hey, i have 1.1 honduran milksnakes that were in hibernation and are now a couple weeks out, any advice for introducing the snakes? should i put the male into the females cage? (or female in males) anything that a noob should be aware of before attempting for copulation?
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just a quicky?
skid
Apr 14, 2010 08:35 PM
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jeff schofield
Apr 14, 2010 09:40 PM
Its always a great idea to have a handy reference that answers most nooby questions. I have always recommended Applegate's milksnake manual, available in the classifieds or from the author himself most likely. Not being flip, but one question will lead to another and another. Its also a grea idea to quickly search the older posts too. Good luck.
DMong
Apr 14, 2010 11:42 PM
One answered question really doesn't cut it at all in my opinion in regards to breeding snakes. He really needs to have a good "rounded" knowledge of their husbandry, habits, and quirks too. Applegates book is very inexpensive, and gives all the basic things that are needed, as long as his advice is payed close attention to. The good thing about books are that they can be referenced to as many times, and ANYTIME needed. I strongly recommend some inexpensive books like Jeff mentioned, as well as printing out lots of useful info from sites as well. You can google in "Honduran milksnake husbandry", and get some useful info too.
He also needs to think about what he is going to do with the hatchlings if he is successful BEFORE they are produced too. As you know, a bunch of babies can be a handful that need alot of tending to or they will surely suffer for it.
Anyway, good luck to the original poster, and I hope you find tons of useful info on these cool snakes. They are well worth it if you really want to learn about them.
Just do yourself(and the snakes) a huge favor, and get familiar with their maintainance and care so you don't have to get on the forum if you have some serious issues about them. It is FAR easier to "prevent" problems, than it is to address them after things have gone south.
Good luck with things!
regards, ~Doug
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KevinM
Apr 15, 2010 10:06 AM
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