Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 2,926

5 members and 2,921 guests
Most users ever online was 6,337, 01-24-2020 at 04:30 AM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,031
Threads: 248,489
Posts: 2,568,441
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, isismomma
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 11
  1. #1
    Registered User GreenTea's Avatar
    Join Date
    09-03-2017
    Location
    Washington
    Posts
    64
    Thanks
    71
    Thanked 51 Times in 24 Posts

    Ahaetulla Nasuta

    Hey all, not sure if there are any other vine snake keepers here, but wanted to show you this guy and his progress since I picked him up. A bit of backstory, I saw him at a pet store in Portland and at the Portland reptile expo but wasn't sure I was ready for a lizard eater and all the things vine snakes need..

    I went back to the store a few months later and he was still there but not looking as good. The white and black skin was showing, his head was brown, and he had bumps on him. I took him to the vet for the store and while they had wormed him when he arrived with panacur, he had parasitic worms under the skin, so they anesthetized him and removed the parasites and gave him fluids.

    About two weeks later after bringing him home, he is looking 1000% better. Eating, drinks right from my hand, super calm and seems tame. He is only 16 grams so I thing he was imported young and lived in the store with lots of traffic, people, and lights. Hopefully he will continue to thrive in my care and will be with us for a long time. Below are some pictures of him along the way, and his enclosure. If there are any other people keeping vine snakes here I'd love to connect.

    You can see more of him at 8-bit pythons on instagram, along with all our BP stuff

    At the store, dehydrated and with parasites.


    After surgery to remove parasites and fluids.


    In blue.


    Start of shed.


    After shed.


    Two meals down, sutures visible.

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to GreenTea For This Useful Post:

    Bogertophis (06-16-2018)

  3. #2
    BPnet Veteran Team Slytherin's Avatar
    Join Date
    09-12-2017
    Location
    Los Angeles, CA
    Posts
    608
    Thanks
    556
    Thanked 865 Times in 404 Posts
    Images: 1

    Re: Ahaetulla Nasuta

    I don't see any photos! But I'm super excited to see your new pickup. Vine snakes are so cool looking.

  4. #3
    Bogertophis's Avatar
    Join Date
    04-28-2018
    Location
    USA
    Posts
    20,182
    Thanks
    28,081
    Thanked 19,739 Times in 11,797 Posts
    And they can be a challenge to get beyond the health issues they're imported with, especially if their care is delayed. I look forward to visible photos
    too, lol, and watch your progress.

  5. #4
    Registered User GreenTea's Avatar
    Join Date
    09-03-2017
    Location
    Washington
    Posts
    64
    Thanks
    71
    Thanked 51 Times in 24 Posts

    Re: Ahaetulla Nasuta

    Woops! Let's try again. Some enclosure specs: in planted terrarium with screen top and basking spot of 95, fogger to keep humidity at ~70% and sprayed 1x or 2x daily. Gut loaded brown anoles and house geckos available to eat. UV bulb and day/night cycle. If I can figure out how to get a video posted, I'll show his drinking The type of parasites found were from eating inverts before being caught and imported.


    At the store, dehydrated and with parasites under skin - the white section on the neck and lump on his side.









    After surgery to remove parasites and fluids.





    In blue and hydrated..


    Start of shed.




    After shedding.



    First meal.




    Second meal down, sutures will dissolve/come out with sheds over time.




  6. The Following 9 Users Say Thank You to GreenTea For This Useful Post:

    Alicia (07-09-2018),Apiratenamedjohn (06-16-2018),Charis (06-16-2018),dr del (06-17-2018),John1982 (06-17-2018),MissterDog (06-16-2018),richardhind1972 (06-16-2018),Sonny1318 (06-16-2018),tttaylorrr (06-19-2018)

  7. #5
    Registered User AnnieHeart's Avatar
    Join Date
    04-14-2018
    Location
    Ohio
    Posts
    516
    Thanks
    5
    Thanked 207 Times in 186 Posts
    What an amazing snake!!
    ~Annie
    ~

