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RE: are there pet insectivore snakes?

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Posted by: aliceinwl at Mon Jul 21 22:51:45 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by aliceinwl ]  
   

Shovel-nosed snakes, Chionactis occipitalis, have been available on the kingsnake snake classifieds lately. They do well on gutloaded supplemented crickets. They're noctural burrowers, but they will come out in the evening to chase down their crickets. They don't tolerate handling well, but are interesting little snakes if you're willing to have a "hands off" snake, that spends most of its time under the sand.

Here's mine:




What I usually get to see if lucky



   

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