I have just aquired what is supposed to be a lovely pair of these snakes. Firstly I was a little worried about the presence of very prominent spurs on both animals (I have read somewhere that both sexes have these - is this true?) So I probed them which has only confused the issue as the longer,fatter and heavier snake probes as a male and the other a female. Does anyone know anything about sexing these animals by spur length/shape or any other means. Plus any hints on breeding them - do they require a coolng period/brumation? Any help greatly recieved (this is my first forum entry, so we'll see how these things work) Cheers NB
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Sexing and breeding Eryx muelleri
bugman72
Sep 30, 2006 02:20 AM
Replies (2)
jfmoore
Oct 01, 2006 12:06 PM
Hi - Check out the entries five posts below yours.
-Joan
bugman72
Oct 01, 2006 07:50 PM
OK thanks Joan; feel a little stupid about that, I'm new to this forum stuff. Looks like I've got a big male and a little female so unless I get some other snakes I've got a bit of a wait before she's up to breeding weight. These animals are wild caught so I guess a lesson learnt for me too! Cheers Nick
