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I'm a veteran snake keeper (mostly Pituophis and Drymarchon) and just acquired my first fox snake (eastern subsp., male). Does anyone know of any breeders of these guys, in hopes of finding a cb female, eastern or western ?

thanks

Hello, Simian,
You probably don't need this but you may want to look at these two posts back in April.
Buyer Beware 2 - BillMcgelaphe - Fri Apr 29 23:47:44 2005 - in Ratsnakes: Breeding Issues
Buyer beware 1 - BillMcgelaphe - Fri Apr 29 23:43:32 2005 - in Ratsnakes: Breeding Issues
Regards, Bill

The post by Bill raises some valid points. The various state regs make collecting nearly impossible. I believe Jim Sargent at Split Rock has genuine Easterns, and I work with them also. They are a favorite of mine. I think they are more like pines than rats. Sort of like cornsnakes on steriods. Some of the westerns I've seen are gorgeous too.
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Jamie W.

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>>I'm a veteran snake keeper (mostly Pituophis and Drymarchon) and just acquired my first fox snake (eastern subsp., male). Does anyone know of any breeders of these guys, in hopes of finding a cb female, eastern or western ?
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>>thanks

I live here in Illinois. Normally I collect a few gravid females each year and hatch out the young. I usually release all the young but have kept/given a few away on occasion. There is one guy that breeds them and post on the classifieds. Many say they have trouble getting them to eat but every one I ever had ate f/t. They are awesome snakes to work with. Here is a pair I had two years ago.

Mike

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I have:
0.1 Eastern Hognose
0.1 Kankakee Bull
0.1 AZ king
1.0 Eastern Milksnake
1.1 Western Fox snake
0.1 3-toe box turtle
0.2 Jungle Carpet python
0.0.1 Crested gecko
4.6 Bearded Dragon (german giant, orange, red sandfire X yellow pastel, Citrus X yellow pastel, Sandfire X Gold)