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Old 19-03-2008, 09:45 PM
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some pics of the pair taken last night ...
the female in shed ..

and the male ..

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yes! they are great looking snakes!

once i would buy them.

still don't know how to keep exactly.

how do you keep them? What they like? movement, feeding, temparature..
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they take a little time to settle but when they do , they are great snakes . As for temperament , they NEVER bite , even when first encountered in the wild . Weird as they do thrash about a bit when caught but never bite . They need the same temps as for the likes of corns but require more moist conditions , hence i keep mine on a mix of bark and moss . They are fairly secretaive feeders and tend to only feed overnight . They feel amazin hence the name and these CB pair feed exclusivly on mice .
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Thats a stunning snake, are they rare, hard to get hold of?
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some might say so .
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wow thay are stunning whats the common name for them wouldnt mind a pair of them lol
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southern file snakes (mehelya capensis)
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they take a little time to settle but when they do , they are great snakes . As for temperament , they NEVER bite , even when first encountered in the wild . Weird as they do thrash about a bit when caught but never bite . They need the same temps as for the likes of corns but require more moist conditions , hence i keep mine on a mix of bark and moss . They are fairly secretaive feeders and tend to only feed overnight . They feel amazin hence the name and these CB pair feed exclusivly on mice .

i love the rough scales. it was great texture at a local shop.
but as you mentioned, they seemed very secretive snake.

the keel is stunning!

here in Japan, they are called "Sankaku snake" means triangle snake.
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