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Here is the new critter. I was at the pet store as stated before and saw three of these that were underfed but right now I could only bring home one. Its an Indonesian Garter Snake (Natrix ( Xenochrophis ) vittata) Also called the Striped Keelback (thanks godfather). A rear fanged mildly venomous colubrid. She/he eats small guppies and crickets. Here it is:

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And here is the setup.

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Ill post more pics later as I take them

Very interesting! I've never heard of those before. Good luck with it, freak!

Cool! I see you went with a deeper, narrower drawer than the ones I'm using. I hope it will keep the little guy secure, as I haven't tried the drawers with any colubrids, much less small ones. If it's like the ones I have I'd expect you'll still be in good shape though. :)

yeah, he/she will only grow just a bit bigger. I think the drawer is longer from front to back as well.

That's actually what I meant by deeper, though i guess that wasn't clear. The height is probably similar or a little less -- I think it's 10" on these.

seems she/he seems to be a little escape artist and keeps getting out of the drawer (but not out of the enclosure, she sits back behind the drawer in that little space because she can't get any farther

you won't have much luck housing small colubrids in plastic.

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Originally Posted by Wizill

you won't have much luck housing small colubrids in plastic.

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Or at least the type of plastic drawers shown above. I keep all of my baby colubrids in plastic tubs in my rack and have never had an escape. :)

hmmm, well i have a reptarrium or whatever. The screen surrounding the small plastic piping. Maybe I can use that

Small snakes do better in tanks, IMO.

I'm afraid that little beauty WILL find a way out of that drawer. It never ceases to amaze me how they can squeeze their bodies through the tiniest of spaces. I would definitely go get a glass tank with a sliding/locking screen top. The 10gal ones aren't that expensive.

Its like an elephant through the eye of the needle :shock:

You can always save the drawers for your next ball pythons. ;)

most places sell a 20gal long for about 35 bucks... that's a pretty big tank so I'm sure you could pick up a 10 gal w/ lock lid for under thirty dollars. otherwise you can get one of those sterelite or rubermaids with the locking lids and put some holes in the sides with a drill for air.. sort of like a feed box.. I believe there is an example of one of these here http://www.ball-pythons.net/Sections...27-page-1.html but you probably wouldn't need anything that big... Walmart has 'em pretty cheap and it is probably cheaper, holds humidity better and prevents escape.

oh... I have no experience with colubrids or whatever they are called but that looks pretty good to me! Hope it helps

i am going to take huydra out of her ten gallon, put her into my empty twenty gallon, and move the striped into the ten gallon and save the drawer. Because she is getting out and now My crickets are getting out and are all over the house

That sucks.

Good plan OD - loose crickets are never good :) Hope it all works out for you! I'm sure it will.

Now let the snake run around free in the house and it will control the cricker population :wink:

lol maybe

Hi! I AM some what of an expert on this little beauty. I have one myself, a lovely little male, called Casey. And I DO keep him in a tank, because he just LOVES to go off wandering around the house, if we´re not carefull. :roll: For food I give Casey a weekly dose of one or two medium sized (approx. 4 cm long) goldfish, but we started him off on a guppy a week. Make certain that your cutey has plenty of water (I use an old lasagna ovendish), because the Keelback does need a little higher humidity than say an American Gartersnake. As for the venomous part: These snakes are non-agressive and rarely bite. One drawback: They do excreet a rather smelly kind of musk when they feel threatened. It really PONGS! And it does not clean off easilly.
For fun I regularly give Casey a bath. Litterally! I fill the tub for about a fifth with luke warm water (say 20 degrees Centigrade), keep my left hand over the overflow, my right one I dip into the water, so the little guy can have a rest on it, and tell my hubbie to get the snake. He gets a chance to really stretch out his little body and to dive down a bit. He can be in there for over an hour, before he gets tired of it. (I usually get him out earlier, because my arm will go numb from hanging down.) If you plan on doing something like this, make absolutely certain that there are no nooks and crannies, where your keelback can slip into, because it will! :wink: And also, logically, NEVER let it out of your sight! They are fast as fast!