Rough Green Snake?

Gosh, they look just like tiny green mambas:D

what is gutloading??

Again I am no expert but gutloading is when you feed the food (crickets) something with vitamins that you want to end up in the snake...

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And as a footnote I got the greensnakes because my bp is always in his hide!

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Originally Posted by vanzuuk1

Have you gotten them to eat anything besides crickets?

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One of my favorite prey items when I kept them were caterpillars - they go nuts for em. These snakes really seem to thrive in naturalistic vivariums. Mine were WC and they would feed within a day or two if set up properly and offered enticing prey items(try any bug you can pluck off a tree or bush - moth, butterfly, caterpillar, spider, grasshopper, etc). I used soil substrate that was heavily planted(philodendron is a good one that'll creep all over the enclosure and give them plenty of climbing/hiding opportunities). I'd water the plants daily with a spray bottle so they had drinking opportunities and so my plants wouldn't die. Mine were always setup with a uvb/uva tube light since they are active diurnal snakes, figured it couldn't hurt. Definitely one of the cooler display species, such fun to watch - especially during feeding time!

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Originally Posted by John1982

One of my favorite prey items when I kept them were caterpillars - they go nuts for em. These snakes really seem to thrive in naturalistic vivariums. Mine were WC and they would feed within a day or two if set up properly and offered enticing prey items(try any bug you can pluck off a tree or bush - moth, butterfly, caterpillar, spider, grasshopper, etc). I used soil substrate that was heavily planted(philodendron is a good one that'll creep all over the enclosure and give them plenty of climbing/hiding opportunities). I'd water the plants daily with a spray bottle so they had drinking opportunities and so my plants wouldn't die. Mine were always setup with a uvb/uva tube light since they are active diurnal snakes, figured it couldn't hurt. Definitely one of the cooler display species, such fun to watch - especially during feeding time!

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You said it better than I did! I almost forgot about the other critters that they eat. Though I never gave them spiders... I'm too scared to catch one xD. But when I run out of crickets i will go bug hunting for all of those others, and yes, they love those caterpillars.

I jinxed myself by posting, its been a few days since they ate.Three or four crickets in the tank but both snakes seem uninterested.

Found a couple of pages on these guys

Diet:
http://www.reptilechannel.com/snakes...nake-diet.aspx

General info
http://www.reptilechannel.com/reptil...n-snake-2.aspx

I dumped about twenty crickets in the tank thinking they would eat them as needed, maybe this stressed them or diluted the feeding response...

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Anyone?

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Originally Posted by vanzuuk1

I am a beginner at keeping snakes, I have two rough greens in a tall exo terra tank.

They tend to be out in the day and are great to watch..they climb the vines and branches and bask close to the uv bulbs...

From what I have found on various care sheets and a book on keeping rough green snakes-

They like to be misted and tend to drink water from the leaves (i have seen them do this and drink from the dish)

They are rowdy when first handled but settle down.

I dust every other batch of crickets, and gut load them.

I offered them guppies and they just seemed annoyed.

So far I like them, its cool to see them climb and explore the tank.

A google search turned up a few care sheets and as usual the experts disagree on some details!!

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I dumped about twenty crickets in the tank thinking they would eat them as needed, maybe this stressed them or diluted the feeding response...

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Pictures and statistics on your setup might help. I don't know the dimensions of a tall exo terra.

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When I kept rough greens they were in a 55 gallon planted vivarium and offered a varied diet of basically any bug I caught outside. I never offered fish, I was always under the impression they were entirely insectivorous. Don't handle them, they are almost certainly wild caught and even if they do seem to calm down after a bit, you're not helping the acclimation process. These are look but don't touch snakes that if setup properly and left alone can thrive and provide loads of entertainment to their keeper.