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Post by Wickedawesome on Aug 28, 2006 21:07:53 GMT -5
I was just wondering if anyone was working with, or know of someone who is working with Mandrin Ratsnakes, or Red Mountain Racers( Oreophis porphyraceus coxi or Oreophis porphyraceus laticinctus )
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Post by Shawn(snakebite) on Aug 28, 2006 21:32:52 GMT -5
I can't think of anyone off hand within the area, but I'm sure if you search the forums you will come across something.On a different line I am working with Taiwans if you were looking for somethin a little different.Expecting babies in a week or 2.
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Post by Wickedawesome on Aug 28, 2006 22:32:45 GMT -5
Sounds interesting. Although it looks like your are vicious little monsters. . .jj. I just found som eimages of these rat snakes and racers and thought they looked pretty neat. And they seem to have interesting behaviours as well.
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Post by shawnfraser on Aug 29, 2006 11:01:27 GMT -5
We have 2.2 mandarin ratsnakes at Reptile World. Only one pair is housed together (the two on display). We got two eggs this year, but one baby died right after emerging from the egg. The other was dead, full term, in the egg.
They bred last year also - two good eggs and one infertile. What amazed me was that the snakes were quite small, about 30 inches long, when they bred. Dave (owner of Reptile World) went to Ontario last year and brought back a picture of one of Tom Mason's mandarins - it is about six feet long!
Of the two hatchlings we got last year, one ate pinkies with no problem, but the other would not take them. I used a leopard frog (Rana pipiens) to scent a dead pinky and it ate right away. After a couple of these it ate unscented pinkies without a problem.
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Post by Wickedawesome on Aug 31, 2006 20:25:28 GMT -5
Well, so far Reptile World is the only place in Canada that I have found that is working with Mandrins right now. How is their temperment? I read that they are alright if your slow and don't startle them. How long have you had them now?
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Post by shawnfraser on Sept 1, 2006 21:08:43 GMT -5
They are kind of nervous but, like you said, if you move slowly they are OK. They rarely strike, but they are squirmy when you first pick them up. They also musk on occasion. We have had them for about two and a half years now.
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