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Hey all, I'm looking around to get my first snake and Diones seem pretty good too. My question is, are they calm snakes for a beginner? Can they breed and thrive in humid conditions? Ta!

Yes, to all your questions. The South Korean dione is one of my favorites, extremely hardy, not too big, and easy to work with. I'm sure you'd like them.

>>Hey all, I'm looking around to get my first snake and Diones seem pretty good too. My question is, are they calm snakes for a beginner? Can they breed and thrive in humid conditions? Ta!

>>Hey all, I'm looking around to get my first snake and Diones seem pretty good too. My question is, are they calm snakes for a beginner? Can they breed and thrive in humid conditions? Ta!

Ditto to what Terry said. They're small, hardy, and easy. I would say that babies are a tad jumpier than say, a corn snake, but only marginally so. Overall, they're very attractive, great little snakes.

Ophidiophile Farms

The only thing I haven't done is breed my diones since they weren't breeding age yet. Hopefully, that will happen this coming season. In addition to being docile as adults, hardy, not too large, they are also great eaters (there is probably an exception or two). I think they make great beginners snakes because they seem more tolerant of feeding. Mine have never regurged as babies or adults and seem to be able to eat twice what you think they could. Diones are more active during the day than corns. My SKoreans are generally out during the day and don't run back into their hide box everytime someone walks by. This also makes them an excellent snake for a beginner who gets to work with them more during the day than if they had a different snake. I recommend a dione to anyone who is thinking about them. Here's what I keep in my collection:

2.2 S Korean diones (the females are unrelated except for same mother)
1.1 High yellwo C.China diones.
1.1 Tenabrosia diones
1.2 china diones.
1.1 bimaculata (not a dione, but I thought I would throw this pair in with the list).

Here's a pic of one of my female S. Korean diones.

Terry Parks

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Terry, hopefully your Dione's breed well for you this year. I am hoping to get it right with the trio i picked up from Chad. I don't have any new pics yet of the trio, but i think he may still have some on his site. From the short time i've been working with them they have been great, calm and very nice looking snakes. I really like the bimacs, and want you to let me know when those babies hatch.
Have a good one,
Gregg F.

>>The only thing I haven't done is breed my diones since they weren't breeding age yet. Hopefully, that will happen this coming season. In addition to being docile as adults, hardy, not too large, they are also great eaters (there is probably an exception or two). I think they make great beginners snakes because they seem more tolerant of feeding. Mine have never regurged as babies or adults and seem to be able to eat twice what you think they could. Diones are more active during the day than corns. My SKoreans are generally out during the day and don't run back into their hide box everytime someone walks by. This also makes them an excellent snake for a beginner who gets to work with them more during the day than if they had a different snake. I recommend a dione to anyone who is thinking about them. Here's what I keep in my collection:
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>>2.2 S Korean diones (the females are unrelated except for same mother)
>>1.1 High yellwo C.China diones.
>>1.1 Tenabrosia diones
>>1.2 china diones.
>>1.1 bimaculata (not a dione, but I thought I would throw this pair in with the list).
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>>Here's a pic of one of my female S. Korean diones.
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>>Terry Parks
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Gregg's RB

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Gregg F.

www.greggsrb.com

The tenabrosia is my favorite diones. It seems like all we here about are the south koreans (which are nice) but are not the only ones out there.
There are central chinas, striped, tenabrosia, light phase, normals, south korean, cherskyi. You just have to pick the ones you like or go for all of them.

from you last year Rick. They are unique in that there's practically no or very faint pattern (at least on the ones I've seen). Thanks for the pair.

Terry Parks

Here is a central china.

light phase diones.

Hi
Just a suplement to the others. Elaphe dione has an enormous distribution, and the animals comming from the western part often has long periods of rejecting food like hohenackeri and situla. My animals comming from Turcmenistan only eats in Spring and early Summer. Later they eat practically nothing or only very small fooditems.
But they are vithout a doubt very nice, docile and interesting animals, and I can easily recommend them.
Good luck
Søe

Reptilia-Denmark

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Hi
You have picked one of the best beginner snakes there is. Ok maybe they won`t give you serious profit, but they have always béen among my favorites, and I hope, you will enjoy them for many many years, because they are one of the nicest snakes there is.
Imagine 14 days after the eggs are laid it is possible to have juveniles. I would recommend a cooler brumation because the juveniles are bigger and stronger.
Best ishes
Søe
Reptilia-Denmark