particular effort is involved other than separating them for a while and putting them back together once a month or so. Easy to breed - I like the sound of that.

: Anybody know anything or can point me in the right direction, specifically habitat requirements and size/temperament and appearance as adults. Also, is there really a budding market for trinket snake babies?

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: : These are neat snakes, and make great pets. I do not recall seeing any real good info on the web on them. I used to keep mine just like your average corn with no problem. : These things do breed like flies. And as result I would not expect to make a whole loy of money from these, as lots of people can and will be breeding them. Evan if they do shut down the location they are currently exported from I think captive bred animals will more than fill in the loss of wild caught animals. : What they will do is give you lots of experiance with breeding, eggs, incubation, etc. they are fun snakes and after all thats what it is all about. : I talked to a fellow at the Arlington, Texas show over the weekend who was selling trinket snakes (elaphe helena?). I was only vaguely familiar with the name and didn't now much about them, and couldn't find a whole heck of a lot on the web. : : Anyway, the babies were kinda neat looking and I was just wondering what they looked like as adults. The breeder said they were very nice, calm snakes and would soon become quite valuable since whatever country they're from (Sri Lanka ?) had just put a halt to their exportation (which I assumed to be a good thing, huh?). He said they were very easy to breed - apparently no particular effort is involved other than separating them for a while and putting them back together once a month or so. Easy to breed - I like the sound of that. : : Anybody know anything or can point me in the right direction, specifically habitat requirements and size/temperament and appearance as adults. Also, is there really a budding market for trinket snake babies?

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