Caimen Lizard (Dracaena guianesis)

[RhacHead]

The caimen lizard is a reptile that I've had on my top 5 must have before I die list since 2000.The reason I've never aquired one was the $1500+ price tag(If you could even get one) However as of lately I've noticed a great deal of them posted on KS.com,Some were posted for as little as $600!!

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=34&de=754470

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=34&de=755483

Caimen lizards have a very specialized diet of Snails making a regular supply of a large snail(Like an apple snail) Essential to the well being of the animal.On a few ads I saw that Mazuri Croc pellets have been used to feed them as well as canned snails(Didnt even know those exsisted did ya? Me neither) So that was obviously a huge step toward establishing breeding populations in captivity. So my question is this Was there some huge breakthrough in the captive breeding of Caimen lizards? If so what was it?

[Patrick Long]

As far as I know these animals are being imported by the dozens. I was speaking to a friend of mine at the last show, and he was saying that he JUST got a shipment of over 20 WC specimens.

So it is not hard to assume that CB babies are available, and becoming more so.

[RhacHead]

I believe there may have been importation restrictions up until recently which could lead to some of the recent additions to the market.

Though quite a few of those ads stated they were CB
I was just flipping through a REPTILES Magazine from 2005 that did an article on Caimen that said they had never been bred in captivity but one WC that was gravid laid eggs.

[merdcme]

they are VERY cool