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I just set them up in their new homes and since the Rhino's are a year older then the prasina, they got nice big enclosures instead of the hatchling Sterilite tub. Absolutely love both species!
Ryan

yeah, don't know how to post multiple pictures in one thread.

Nice cridders Ryan!!!! Randy

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Not yet Bert...today is feeding day, so hopefully once they have a meal in them, they'll slow right down and let me take a picture of them! How are you keeping your male? After seeing Randy's post on his coxi, I may switch to aspen.
Thanks for the comments,
Ryan

Hi Ryan,

Right now I keep my male (he's a juvie from 2006) on paper towels (toiletpaper). The snake also has access to a box filled with moist spaghnum moss and that's enough too keep an adequate humidity (I get perfect sheds). Ofcourse there's also a small bowl with water in the snake's enclosure.

I keep my mandarin ratsnake on a substrate of commercially produced humus. This substrate has a very attractive appearance and the snake loves to burrow tunnels in it. The downside of using this material is that it's prone to the growth of fungus and that it's rather difficult to find feces back in it. A big plus however is that during very hot days I can plunge large amounts of cold water on the substrate (it absorbs the water), so that the snake can find a cool spot by retreating under the substrate. This works very well. I plan on keeping my laticinctus male also on humus in the near future. And, by the way, I'm even not sure if aspen bedding is available here.

Regards,

Bert

Very interesting species, both. I wonder if those two are related at all? I guess we don't really know what other snakes the rhinos are related to. Their behaviors and natural history will be great to hear about.

Best of luck with them...Terry