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Hello,

I am looking for a new snake to get into, wanted to see which would is better. I keep jungle carpet pythons and have about 10 yrs. of experience with snakes. Thanks!

For what its worth, I'd go for Mandarins if I were you. Of course, I'm assuming a tight budget, or I'd suggest both! LOL

Matthew

what do you want? a great fast feeding, fast growing, fast breeding snake that is great to stare at? or one that takes more time to raise, doesn't breed as easy but is flat out awesome to look at. i breed both and love both. if you are a fast guy, than go for the coxi. i you want to make a little money fast than coxi are the way to go. if you have more time, than the mandarin is for you. again, both are great snakes but very different snakes.

Glad to see you posting more lately. I agree totally with your post.
I wondered if you have found the other porphyracea subspecies to be as aggressive at feeding, breeding and as all around as hardy as coxi are?

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Randy Whittington

randy-
i find that the latacinctus are by far the easiest to work with and to breed. they have the same great feeding and breeding as a coxi with much more predictability. we have worked with coxi for over a decade. i still need to check cages daily for eggs. i get eggs weeks after a shed, eggs when they are blue, and eggs the same day that they shed. the lack of a strong pattern drives me crazy! latacinctus lay their eggs four to seven days after the shed every time.
we breed four porphyraceus-coxi, latacinctus, vaillanti and pulchra. they all are great, but i think the latas are the simplest to do well. I really like the pulchra but we have a small group and we only been working them for two years, so its way too early to have any real results. the vaillanti are a little more touchy than the others and i find them to be slower to mature. both the latacinctus and coxi can be bred in as little as a year! maybe 25% of our females can go by their first birthday and all the males are ready to go by then.

hey thanks alot guys! Coxi it is....now to find some nice ones??? Any ideas?

send an email to robyn@proexotics.com
he'll take care of you.
just hatched a few today!

thanks man! what kind of temps do they require?

they like it cool..... low 70's to about 84. a high of 82 is better and will get you better feeding results. we run a heat tape at 81-82 in the back of their rack with the adults. babies do fine at our warehouse temps with no extra heat.

thanks chad, my snake room is like 75-80 ambient in the summer so that seems like it will be too warm. Thoughts?

those temps sound ok, as long as you keep them in a low spot in the room or rack.
i find a 8-10 degree swing from the bottom to the top of my racks.