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I live in Rochester Ny and really have my heart set on establishing a breeding pair of Emerald tree boas, But I went to both the so called reptile specialists in rochesterand they told me not to waste my money because emeralds dont survie in captivity theyre infested with parasites, theyll bite might, and the list goes on and on. They then both treid to pawn of red-tail boas and ball pythons on me. Personaly I've always thought these guys where A**holes any they certainly arent very neat shop owners are they just plain ignorant to. Can somebody give me the straight facts about Emeralds

We have owned ETB's since '98, both northerns and Basins. We were lucky enough to have had our first successful breeding last year, so I may be a little biased. LOL

Getting into emeralds isn't the nightmare those folks made it sound like. However they may have been influenced by wc animals which seem to have a high mortality rate and are a risky purchase. If you stick with CBB animals from a well known breeder, I don't think you will have a problem providing you've done your home work and have the proper set-up.

BTW, we have cbb and wc animals. Trust me when I say stick with cbb's.
CraigC

So in your opinion would a pair of captive bred Suriname's be a good way for a person with herp experience to try his hand in the snake world.Could I see pics of your babies and set up?Did it take you from 98 until 03 because you were having trouble or was that just the amount of time it took your breeding stock to mature? I've heard numbers ranging from 3-5 years before the snakes are ready to breed, does that sound about right?How do you choose to house your Emeralds, singly or in established breeding pairs?You dont have any of these CB hatchlings left do you? Thanks for taking the time to post me back I hope to hear more from you as well as anyone else out there who's experienced success keeping Emeralds.