  8. #6
    BPnet Senior Member Sonny1318's Avatar
    Join Date
    07-02-2014
    Location
    Chicago
    Posts
    2,262
    Thanks
    4,720
    Thanked 1,538 Times in 1,148 Posts
    Images: 9
    Very cool, thanks for sharing. Definitely way cool.
    1.0 Black Pastel Pinstripe
    1.0 Reduced Pattern Clown
    1.0 Low White Pied
    1.0 Hypo Super Enchi

  9. #7
    BPnet Senior Member richardhind1972's Avatar
    Join Date
    12-31-2017
    Location
    derbyshire, uk
    Posts
    4,646
    Thanks
    10,964
    Thanked 7,173 Times in 3,204 Posts

    Ahaetulla Nasuta

    Very cool snake and amazing colour. Great how you have turned his health round , hes looking great congratulations


    Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk
    Last edited by richardhind1972; 06-16-2018 at 04:33 PM.

  10. The Following User Says Thank You to richardhind1972 For This Useful Post:

    GreenTea (11-08-2018)

  11. #8
    Registered User Charis's Avatar
    Join Date
    06-08-2018
    Posts
    142
    Thanks
    133
    Thanked 378 Times in 120 Posts
    He is looking way better now!!

    I don't have one but have thought about getting a vine snake for a couple years. Just not sure about a lizard eater. I did recently buy a small group of Mourning geckos that just started laying eggs. Figure if they get producing like crazy and seem able to maintain while feeding a snake, I will definitely revisit the idea.

  12. The Following User Says Thank You to Charis For This Useful Post:

    GreenTea (11-08-2018)

  13. #9
    Registered User GreenTea's Avatar
    Join Date
    09-03-2017
    Location
    Washington
    Posts
    64
    Thanks
    71
    Thanked 51 Times in 24 Posts

    Re: Ahaetulla Nasuta

    Quote Originally Posted by AnnieHeart View Post
    What an amazing snake!!
    Thank you Annie, I'm super into him!

    Quote Originally Posted by Sonny1318 View Post
    Very cool, thanks for sharing. Definitely way cool.
    Thank you Sonny

    Quote Originally Posted by richardhind1972 View Post
    Very cool snake and amazing colour. Great how you have turned his health round , hes looking great congratulations


    Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk
    Thank you Richard, I'm really happy with how he is doing. I purchased the enclosure he was living in to avoid the stress of switching to a near terrarium and setup and I'm completely speculating that it made a huge difference, but that makes sense to me. I was concerned that anesthesia, surgery AND a new enclosure in a different space would be too much stress. He didn't eat for a few weeks and I was concerned but now see he was just recovering from surgery/dehydration and going into/through shed.

    Quote Originally Posted by Charis View Post
    He is looking way better now!!

    I don't have one but have thought about getting a vine snake for a couple years. Just not sure about a lizard eater. I did recently buy a small group of Mourning geckos that just started laying eggs. Figure if they get producing like crazy and seem able to maintain while feeding a snake, I will definitely revisit the idea.
    Yeah, that's a good idea. I think even with them laying eggs there would still need to be a feeder source available because they can incubate for a long time and these guys have a pretty fast metabolism, reportedly needing up to 3 appropriately sized meals a week. He will have a relatively big lump from a lizard that is smoothed out about 36 hours later, pretty amazing.

    Here is an updated photo from today, he took his 3rd meal. He has eaten one mourning gecko, one house gecko, and one brown anole at this point. Kinda brutal to see him put down animals that are still kicking but he is an amazing snake, and such is life.


  14. The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to GreenTea For This Useful Post:

    Alicia (10-26-2018),Apiratenamedjohn (06-19-2018),Charis (06-19-2018),Prognathodon (06-20-2018),richardhind1972 (06-19-2018),Sonny1318 (06-19-2018)

  15. #10
    BPnet Senior Member richardhind1972's Avatar
    Join Date
    12-31-2017
    Location
    derbyshire, uk
    Posts
    4,646
    Thanks
    10,964
    Thanked 7,173 Times in 3,204 Posts

    Re: Ahaetulla Nasuta

    Great picture

    Sent from my TA-1024 using Tapatalk

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1