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Hi,

I would like some information about these.

I know someone selling them so I am interrested. They are rare here in Canada and they are good looking ones, they might be the ones I am searching for.

I think the temperatures should be around 75-80 and a low humidity around 40-50% cause they are from Arizona. Am I right ?

is there some special care to them ?

any care sheet or does anyone know who works for them ? What are the price for these in USA for some CB ?

Thank you everyone.

Hi,

Personally, I don't think the Western green rat makes a very good pet, and I'd leave them in the wild. There's been a history of problems with this species and I've kept them before myself. I lost one female over winter because I brumated to cold. I wouldn't go below 60*F now. Another female died on me at two yrs. of age for no apparent reason. I finally sold the male and discontinued the project.

Wild caught greens have parasite problems usually. If the snakes you find are w/c or from w/c, there's a chance you could have to deal with some kind of parasite in the future. Be aware of that. Also their care is a little difficult, as they are somewhat sensitive. I think I kept mine at about 75-82*F, most of the time. They are a somewhat nervous snake too, definitely not a corn snake. I wouldn't pay the $200 to $300 for one unless I was very experienced and knew exactly what I was getting into.

Here's one I saw while in AZ this summer, which I left there, btw...

Good luck...TC

>>Hi,
>>
>>I would like some information about these.
>>
>>I know someone selling them so I am interrested. They are rare here in Canada and they are good looking ones, they might be the ones I am searching for.
>>
>>I think the temperatures should be around 75-80 and a low humidity around 40-50% cause they are from Arizona. Am I right ?
>>
>>is there some special care to them ?
>>
>>any care sheet or does anyone know who works for them ? What are the price for these in USA for some CB ?
>>
>>Thank you everyone.

i've had similar problems, but with males ...i 've raised them from babies and at around 2 years they just die.....some folks are succesful....i have a female now that was a gift...i think of matching her up but....

I am not searching for a cornsnake at all. Some morphs and the normals ones are nice but you now find too much of them and with the number of breeder around they are hard to sell.

I am not new for snakes, I have kept some colubrids and some pythons.
I am now searching for a new one, I am thinking of JCP or a couple of ATBs and there are those now that were made avaible to me.

They are CB ones, 2004, from a reputable breeder in the US and the one that selling them here is a reputable breeder here too one of the biggest one (if we talk about quality), so I trust him.

The problems you got, where there with WC or CB or CH too ? just wondering if it's some wild stress or it's just normal.

all my snakes were captive bred and hatched...i believe the males are smaller than the females, i had speculated that perhaps the males just don't live long ,but i know people that are very successful with them, but i don't know how many males they have lost......i'm in the market for a one/two year old male now.......................yo, terry cox its me ...bob assetto

...from a reputable breeder also.

Hi, Bob.

Yes, the males are smaller. That was a 2 yr. old female I found in my favorite range, btw. How's it goin'? Did you go to AZ this summer?

TC

>>all my snakes were captive bred and hatched...i believe the males are smaller than the females, i had speculated that perhaps the males just don't live long ,but i know people that are very successful with them, but i don't know how many males they have lost......i'm in the market for a one/two year old male now.......................yo, terry cox its me ...bob assetto