A few coxi's

Here's a few pictures of some of my Oreophis porphyraceus coxi
An old shot of a juvie female
A few coxi's 68coxi

An adult male
A few coxi's 680_1-adult4

And after a year, this
A few coxi's 68Parring-web

lead to this
A few coxi's 68coxi_egg

They are supposed to hatch in 20 days, or so.

I have 2,2 adults, but only one of the females gave eggs this year (of course the smallest female Rolling Eyes

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Really nice, Jakob. I Love the whole Oreophis group!

Me too,

i really love them - when i saw them for the first time, i was surprised, that i havnt them noticed earlier ...

sometimes in the future - i like to get a nice breeding group...

cheers
Mario

Realy nice you have there Cool

Best wishes,

Dennis.

Thanks guys Smile

if that isn't an amazing snake!
could you give some ifos how to keep them Jakob?

Greetz Ben

They are fantastic snakes, indeed! And very easy to keep and breed.

They require a humid enviroment, with a good substrat, which allows them to burrow. Ventilation must be good, to minimize the growth of fungi and mold.
They should be kept no warmer than 25°C. I have been told, that temperatures above 28°C can be fatal to them. I keep mine, in my snakeroom, in cages on the floor with no additional heating. The daytime temp is 24° and nighttime is 20°.
I hibernate my coxis over a 3 month period. I slowly lower the temperature to 10°, over 3 weeks, and keep them here, for 6 weeks. The I slowly raise the temperature, again over 3 weeks.

Baby usually feeds well on live mice pinkies. My adults feeds on everything. Chicks, mice, small rats both live, prekilled and thawed.
The females can sometimes be bred after 18 months, but to avoid egg-binding I wait untill they are 24 months. The males will be ready in 14-18 months.
I had feeding problems with my first clutch. None of the 5 babies were eating. But once I switched from Mastomys natalensis, to "common" white mice, they all ate, without problems. And so did the clutch I hatched 2 weeks ago Very Happy

A friend of mine kept them on newspaper, with a moist hide, and that worked out well, for around 6 months, then the female died. Whether it's due to the way he kept them, or just bad luck, I dont know, but I dont want to take the chance.

If you are interested I have babies for sale. If you can convince Mario to let go of his adult Boiga d. divergens, i'm always open for a trade lol!

Realy realy nice animals i'd like to have any of them as well but not in this moment maybe in two or three years (I hope haha) ... very stunning animals Shocked

greets Manuel