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The male shed yesterday and I fed him normally, the female is in shedding and I think that in the next 2 weeks I'll try to put them in the same cage for breeding. I'm lowering the temp and the hours of day and I'm not sure on how much feed them:
need I feed less or less frequently?
don't need the females be feed well the first weeks after the breeding?
thanks
nazzza

male in shedding out for a rapid cleaning

Even during the cooling/cycling process, I still provide opportunities for my adult breeding indigos to bask at temps of 86-88 deg. F. for 4 hours daily (ambient temps in the cage are cooler though in order to prepare them for breeding). These basking temps allows them to adequately digest their meals. You will find that some adult indigos continue to feed ravenously during this period while others' appetites will be somewhat diminished. I also tend to feed smaller sized prey items during this period. If my females continue to feed, I continue offering prey on a fairly regular basis (which includes vitamin supplementation). Hope this helps, Rob (PS: fantastic looking indigo!)

Thank you for the info Rob,
i'll continue lowering the temp and the hours of light until have the 40watt lamp on 4 hours for day.
regards
nazzza

I find that some of my male indigos cut off feeding almost entirely and some will continue to feed.

Some of my females will feed up to a week before depositing eggs, and others will only feed occasioanly, and prefer smaller meals.

As Rob C said, make sure you give them a few hours a day to bask in warm temps even in the coldest part of the winter.

Feed smaller meals and less often.

I will echo Rob's comments...awesome snake!
What are you Europeans feeding your indigos ? GOATS ??? ! !!

I was lucky to find a good german breeder who gave me these 2 gems, I think he fed them hot dogs and sauerkraut, here in italy i'm feeding pizza and spaghetti
regards
nazzza

It's considered poor manners to suck a strand of spaghetti into your mouth like that.

Great looking animal, by the way.
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We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Ralph Waldo Emerson

They are not picky feeders.

"Oldherper" lives in Georgia and feeds all of his Drymarchon
southern fried chicken and bar-b-que ribs.

Mine get mainly peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
They never complain.

For a treat, they get Fried Catfish and Hushpuppies and occasionally I give them some watermelon or a Mint Julep.
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We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I really don't understand what y'all find appealing about those things. I think they could even make an indigo puke.

Blech.

I used to say the same thing,...until I tried them. Now I lovem! But you can't gettem here. Bummer. Oh well, I'll just have to stick to my craw dads & corn bread. But I won't be shareing any with the snakes. They're full of chicken any way.
T.
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"No tree would have branches foolish enough to argue amongst themseleves".

Boiled peanuts are a Mississippi thing. Eating them is like eating peanuts someone else has already digested for you, only they are still whole.
I once dated a girl from Philadelphia, Mississippi, and everytime we crossed the state line into MS from Arkansas, she was looking for a boiled peanut stand. I tried them on four different occasions and never did acquire a taste for them.
If anyone was feeding them to couperi, it’s no wonder they have been extirpated from that region ;0)
By the way, anyone here ever try beaver? Now, that's good eatin!
Hey, I didn't believe it either, until the first time I tried it, all of my Drys love it too. Taste like quail!

Jeff

I thought quail tasted like chicken.

I like boiled peanuts, too..I guess if you eat something all your life you just don't know any different.

If I go to other places I find things that I just can't deal with....like once I was in Pennsylvania and went to a diner for breakfast. They gave me some stuff called "scrapple" (I think). I just couldn't deal with that stuff...
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We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Ralph Waldo Emerson

My mom makes it. She calls it scrabble. It's basicly just fried oatmeal. I love it! But then again, I'm one of those nuts who eats anchovies right out of the can!
T.
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"No tree would have branches foolish enough to argue amongst themseleves".

tony, i think you're talking about something different. around here, one is a game and the other is just plain gamey. scrapple tastes pretty good [if you're used to it] but don't ever read the ingredients used to make it......;>/

Yeah, I know but you can't tell my mom that. She calls it scrabble, and thats settles it for her. Whatyagonna do? I am curious what's in yor version though.
T.
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"No tree would have branches foolish enough to argue amongst themseleves".