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I may get a pair of pueblans that are small and I want to raise them. And then breed because I love their looks and think they should be more common. I think they are easy to keep. What weights should they be and what are brmating temps?
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thanks Josh

0.0.2 sandfish skinks,
0.0.1 texas long nose luckily eating mice
0.0.1 vine snake
1.1.0 turtles
0.1.0 greek tortoise
1.0.0 ball python
1.0.0 corn snake (out roaming the house but I don't know where)
1.1.0 childrens python (one needs a vet please close to 48301 or 48302 any suggestions?)
1.0.0 het for albino san diego gopher snake
0.0.1 rosehair tarantula
0.1. black and white kenyan sand boa
mice colony almost able to keep up with snakes.
and what ever lizards my vine snake hasn't eaten yet

I've had males as small as 200 grams and females as small as 250 grams successfully breed - Pueblans are not large snakes.

Their brumation temperatures are the same as most other colubrids - 50-60 degress.

Tim

Third Eye

AT about what age will they be ready to breed? Babies from this year will be ready in like a year or 2?I'm assuming 2
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thanks Josh

0.0.2 sandfish skinks,
0.0.1 texas long nose luckily eating mice
0.0.1 vine snake
1.1.0 turtles
0.1.0 greek tortoise
1.0.0 ball python
1.0.0 corn snake (out roaming the house but I don't know where)
1.1.0 childrens python (one needs a vet please close to 48301 or 48302 any suggestions?)
1.0.0 het for albino san diego gopher snake
0.0.1 rosehair tarantula
0.1. black and white kenyan sand boa
mice colony almost able to keep up with snakes.
and what ever lizards my vine snake hasn't eaten yet

Peublans tend to grow quickly on a good diet and some people push them to breed at 18 months.

While its possible to breed them at only 18 months, I prefer to give my females an extra year for growth. For example, for a 2004 summer hatchling, I would wait until the spring of 2007 to breed her. That way she'd get almost 2 1/2 years of feeding and growth before she was brumated and bred the following spring.

If you breed a female too early, you'll end up with smaller clutches and a smaller female that may never reach her potential in size.

Good luck.

Dave

DNS Reptiles

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Dave Niles