Pseustes Poecilonotus

Try as hard as I could, I was unable to get her to puff up at me.

When I got her, she was about 8 grams. Now that I uncovered the trick to get her consistently eating rodents on her own, she's shot up to 48 grams.

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Nice! I had to google, btw. I don't think I've ever seen one before.

What an interesting critter. Where does one get ahold of such a critter? What's the temperament etc like?

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Originally Posted by fire-eyes

What an interesting critter. Where does one get ahold of such a critter? What's the temperament etc like?

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Several people have them - few breed them.

Ken Foose had some, as did Ben Seigel and John Michels.

Temperament - very snippy and bitey.

As babies they are an eyelash viper mimic - they go through a complete color shift as adults.

Nice find! Those get very large (long) like a Spilotes Pullatus don't they Skiploder? I'd like to see more of both around. I've only seen 1 Spilotes at the shows I frequent, no Pseustes.

Oh if you don't mind sharing, what was the trick to get her on rodents?

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Originally Posted by leper65

Nice find! Those get very large (long) like a Spilotes Pullatus don't they Skiploder? I'd like to see more of both around. I've only seen 1 Spilotes at the shows I frequent, no Pseustes.

Oh if you don't mind sharing, what was the trick to get her on rodents?

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Yes they do get fairly long. My two year old poecilonotus is about as long as my 18 month old male spilotes.

Over the past year three people have sold large clutches imported from Costa Rica. Several people have picked up trios and pairs so here's keeping our fingers crossed that they start producing some domestic CBB babies in a few years,

For months I had to tease feed her to eat pinkies - and even at that she'd only take one at a time. I'd dangle the mouse in front of her face until she got mad and would strike at it and then I'd get it lodged in her mouth.

Their main prey item in the wild is birds but she's been too small to eat baby quail. One day after feeding the cribos chicken parts I reached into her cage to change the water and she tried to eat my index finger.

Since then I've been scenting with chicken broth or rubbing raw chicken on the pinkies and she is eating them like candy, two at a time.

She looks good. Is she one of the Costa Ricans you mentioned or is she from a Peruvian clutch?

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Originally Posted by SerpentesCiconii

She looks good. Is she one of the Costa Ricans you mentioned or is she from a Peruvian clutch?

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Costa Rican.

Saw a pair for sale on KS if anyone is interested. DTS Herps I think...