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One of the most interesting breeding in this spring, Ahaetulla prasina.

-Timo Paasikunnas/Finland

It sure looks promising, but has penetration actually occured??
I ask this, because this is not always the case when they do that.

It was a real copulation and it take's allmost five hours, actually it was a second copulation in this spring with that pair. Another two attempts(total four) were not so clear, then they trying to breed so deep in the bushes and I can't be sure about those. But is female gravid, that's another case.

-Timo Paasikunnas/Finland

Very cool. I've got one A. prasina a guy gave me for watching his snakes a while back, but I've never even considered breeding him/her. Keep us up to date as to how it turns out, captive breeding is extremely rare in these snakes!
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Conrad
Too Fast Reptiles
www.toofastreptiles.bravehost.com

Timo...congrats with the mating..keep the fingers crossed. Its very hard to see if the female is pregnant, until she starts to get fat. This however being relative in these very slender snakes.
The reson why not alot of these are being bred is because not alot of people own them. It seems to me that once they are established, they are relatively easy to breed!! They don't need any cycling. My pair produced three offspring last year...and without any cicling they are at it again this year. Like Timo Ive seen numerous copulations, but nothing definite yet. I permanently house my pair together. My observation last year was that once the female became fertilized...so pregnant...the male FULLY lost interest in her. If the female in not pregnant the male will really chase her about, trying to mate..
Anyhow...good luck,

PJ

placed some prasina pics for the interested:
http://gallery.python.bogusz.org/Prasina
http://gallery.python.bogusz.org/babyprasina
http://gallery.python.bogusz.org/Prasina-feeding

Nice pic!!!
succes, I hope you can keep the young alive (if she is really pregnant)

Question:
Do you give your ahaetulla's UV-light? I don't but they do well. 2 of the 3 get little bleu spots on their body, I think that's because they do need UV.

1 of the 3 eats really good mice, It takes a few minutes to kill a mouse and almost an hour to swallow it, but she does eat it!!!

Giel

I keep my prasina's under uv lighting because I feel it has some benifit to the wellbeing. Maybe not physically, but most certainly mentally. Last year my adult pair started mating shortly after I placed the UV lighting, and gave birth to three healthy baby's.
Maybe a coincidence, but I just believe in it. It at least does not do any harm and your animals look much better under full spectrum lighting.

Good luck with the lighting,

Peter Jan Kwakernaak

By the way Giel..
What size mouse do you feed to the female?
And how do you feed it...Iam assuming you just release a live mouse in the cage??

Hey,

I just put a living mouse in their cage. Next time I'll make some pictures.

What kind of UV light do you use?

Giel (also from Holland)
gilianvd@hotmail.com

I use the repti sun 2.0 from zoo med. They give off the best light..in my opinion. I also use these for my chondro's. They make the emerald green glow...very beautifull. You could also use natural sunlight tubes by arcadia. These are not as nice though. I would like to see pics of the mouse feeding!! Please keep me updated.
Good luck,

PJ

I can't get my photo on the site.

http://www.reptielenforum.nl/forum/index.php?showtopic=4426

Giel

Nice pics Giel,

A took the liberty to post them here for you.
These are Giel's Pics:

PJ

In our collection they have been eating frogs but mainly mice and we use in Finland dead food because our legislation doesn't allow live vertebrates for food. Actually it doesn't matter because our A.prasina eating defrosting mice or pinkie rats, as well as all other species in my collection, too. They have been eating by forceps, first they need scenting but after 6 or 7 feeding they eating without that.

-Timo Paasikunnas/Finland