Vine snake babies!

[LIZARD]

WOW congrats very cool

[Alfonzo]

Captive born Ahaetulla! Woooow! Congrats mate, remarkable feat. Well done, can't wait to hear more about their progress.

[DavidR]

Fantastic news, congratulations. Asian vines are wonderful snakes to keep if you are prepared to feed them what they eat naturally. The last captive born neonates I knew of too live guppies without difficulty.

Good luck,
David.

[Squirrel]

Thanks everyone, I will be doing regular updates with how they are doing, but just to let everyone know I WILL NOT be selling these for the forseeable future as I plan to have these as a long term project.

[Graz]

[Grond]

Originally Posted by Graz

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Amazing pics!

Very, very nice snakes. Well done.

[Squirrel]

Originally Posted by chondro13

aw congrats! oxybelis sp?

Originally Posted by wildlifewarrior

I would have thought more like Ahaetulla...as oxybelis are egg layers

They are Ahaetulla

Originally Posted by wildlifewarrior

i might be wrong but i believe the OP had these adults for sale a few days back... and been with him for 6 months roughly....gestation of asian vines is about 6.5 months so if they are this pair then its likely it was gravid upon capture

WW is correct, I was going to ( begrudgingly ) sell these due to a few bills all hitting me at once but literally days before this happening had a conversation saying I really didn't want to, so they thanked me in this way

i might be wrong and this might be a different pair....they have been bred before in captivity but its very few and far between,
Either way kudos to the OP for keeping them alive for the time that he has...much respect

If memory serves me I have had these since mid october, I have kept them together apart from on some feeding occaisions but other than that they have been together since 24/7

I am pleased as a pleased thing that is quite happy about an event or situation

[wildlifewarrior]

Originally Posted by Squirrel

They are Ahaetulla



If memory serves me I have had these since mid october, I have kept them together apart from on some feeding occaisions but other than that they have been together since 24/7

I am pleased as a pleased thing that is quite happy about an event or situation

Yep sounds about right then mate. Female would have been gravid prior to this....i have had the same thing my self with the oxybellis and with the ahaetulla mycterizans.
All of my babies took leopard gecko scented pinkies fine...that was 3 years ago and they are still going strong as far as i have been told. its more of the way the food moves ive found rather than the smell of it anyway...just like the candoia speices

[Squirrel]

Originally Posted by wildlifewarrior

Yep sounds about right then mate. Female would have been gravid prior to this....i have had the same thing my self with the oxybellis and with the ahaetulla mycterizans.
All of my babies took leopard gecko scented pinkies fine...that was 3 years ago and they are still going strong as far as i have been told. its more of the way the food moves ive found rather than the smell of it anyway...just like the candoia speices

Awesome, thanks for the info WW. Did you wait for the kids to have their first shed before offering? They are all really active and only one of the 6 has had a pop at me ( so far! )

Still chuffed

[wildlifewarrior]

Originally Posted by Squirrel

Awesome, thanks for the info WW. Did you wait for the kids to have their first shed before offering? They are all really active and only one of the 6 has had a pop at me ( so far! )

Still chuffed

Yes i waited roughly 2 weeks before i fed them after the shed....also mist the crap out of them daily...i mean a proper heavy rain cycle....you see the babies develop blisters along there body and unlike in most species where you would reduce it,these babies need it increased...the wetter it is the less likely they get it...its to do with the way the angle of the scales are when they are young....dry skin causes spilt in the scales,so you need to keep them very humid.