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Hi,
I am looking for a Mangrove snake. Does anyone know where I amy search for one. I had gotten one from lllreptile but unfortunatly she survived for only 2weeks. I e-mailed them and spoke to them about this. They told me that they are w/c and very difficult to establish in captivity. Well I own 13 different species of snakes and I do not feel that it was my husbandry that caused its unfortunate death. I very much wish to try this again but am having much difficulty finding one that is not w/c. If anyone has ideas they are most welcome and appreciated. I have also seen the bottom of the thread to see about the care of this species. If anyone would like to email me and share some additional info on keeping them I would graetly appreciate that. Also any info on obtaining one is wanted as well. Thank you for taking the time to read this and offer help and suggestions.

If it died in only two weeks it was (most likely) allready on it's way out when you bought it. I can assure you that they are not that easy to kill.

The best suggestion I can give is to try Glades Herps. I know they get them occasionally.

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

About W/C mangroves...well.... here in Denmark, youre very lucky if youre W/C mangroves will survive!!! If a dealer imports, lets say 100 snakes, his lucky if 20% survives!! W/C survival rate is ekstremly low, so im not surprissed at all!!!
I have no idea why this is, but its a fact!!!

I just bougth 2.2 C/B youngsters from june of this year!!! unfortunetly I didnt think much of there canabalistik tendencies, so were down to 1.2

By the way!!! What are you guys feeding youre young mangs??? ive tried pinkies, fuzzy's and nothing seems to work!!! Maybe scenting them with frog or, any other good ideas???
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Keep it real

Mark

http://www.slangehobby.dk (this homepage is in Dansih, but I have pics of my animals!!!)

hello, i breed mangrove,Here is a photo of one of my babies
In fact, they are not very difficult to breed if they were born in captivity

D.puns@skynet.be

Hi Dom

Very nice looking little youngster

What do you feed it?? I just got 2.2 juvis and having a little trouble feeding them!! do you keep them in a box or terrarium and do you feed them in boxes??

Any info would be greatly apreeciated
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Keep it real

Mark

http://www.slangehobby.dk (this homepage is in Dansih, but I have pics of my animals!!!)

Hi,
recently I read an article about keeping, breeding and feeding B. d. melanota. The authors started his juvies by tease feeding them and once they had bitten the pinkie, he layed them across a branch or the edge of a terrarium not on the ground. He wrote this trick helps to feed the youngsters.
Maybe this helps.

Hi,
adults are in a 1.20m/1.20m/0.80m terrarium, and i keep babies in 0.30m/0.20m/0.20m plastic box, i feed them in the evening these box in the darkness.
Tease-feeding works well for the most of babies,it is often the best solution, but a lot of patience is sometime needed.
Some babies prefer dead preys put down in the entrance of the hiding place at night,Some other eat only alive pinkies.
If nothing works, hold the snake just behind the head and touch the snout with the pinkie, andThen it going to bite and to hold the pinkie and the most often swallow it, if you don't move!

Thanks alot.... worked like a charm... they are all feeding know!!!
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Keep it real

Mark

http://www.slangehobby.dk (this homepage is in Dansih, but I have pics of my animals!!!)