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What's the tempature range you kept your Mandurians in ? I think they are a cool clite animal . I have found some mandarins in mountain about 1000 ~ 1600 meters high . Tempature about 25 ~ 20c in summer . After I carried the mandarins to cite (Taipei) , they will always no feeding and waiting for died . This problems caused I sould carrying them to mountain again and give back the freedom to them . I guess the reason which caused they are no feeding in taipei that's bcoz the summer tempature in Taipei is too high . It's usually over 30c in Taipei during summer .

This is a very beautiful snake ( and also one of the most beautiful snakes in Taiwan ). I wanna try to keep them even breed .

I really want to know what's wrong with the WC mandarians that collected myself in wild .

thanks .

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20 -25 deg C is a pretty good range. 30 C is too high. Is there a cooler area in your house like a basement floor where it's a little cooler?
Best regards
John

20c~25c ? thanks for your suggest . I have a small coller which I can contral the tempature from 4c ~ 26c . I think the best tempature to keep this species is 23c as my friend told me this .

I will try to keep then in the cooler of 23c .

Thanks .

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0.1.0 Iguana iguana
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Very good. I wish you good luck on your project. If you are able please post photos of the Taiwanese mandarins and other ratsnakes (like porphoracea) here on this website for us to see.
Best regards
John

Sure ! I will take some photos and post here after I keep them successfully in captive .
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4.5.0 Boa constrcitor
1.0.0 Morelia amethistina
0.1.0 Python breitensteini
1.1.0 Candoia aspera
0.0.1 Cylindrophis ruffus
0.0.1 Eryx miliaris
0.1.0 Iguana iguana
0.1.0 Brachypelma emilia

Life with scales ! It's my Scale Style !

Wild caught Mandarins are much harder to keep than captive born Mandarins. They need to be made comfortable, plus you must look for parasites and disease also. Wild caughts might go for a long time without eating. One thing you might try is to catch them late in the season, in the fall. Then, if they don't eat, you can cool them to spring. Also, babies will do better than adults when wild caught. Good luck...

Terry

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