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hello, ima first timer in the forums and also with this "pets" hehe..
Yesterday a good friendo of mine gifted mi a Philodryas aestivus, and i really love it..but as i said im a newby here...

lots and lots of questions, hoping someone can help me...(my friend doesnt know nothing about...)

1) i THINK is a Philodryas aestivus , how can i identify it? can i upload a picture of him/her?

2) How can i know by sure the sex?

3) how must i feed her, whith what (mices? alive? dead? little fishes?)? and also by how many days from one feed to another?

4) IS IT VENENOUS??? can i hold her in my hands WITHOUT danger?

5) can I put a BRANCH like a trree, ,so she can climb out..?

please i know they are the BASICS..

im going to upload some pictures so you can help me

ahh i forgot to say..i saw some pictures of the Philodryas aestivus that are VERY BERY BRIGHT GREEN, but mine is mine is not so shinney, more opacus...may be she is ill? or perhaps we are now in winter...

well too much questions..

THANKS IN ADVANCE
ROD

Yes all Philodryas are venomous.

Yes you can post a picture.

Yes you can give it branches.

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

Tonight i will get a digital cam and take some photos. But now i want to ask you all (the experts) a thing..

I owned it yesterday, ,but dont know when she fedded for the last time so today i put in the cage a white mice (pinky?) (alive, it was in the cage running for one hour but the Philodryas aestivus ignored him, in fact i think she was afraid, as the mice was running all over her..so after an hour I took back to another box the mice.

my questions are these:

1) im correctly feeding her? WHAT DOES EXACTLY HER REGIMEN? CAN I FEDD HER WITH MOUSE ONCEC A WEEK? only that?

2) DEEAD OR ALIVE?

3) and what size must be the mice?

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE FORUM, its a pleasure to read all the msgs!

rod

How large is the snake?

An old trick for problem feeders is to put a hide box in the cage. Put a fuzzy mouse in there and let the snake crawl into the box on it's own. It will find the food and (hopefully will eat). Leave the fuzzy there overnight and leave the sanke alone till you check. It probably is stressed from the transfer to it's new home and human contact (if a Philodryas, it is not a snake to be handled casualy).

It might also be fixated on reptile prey so you may need lizards (unless your friend can confirm that it ate mice).

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

I cannot confirm if it ate micec before, my friendo went abroad (to itali) for one month...

My fear is that im wrong with the alimentation...tonight i will let the mice in the cage alone with her...

I asked on a PET SHOP and they said they can eat mices (didnt know if deead or alive) and little fishes and frogs...

well i will keep u informed

THANKS AGAIN..
rod

Here is the link where i put some pics of her

http://forum.kingsnake.com/rearfang/messages/4788.html

(dont know how to put the pics inhere)

any clue on what type is it? thanks!

Rod

here is another one

please see more on
http://207.150.192.12/temp/cfa-ur/snake/index.htm

see u
Rod

Try to take pics from the head of it.

Please taake a look at
http://207.150.192.12/temp/cfa-ur/snake/index.htm

It had a problem so the pics wasnt available...

But i will put other pics of the head later..

PS: SHE REFUSE TO EAT THE PINKIE...

Hello again, i finally took some new pics as you said..., hope you can help me identify it.

Thanks Rod

If you want all the pics (15, only 1 meg) you can download them here:
http://207.150.192.12/temp/cfa-ur/snake/15.zip

All the best!
Rod

another one...

and another one....

one moreeeeee....

and another one...

and the last one...
ROD