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Breeding North American Agkistrodons?
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by ALA_herp31 on December 22, 2004
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Can anyone suggest a good book or website on the breeding of our native Agkistrodons. I know that for Copperheads the hibernation procedures are much the same as our native colubrids, but im not sure about Cottonmouths. Any help would be appreciated. Thank ya'll.....Be safe ya'll, happy herping Wally
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by thenewdisciple on December 22, 2004
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its the same way with cottonmouths, most snakes are bred the same way, with cottons you have to be careful when introducing, the larger of the two may eat the smaller one. use two snakes of similar size.
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by ALA_herp31 on December 22, 2004
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Same problem with breeding King Snakes. I had a male King killed by a female one time during breeding time. It brock my heart to....Happy herping Wally
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by Dadee on December 24, 2004
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I guess I'm pretty lucky in the fact that my cottons (male and female) are picky eaters. They are housed together for the sake of making just one "humid" area. I realize the inherent danger of this, however, my hot room isn't extraordinarily large, thus space is an issue and since the rest of my species don't require such a large humid climate, I have conserved space for them. I'm not sure if anyone can disprove my theory, but they actually appear to love each other. They recognize one another and often times are found coiled up one on top of the other. Both of them require special eating areas. I have to place them one at a time into the trash can, lock the lid and turn out all lights. Give them a few hours and their meal is gone. That is the ONLY way they will even feed. I've just recently brought them out of brumation due to a death downstairs that took me by surprise. All of my snakes are now active and eagerly waiting for food. I'm about to go get a new trash can possibly on Sunday so that I can accomodate my largest species without any surprise heads popping out over the top lip of the can. My WDB is getting so long that she's coiled up in the bottom of the can and still drapes over the outside of the can. That was a shoe-in for a new can purchase. I know Home Depot carries some enormous cans, so one of them will most definitely do the job. I have a 55 gallon now, and figure that something larger and deeper should do. Anyone had similar experiences with WDB's? She's got to be close to the longest I've ever seen and a real beauty.
Merry Christmas everyone,
Matt
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