Oxyuranus spp. pictures

A couple of pics of my taipans. Lacking the "natural" looking substrate but makes cleaning easier.
Female Oxyuranus scutellatus
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Male Oxyuranus scutellatus
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Female yearling Oxyuranus microlepidotus
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Male Oxyuranus microlepidotus
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That is animals you dont see every day, very nice Smile

Hi Steve

Very nice indeed!! What sizes are the enclosures? I keep my Papuan taipans individually and in cages of the size 1.2m x 0.8m x 0.5m (LxWxH). They seem to do well in such relatively small enclosures; however, they are lightning fast and I recently had an incidence in which one of my big females hopped out of the cage faster than I could manage to close it.

Hi Klaus, My enclosures are same length as yours but slightly narrower at 600 mm. Never had one come out at speed but they will generally venture out just to have a look at what's going on, very curious and I believe, intelligent animals. It actually makes hooking them easier than if they were to stay inside.

I really love the Coastal Taipan Smile

How are they temperment wise?

Joel Power wrote:: I really love the Coastal Taipan How are they temperment wise?

I can only speak for mine of course, I find them quite calm, very alert and a little nervous at first until physical contact with the hook is made.( I do always use the hook with these guys just in case) I have never had a problem with them being high strung or aggressive although I have been told of some keepers who need to run them through the water bowl before removing from the enclosure just to settle them down.

realy nice man..

Steve Davis wrote:

Joel Power wrote:: I really love the Coastal Taipan How are they temperment wise?

I can only speak for mine of course, I find them quite calm, very alert and a little nervous at first until physical contact with the hook is made.( I do always use the hook with these guys just in case) I have never had a problem with them being high strung or aggressive although I have been told of some keepers who need to run them through the water bowl before removing from the enclosure just to settle them down.

So they are calmer then say P.textilis or some other high strung elapids that is very intresting to me Smile

despite the taipans rep from what ive read and seen from them here and what you have said. They do seem rather calm like you said and alert I like the coastal and the papuan taipan's personally Smile

their bad reputation was what kept me from owning them for quite a few years, just wasn't sure I was going to be comfortable and competent looking after them.
I have not found that reputation to be deserved.
I do not have any eastern browns so cannot compare with them sorry.

Well reputation unfortunately is what a lot of the highly venomous elapids have unfortunately. I think Black mamba's and Taipan's have a undeserved one as there seems to be a lot of myth around them.

I disagree here... I have had taipans that are calm and I have had others at the opposite end of the spectrum. Dealing with a taipan that does not want to behave is not an easy or pleasant experience. I find eastern browns alot easier as they tend to be more predictable. Like most other elapids there are calm and nervous individuals.

Cheers
Scott

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