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hi,
I have been looking at some texas night snakes at a local pet store and was wanting to know
do they make good pets?
how to cage them?
how easy are they to breed?

thanks very much
paul

1.1 adult black rats
1.1.1 yearling-babie normal corns
0.1 juv albino burm
hopefully soon to be a pair of texas night snakes

i keep a wc pair, each one on a 5" X 3" rubber maid container, with a hide box, a piece of bark and a water container.

They are temporary there,i will change it together to a 10 gallon container, they are new to me, only 3 months, they are fine eating 1 medium to big f/t brown anole (anolis nebulosus) each 7 days (some times the bigger one, eat two).

Mike Helmz is keeping one eating scented pinkies, he told me he will switch it to unscented pinkies (i will not, i can get more easy lizards, and frogs than pinkies (i live in Mexico).

they are so beuty, small and nice pets if you have lizards or frogs available, unless is switched to pinkies.

about reproduction, i dont know nothing, i guess they will mate after winter... does any body has more reproductive info???

i will post pics of them soon, maybe on this week.

saboteur.

i wrote a wrong name:

Mike Fedzen, he is the man....

sorry mike...

My take on texas night snakes...

do they make good pets?

Yes or no. Some of the ones I had did not mind being held. Others are squirmy. They don't bite. Mine never musked. Pretty much if you can get over the squirming, yes.

What prey items do you have access to? Night snakes don't usually take mice from the start. They prey on lizards, snakes and frogs in the wild. I currently have 1 in hibernation... But before that it was eating an anole scented pinky every 10 days like clockwork, but failed to simply switch over to unscented.

how to cage them?

There many ways to cage them. I've kept them in rubbermaid containers with newspaper and a water bowl.... plastic bowls with aspen. Right now I have one in a plastic deli cup with a napkin.

how easy are they to breed?

Good question. Maybe I'll find out in the Spring.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.freewebs.com/mikesnake
www.captivebredforum.com

I have green anoles,brown anoles,crickets,(some body told me as babies they eat crickets)and mice.I might beable to get other lizzards.can yall post some pics too?
can a 10 gal. house a pair?
thank both of you very much
paul

With access to anoles you could probably keep them...

A 10 gallon can house a pair easily.

I have no pics of mine right now.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.freewebs.com/mikesnake
www.captivebredforum.com

these are my snakes....

nice snakes!!
are they a sexed pair?
please if anyone has any more pics post them.
thanks
c_kid

i dont know their sex, they are wild caught and were found thogeter.

i have read tha they can be found as a reproductive pair, so im praying for that..

go away and buy a pair..you will not regret...

saboteur.

Thanks for all the info.
I am going to get them this friday.I will post some pics when I get them.In the pic you posted what size of plastic container a shoe box or sweater box.
If anyone has any more pics of T night snakes?please post them.
thanks
c_kid

1.1.1 wc normal corn snakes
1.1.0 cb black rat snakes(bill&baby)
0.1.0 cb albino burmese python(allie)
0.0.1 cb common boa(bo)
0.0.3 yellow rat snakes