how cool are they... everyone wants on now lol

 

Are these even available in the trade?

 

yep, i noticed them on a UK website for £24
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do you not think there pretty cool ?
they dont grow very big so i imagine the pretty harmless :lol2:

 

so has anybody got one of these ?

 

whoa cool, didn't realise these were available.
Don't know how many are kept but a look at it's natural habitat and climate etc. should give you a good insight to a captive environment

 

sorry, again im having a conversation with myself lol

but i just read that these snakes are all female and all genetically identical
they reproduce on their own !

 

Heres a site with a few details
Crvolika sljeparica, Typhlops vermicularis, Worm Snake

 

Heres a site with a few details
Crvolika sljeparica, Typhlops vermicularis, Worm Snake

thanks
so they eat inverts, crickets ect...
i imagine they eat daily then

 

That's an odd looking thing... very worm like.. does it feel like a worm or a snake though??

 

i recently got offered one of these - though my species was Leptothphlops goudotii

very interesting and unusual species. requirements - i dont think much is known. i dont know where your originates but Leptotyphlops occurs in south and central america. due to its burrowing nature it could be deduced that temperatures should be a little lower than the usual temperatures for species of that area. if i do accept this specimen i would probably keep the ambient temperatures at around 28 - with a cool end of around 22 and the hot end perhaps 30 degrees celcius tops.

bearing in mind these are burrowing they will not require a light or any other light emitting heat source, in fact i would say this could be harmful to them as they could be very sensitive to light. as a heat spot i would use a heat mat underneath the vivarium to heat up the substrate, as they are burrowing snakes.

in the wild my species occurs frequently in termite mounds or soil - i accidently dug one up in belize whilst digging a hole for a tree. i would provide the snake with some loose form of soil, perhaps the coconut fibre stuff. i would also use leaf litter (certain leaves only, i believe oak is a good one) as they are frequently found in that. they are active at night and day, so with leaf litter acting as cover that might result in you seeing slightly more of the animal.

for my species i would have relatively high humidity, as they come from areas with a high humidity, so for me around 80% seems about right, i would also add a very shallow water dish with lots of small islands and sloping exits as im sure they could drown quite easily.

i cant see them needing a particularly large enclosure, both species dont really grow about 50cm - mine not usually getting above 12 inches - so a 2 or 3 foot vivarium would be ample for a pair or a small group, which leads me to the next point.

these snakes are insectivores, therefore i think it would be fine to keep a group of this species. my species is sometimes found in small groups that arent believed to be mating groups - though it is unknown what they are. the only issue is feeding. i would try small 1st and second instar crickets - i think thats the best chance of them feeding. my species feeds on termites, small ants etc.

i will be happy to help if you want - i have got to be quite good with working out husbandry requirements - i have to be in order to keep half my stuff thriving. i may have waffled on speaking about an irrelevent species, but im sure some of what i said will be of use - i hope so!

 

the owner of that site is a member on here maybe best to ask him how he keeps them : victory:

 

Yep dragon his id is coolcroc

 

great info carpy, hope you get one.

 

they look mint mate my lil sis wants a tiny pink snake lol

 

no worries mate. though it seems like the species you are mentioning is differant, so specifics such as temps and humidities wont be of use to you!

 

These are such lovely little creatures. When I was about 11 I used to dig these up from the soil surface when I lived in Israel. I used to think they were some sort of worm until I saw a tongue come out one day. I took the collection I had (kept in absolutely appallling conditions I must admit) to my Biology teacher and he told me about keeping them in the dark and warmth, with a little spray every now and again to keep their soil moist.

They only grow tiny - up to maybe a foot and a half, and remain really slender.

The ones I kept as a kid, I kept in a large tin, with ventillation holes, but that was about it. I never fed them as I assumed they found their food in the soil I kept them in, (i'm so ashamed of that) but I can imagine they probably eat ants and other tiny invertebrates.

I must admit i'm surprised to hear that they're rare, or is it just that they're rare in England? I found them a lot in Israel. They feel exactly like any snake to the touch, kind of smooth, silky and dry. If you hold your finger close to their mouth you can feel their tiny tongues. They have the tiniest little eyes on the top of their heads - they look like pin pricks and you could easily miss them.

You will be glad to hear though that I was only keeping these little marvels for a week or two at a time and then returning them to the wild, so i'm guessing I probably didn't do them that much harm!

 

Thata awesome i didnt no u could get them in the trade! *goes to find one* xx

 

there was a trio of them for sale a couple of month back
and all 3 kept in a cricket tub and had moss in with like twigs

 

Aye they belonged to Ally. I saw them in person and couldn't believe just how tiny they are! It wasn't a cricket tub but a small container IIRC.

 

I would also love some of these. Very interesting snakes! I heard they come in allot with soil and potted plants etc.

Ally (i think) was selling the trio, I missed the boat on that one. I did not know they are parthenogenic though. I wonder how you would incubate the eggs? Interesting stuff!

 

i have a bunch of these

i just caught about 5 of them. you think they can sell?

 

i just caught about 5 of them. you think they can sell?

Where did you catch them?

 

ohh i want !! so so little....

 

keeping Typhlps vermicualris

I dont want to be too pesimistic about keeping blindsnakes in captivity.. but
they are specialised on ant larvae, none of my 7 individuals has ever eaten anything else(and i tried lots of stuff(crickets, flylarvae, mothlarvae, tiny cocroaches...). they seem not to eat even termites, which are other quite common food of blindsnakes.
they eat a lot, so you got to get enough larvae atleast once a week.
blindsnaks are not parthogenetic - breeding without males, it is true only to one species (out of aprox 400) - Ramphotyphlops braminus(which was spread over world in flowerpots).
T.vermicularis is definetly sexual and breeding them is very difficult, I had one clutch of 3eggs, they died before long.