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i raised this emerald from 30 days old to adult i tried buying a mate for it and the guy i bought the mate from sent me basically a dead snake so without a pair i sold this snake begining of this year but hope to get a few more

Very pretty! How are they with handling? From the looks of it your holding the head firmly. Also how are their care requirements? I'm considering another snake. I have a jungle carpet python, 2 corns and a honduran milk.

i dont find emeralds are too hard to keep humidity is very important and that they have plenty of climbing space regurgitation is the biggest problem with emeralds i only feed mine a mouse no bigger than the largest part of their body every 3 weeks and have had no problems with regurg but these snakes are very grumpy which makes uncoiling them from their perch a very difficult task Amazon Basins Emeralds tend to be more docile but with the price tag on them they arent an option for the average hobbyist

I don't think a tree boa is for me. I've heard they don't like to much handling and mine are hands on pets.It also sounds like they require more care then the average pet snakes. Thanks.

I dont get it. Theres no need to hold em like that.

DaveM

i wasnt holding the snake as tigtly as it looks i have muscular dystrophy and my hands dont work properly so it looks like i am choking the crap out of it i didnt hurt the snake one bit trust me its fine