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So, my new goal in snakekeeping is to keep a Mud Snake (farancia abacura). Either subspecies, Eastern (Farancia abacura abacura) or Western (farancia abacura reinwardtii), would be just amazingly acceptable =]. I've been doing some reading and research on their care, behavior, husbandry in captivity, feeding, and anything in general needed to help one flourish. Where as realistically, I'd need to get a tank set up first, and talk to some more people about some general info, I'd really love to keep one.

I'm still going to keep doing my research while I wait anxiously for someone to respond on this amazing species. If you have kept them, what was the setup you personally used successfully to house them? What did you have the best luck feeding them (sirens obviously, but otherwise)?

Edited on August 15, 2012 at 09:13:16 by PHFaust.

Well, you picked a hard one but go for it if you can find one. I live in Florida and used to luck up and find one crossing a road that went through a swamp.(9 mile road, now International Golf Pkway.) I,ve kept them outside in a bathtub with water plants and a floating island and swamp wood and very tanic water. Oddly,they will lay their eggs quite aways from the water in high dry ares??? Snakes of the United States and Canada by Dr.John Rossi Vol 1 Eastern area. krieger pub.co. 1992. You will find everything you need in that book on feeding eggs,babies ect. Their more popular in Europe than the USA. Try Gulf Coast Reptiles/Chris McQuade. I'd say in the top 5 hardest snakes from N.America to keep in captivity for any amount of time, starting with coming up with one. Vic Morgan...old Florida snake collector.