Hey all. By the looks of things on the forums, people are having a good year!
I received a nice young adult pair of Vietnamese blue beauties in February. At the time, I was short on room so I housed them together. Within 30 minutes they were locked up. I kept them together since that time except for feeding, which both are very eager eaters. I now have 4 perfect eggs.(she laid seven total 3 slugs) I have years of breeding experience with many species of North American colubrids. These are my first Asians. What is the approximate incubation period for this species? I know Red Tailed Green rats have a llloooong incubation period of up to 130 days. I am used to the 60-70 day period. Any info would be greatly appritiated! Thanks in advance. Rich
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Vietnamese Blue beauty egg incubation
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Congrats on your success! While I haven't bred blue beautys, I have bred cave ratsnakes several times. Incubation is at the typical 78-82 degrees F (I usually do about 80) with incubation times ranging from 60 to 75 days. I would imagine blue beautys would be the same.
Sadly I got all duds from my ridleyi this year...
Hey thanks! I am not sharp on the Asians at all but that pic of the snake looks like it belongs in the same genus as the vbb's. The post ocular mask and the striped tail give it away. Nice animal btw. Thanks again. Rich
You are correct,
Blue beauty snake = Orthriophis taeniurus callicyanous
Cave dwelling rat snake = Orthriophis taeniurus ridleyi
That was the reason I used ridleyi as an example since they are so closely related.
