Given the upgrade to my retics cages I will this winter be finding myself with several 6x3 cages available, and have, after much thought and asking onforums, decided I want to work with cribos. I'm looking at getting a pair or two of black tails (I have two breeders located) come december (these big cages take a while to pay off and get shipped--severa 8x4x2 cages are PRICEY).

Anyhow, they'll be babies of course. I'm figuring I need to keep them fairly warm, keep humidity up but allow ventilation, and feed feed feed? I'm thinking warm end in the low 90s, cypress as a substrate. Most colubrids I have I put in moist hides (think nest boxes) but I've heard with cribos and indigos that they are prone to skin problems if allowed to soak or stay in moist moss like that too much. So I was figuring mist the cages on the warm end 1-2x per day? I live in the desert so humidity is an issue.

Also, everything I've read states they eat tons compared to other similarly sized colubrids. I'd figure pinks or fuzzy mice to start, offered 3-4x/week? Or is that probably too agressive? I'm figuring if they're eating that much they'd take relatively smaller prey animals but I could be wrong.

And how much do they climb? I can mount hide boxes to the top of the cage if they need a secure, arboreal retreat without too much problem. I know they're not considered arboreal as such but I've seen plenty of terrestrial snakes that'll climb if given a chance.
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