Flying Snake

I got a pair from Christoph a few weeks ago and they do pretty well. Besides the fact, that they until now just feed on living young mice and it is rather difficult here to buy those (luckily now I found a shop some 30km away), they now both shed without problems and seem to get a bit more calm - they were really aggressive the first days!

Cheers,
Guenter

Male:
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Female:

Nice snakes Günter

How are your other snakes doing so far?

Cheers

Niiiice shots again. You said that they were really aggressive for few days - maybe little bit tressed about new home. That aggressivines is not common for E.c.c what I´ve heard from other E.c.c owners and especially my own E.c.c was so calm that I could use her as a tie if I would like to have done it. E.c.c´s are really beautiful snakes with their shine on every colours of rainbow.
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Ari

The got more calm in the last few weeks, indeed. I thought too, it may have been from the stress.

My other snakes are doing pretty well. The 1,1 Lampropeltis zonata pulchra, I got from Peter, are now about 50cm long and eat well - they would eat three pinkies in a row if I'd let them. I'm feeding two small pinkies every 8 days now.

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Nice rainbows!

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Absolutely stunning photos, Guenter! - Congratulations

I´m also very glad to hear, that the Epicrates are doing well!

@Ari: My experience with epicrates is, that they are born really snappy, not really aggressive but they just have the instinct to bite everything that moves. - Their behaviour changes really quick (within a few weeks), and they tend to be very calm then.

Best wishes,
Christoph

Very nice specimes and pics!

I keep a Cuban boa, E. angulifer and he is totally insane! Hissing and striking at first sight!

Very nice specimes.

I myself have an Epicrates cenchria maurus(3 yrs of age)...had an Epicrates cenchria cenchria also, but she died in a young age. Nobody really understood why...

Update:

Now in their big cage (60x60x150cm) they are hiding all day long, digging into the flower pot or simply beneath it.

A shot of the female from today, she is a bit more difficult to feed but now usually takes dead speckies if I use some tricks.

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Pics hardly do justice to the "models" but stunning pictures you take as usually Smile

Thanks. The E. c. does not like being photographed, they much more like to immediately hide in the ground substrate. But sometimes a lucky shot is possible as here Wink

Update:
Female still feeding rather difficultly on dead speckies, the male is no problem. My feeding technique is to warm the mice to at least 37 degrees and then gently touch the snakes mouth with it again and again until the boa has enough of this idiot with the mouse and takes it away from him Very Happy

Fisheye shot - distance lens / snake about 10mm
Note completely crips, but it adds to the dynamic I think.

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Crazy shoot Very Happy

I like it

Amazing shot !! looks like in 3D !
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