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Posted by: Amazonreptile at Wed Oct 1 15:01:26 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Amazonreptile ]  
   

I have local customers who catch coachwhips and many want to try their hand at keeping them. Yeah, usually babies! Big ones bite and don't make it to the store. LOL

I have found over time that if you set them up like a diurnal basking lizard they will feed readily on mice.

The setup for a hatchling is:

10 or 20 gallon screen topped reptile tank
50 watt Zoomed Basking Spot (hot spot of 110F)
24" Zoomed 10.0 UVB lamp
wooden branch for hiding and basking under the lights.
water bowl

These snakes are diurnal basking reptiles just like desert iguanas or spiny's that are found in the same habitat. So I decided to try it that way and it worked. Thus far I have a run of 8 or 9 in a row eating mice. In a year they are 3 feet or so and TAME!

They have a high metabolism so they need to be fed until full three times a week. That could mean 3 or even 9 pinks a week depending upon size.

I hope this helps.

If you try this, please take the time to make comment here.
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