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Forgot these in the last post.
Here are one pair of Coxi breeders. This will be my first year with this species. The female (larger) is gravid.
Question to all---do they ever calm down? Nasty little things!!

thankfully never!for there size they are as agressive as any big snake.ive tried to calm mine enough to let my daughter handle them,not a chance.i like fisty.

Damn, I've never considered myself a big ratsnake fan but those Mandarins and Coxi have started to change my mind.

Very nice animals
Vinny
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I had a pair, but parted with them after about a couple years. They are interesting and beautiful, but they don't make very good pets. One of mine was fairly calm and I could hold it, and the other always bit me. I decided to make room for a different species.

I think coxi like it pretty cool, but steady year 'round. I kept mine bt. 68-82*F, w/o any extra heat. They digested with no problems. I think too much heat makes them even more exciteable. They are very secretive and shy. Probably a fair amt. of humidity is good too, but make sure they can hide a lot and they'll be a little more calm.

TC

>>Question to all---do they ever calm down? Nasty little things!!
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coxi are best kept at 60 to 65 or they usually die

>>coxi are best kept at 60 to 65 or they usually die

Did you have some die on you??

TC

ok, now THAT is a little silly : )

yes, they do better at cool temperatures, or rather, with access to cool temps, but 60-65F? that quite the extreme. high 60's for an low point/cool spot? i would be fine with that. we keep and breed ours with a temp gradient that ranges from the lower 70's to the high 80's for a basking spot.

the cooler temps are used 90% of the time, but for cycling and egg developing females, they absolutely use the warmer basking area. i wouldn't keep the Coxi with an ambient in the mid 80's, ambient should definitley be lower, but you get better cycling and healthy eggs with a decent bump for a hot spot.

acute death involves temps, for sure, but i think moisture, or rather lack thereof, plays an equally significant role.
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robyn@proexotics.com

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I agree Robyn. I've only had the Coxi for a few months, but you've described the same temp. setup I've always kept my mandarins in and they are doing great. So I'm keeping the Coxi in the same setup and I've noticed they do lay in the rear of the cage---over the 3" flexwatt heat tape---after they eat. Each cage is about 16" inches square with the tape along the bottom rear wall, sealed under 5" wide formica. I keep about 1 1/2" deep of sani-chips as the substrate, so the thermostatically controlled temp. gradient is about what you described. There is a moist cypress mulch tupperware shoe box with a hole in the lid in there as well. The snakes seem very content----my oldest female mandarin laid 9 good eggs with her first breeding. Hope to have the same luck with the coxi.
Robyn, are any of your Coxi calm---like a king or corn?
Jeff

we do use the same temps for Mandarins as for Coxi. the problem we were having with Coxi, as strong multi-clutchers, was that females would throw eggs in the cooling season, and without access to decent temps, the eggs would be bad, so Coxi have a temp gradient year round, and in the cool season, it is quite wide, 55F to 89F or so, by way of overhead lights (red in winter). works great, and we get eggs that are good in the winter : )

as for temperament, i wouldn't call any of them Corn-like, but we see relatively calm animals as well as lively animals. it seems the more they breed, the livelier they get : )
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robyn@proexotics.com

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