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RE: Royal Diadems

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Posted by: Oxyjansen at Thu Nov 1 20:05:15 2007  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Oxyjansen ]  
   

I have been keeping atriceps for a few years now, and if you look on the "other snakes" classifieds you can see pics of both available my babies, as well as my adults.

They are very easy to care for with temps between 75-85F, a dry environment, plenty of places to hide, and a water bowl. I keep them on bath towels like most of my snakes, and I use large plastic boxes of aspen for hiding, and digging. Most of my snakes are environmentally heated, so as long as your temps get into the low 80's during the day they will do fine. Females tend to eat twice what males will consume, and males can be very picky about eating sometimes skipping a meal or 2, and then picking up eating again.

Although they are akin to racers they tend to be rather heavy bodied, so feed them well and they will grow into very dense snakes. My males eat 1 jumbo mouse each, and my females eat 2 about every 10 days or so. They are most jumpy when they are hungry, so watch yourself when taking adults out to feed, and simply slip them into a feeding box and your good to go.

These snakes live very well in a colony, and have shown absolutely no cannibalistic tendencies either as babies, or adults. I presently keep 2 pairs of adults together, as well as an entire clutch of 12 babies. My adults actually have a few branches in their cage, which they do utilize for some light climbing.

Feel free to contact me if you want any further info.
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