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Does anyone have any experience with this? I have a 6 foot female and a friend has a slightly smaller male. We tried leaving them together for a couple of weeks, but they just sat on each other. I've never heard that they need any sort of brumation, but would it help?

Any info would be appreciated. And to make it all worthwhile, here are some pics.

Thanks!

hilzarie

I keep them but haven't bred them, but there is something else that needs comment here.

I see you are bathing your FWC in the bathtub. Not a good idea. Many snakes are sensitive to Chlorine, Fluorine and other chemicals that are sometimes found in fresh from the tap water. You really should check with your water department and find out what they are 'purifying' your water with.

I have seen fatalities in some species as a result of using untreated tap water. I treat all water that goes near my reptiles with AMQUEL.

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

Hey Frank,

I realize you've forgotten more about herps than I know, but as I understand it, aren't most snakes rather tolerant of chlorine and highly intolerant to chloramine?

I'm one of those lucky ones whose local water quality is fine.

Doug T

>>I keep them but haven't bred them, but there is something else that needs comment here.
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>>I see you are bathing your FWC in the bathtub. Not a good idea. Many snakes are sensitive to Chlorine, Fluorine and other chemicals that are sometimes found in fresh from the tap water. You really should check with your water department and find out what they are 'purifying' your water with.
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>>I have seen fatalities in some species as a result of using untreated tap water. I treat all water that goes near my reptiles with AMQUEL.
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>>Frank
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>>"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

I'm not a chemist, but I will see if I can explain. Much of the damage Chloramine does is because the Ammonia rich compound keeps Chlorine in suspention much longer than water that has just Chlorine added and is also very hard to remove (which is why I recommend AMQUEL-it works). This chemical persistance is of course makes it much more dangerous.

However, One of my early and saddest losses was a rare species of Waglerophis that I made the mistake of misting with regular (fresh from the tap) Chlorinated water. It was dead within hours.

One of the dumbest mistakes I ever made.

While FWC,s are an extremely hardy species, fresh from the tap water is directly exposing it to an undetermined amount of Chlorine-which can't be good. So why risk it?

How many times have you taken a shower and felt the Chlorine irritate your eyes?

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