Hi all,
In the past, whenever I had had problems maintaining any snake of the genus Diadophis, it was always due to skin blisters. Although I had provided areas with different levels of moisture in the vivarium, as well as change and stir the substrate regularly, the snakes usually developed a nasty outbreak of skin blisters for unexplained reasons. The same happened for a specimen of Carphophis in my collection. Well, I finally found a solution that I am using with my Prairies, and it's working! They are in great condition. What I did, is put the classic swamp snake keeper's recipe of "Swamp Tea" to a new use. I soaked the cypress mulch substrate in an acidic tea solution befoe adding it to the vivariu,m and have not seen a single blister since! So, remember, does your snake have blisters? This stuff isn't just for mud snakes and queen snakes... it can work for terretrial snakes as well! Hope this helps.
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1.0 Florida blue garter snake
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0.0.1 Eastern ribbon snake
1.1 red-cheeked mud turtles
0.1 Dubia day gecko
1.0 Sonoran gopher snake
0.1 rough green snakes
1.1 giant African black millipedes
1.0 Okeetee corn snake
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1.1 Western hognose snakes
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0.1 Southern ringneck snakes
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