Re: elaphe longissima, my favourite rats

Posted by Stefan on September 05, 2001 at 07:06:54:

In Reply to: elaphe longissima... posted by Steve on August 30, 2001 at 11:51:06:

Hi Steve,
I only found little information about Aesculapians within northamerican web.
I´m keeping E.longissima for about six years. I have animals from three differnet locations, all northern ones. They are my favourite rats! Its impotant to give them a long and cool hibernation. They only take food from April to August, some individuals also less. In that time they are very good feeders. In spring I see my breeders very often lying visuable. Although I handle them little they are bite me sledom if I take them. Only some yearlings bite like situla. All juvenils and subadults I keep single because I alredy lost one. They do not eat under control in first year, they need lot of quite.
Most hatchlings are not easy in first fall. But this year my hole swiss-clutch eats mice (some only Mastomys-babys, some only frozen normal mice-babys). My germans are more problematic, the last year hatched ones did start feeding after hibernation end of march.
good luck,
Stefan

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: Hi Steve, : I only found little information about Aesculapians within northamerican web. : I´m keeping E.longissima for about six years. I have animals from three differnet locations, all northern ones. They are my favourite rats! Its impotant to give them a long and cool hibernation. They only take food from April to August, some individuals also less. In that time they are very good feeders. In spring I see my breeders very often lying visuable. Although I handle them little they are bite me sledom if I take them. Only some yearlings bite like situla. All juvenils and subadults I keep single because I alredy lost one. They do not eat under control in first year, they need lot of quite. : Most hatchlings are not easy in first fall. But this year my hole swiss-clutch eats mice (some only Mastomys-babys, some only frozen normal mice-babys). My germans are more problematic, the last year hatched ones did start feeding after hibernation end of march. : good luck, : Stefan

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