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jagomez64 Oct 19, 2003 04:32 PM

hi,just hoping someone knew of awebsite that had the natural history of false water cobras-are they mimics,where are they from,how big do they get,husbandry and so on-thankyou j

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Greg Longhurst Oct 19, 2003 06:38 PM

I don't know of any sites. I raised them for thirteen years. They will exceed seven feet in length. Not particularly difficult to keep. Accept dead rodents readily...avariciously, even. Youngsters seem more inclined to bite than adults.
I live in south Florida, & did not need to alter the temperature in the snake room much at all.

~~Greg~~

jagomez64 Oct 21, 2003 10:06 PM

thanks greg, I really am grateful for your reply ,after some more searching I found out that they're also called brazilian smooth snakes-so I popped that in my search and bingo-and if your wondering he just ate like a pig 3 med rats-dead,let me know if you have a handle on these,and apparently someone has a hypo could be b.s. ....

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