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Just trying to bring more baby greeri into the world.

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Dan
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Glad to see somebody is bringing more Greeri into the captive bred snake-pool. I wonder why Greeri are not as popular as Thayeri, Mexmex and ruthveni (in that order imho).........
I think most (not all) breeders that have thayeri have Mexmex as well.....There are a few handful of breeders breeding ruthveni and even less breeding Greeri.....
Why is this Dan, others?
John Lassiter

Greeri fertility is a little more difficult to nail down from what I gather which is most likely why we don't see more greeri action. I think you have to be mighty devoted to keep going with them and have the right recipe. I give credit to those who can produce them consistently. I had limited success but would like to try them again one day. I gave up on them earlier than planned to put more attention into what interests me the most but the greeri challenge will pull me back in I’m sure.

Great snakes with a very mild temperament, I really like 'em.

Mike

I think there is a perceived difficulty in breeding greeri. Back in the mid 90's I had thayeri, greeri, and ruthveni. I got my thayeri and greeri from a local breeder in So. Cal. He sold me his adult greeri because he was unable to get them to breed. He raised them from hatchlings and he gave up when they did not produce at age 3 and 4. Two seasons, no eggs, he was done. He was confident that his problem was his cooling temps. I cooled them for a full 90 days but at a minimum of 10 degrees lower than he did. Just a matter of where I live. My garage drops down into the 40's every winter. Sometimes it gets into the 30's and I have had to bring in the boxes on some of the coldest nights because it was getting too close to the freezing point. As far as I know the only thing I did different was cool them at a lower temp. No problem getting them to breed and produce fertile eggs.

Good luck on producing that special hypo you are looking for this year! Your male is a fantastic looking greeri.

Mike

Yeah, we need to see more greeri around. Adult greeri are very impressive and beautiful specimens when seen in person.
Best of luck,
Uncloudy