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My Asian Vine just dropped 8 babies and I have no idea how exactly to care for them.I could find very little info on caring for babies.Any ideas or info would be great! This was very unexpected and these are the first Asian Vines I have ever kept.

Thanks in advance

Trey Small

Keep searching for info cuz I'm no expert, but what I've heard is to seperate them and try small lizards as first meal. Maybe young anoles or small house geckos.

You could try tropical fish. Place the fish in a container below their branches. Being visual hunters they will be attracted to the movement of the fish. I have read a recent article which suggests fish may be normal prey for certain Ahaetula spp.

Good luck and congratulations.

Regards

Mark

I have two Asian Vine snakes and one of them, a smaller female, eats nothing but fish. I just put them in the water bowl and she hangs over it and fishes. She shows no interest in lizards. On the contrary, a larger male I also have, has zero interest in fish. I would get some small tropical fish and put them in a bowl, or maybe just let them flip around and see if the babies are interested. Try crickets. Try anything to get them started.

You won't find much information on that subject because babies are a rare event. Breeding is still uncommon. I agree with post above for food item, small lizards, tree frogs, and fish. Also keep in mind that smaller they are the more suceptable they are to changes in the enviroment. Keepin a good temperature gradient 80-95f and a slightly higher humidity(85-95%) and full spectrum lighting would be a good idea. Also, I am guessing that they would apreciate more greenerie to hide in then the adults, since most snakes tend to be timid as young. How did this come about? How long have you had your snake/s and did you breed them or was the mother recently imported?

I'am sorry I was so late to respond. I wish I did earlier.
I had some CBB babies in 2003. As mentioned above a very rare event, even though they are relatively easy to breed in my opinion!!



like they are now.

Oke what to do!!!! If they are still alive make sure you keep them to 100% humidity and at 30-32C. They will probably not survive if they get stuck in the first shed!!
I would also forget feeding them fish crickets or whatever. They will only eat very very LIVE small gecko's which you probably do not have and cannot obtained. So forget it....I tried everything!!
You must start them of by force feeding them small pieces pinky's. Its a very terrible job especially the first couple of times. They hate it, but they will learn to eat more easily in the future. It will be worth it!!
Take a small pieces of pinky meat, first heads and legs and increase the size as they grow. I used a small sexing probe to push it down far enough so it would stay down. After a number of terrible feeds they and you will get the hang of it and eventually they will swallow by themselve without probs.
If you are not willing to force feed them and if they will not eat fish (in other accounts) Then the humane thing is to put them in the freezer. Without sufficient food they will die.
My 2003 offspring eat fuzzy mice without probs. I still need to assist feed, but once in the mouth the feeding response takes over and they swallow without probs.
one last pic of cbb 2003 male

Good luck,
PJ

Any more Q's are always welcome at p.j.kwakernaak@student.tudelft.nl