Egg eating snakes

[Creeptastic]

My boyfriend is pretty frightened of snakes. We have one ball python, and he does not go near it much. He saw a video the other day of an egg eating snake, and fell in love. Ive been reading up on them, and they seem pretty darn easy to care for. Was wondering if anyone has any experience with them, or knows a good place to purchase one?

[bamf64]

Ive never had one, but ive seen them on TV and they are so cool! Hope you get one!

[dr del]

Hi,

They do look amazing don't they.

I would do a lot of heavy research into the local availability of food for them though. I seem to remember their size means the eggs they need are pretty small even as full grown adults.


dr del

[jere000]

I talked with a breeder about this species he had babies that he had to feed by taking a syringe and tube take the egg and put the egg in the syringe then put it down there throat once they get older they can eat quail eggs on their own.

[asplundii]

I have 1.1 Dasypeltis scabra, have had them for about 2 years.

I whole heartedly agree with Dr. Del's advice. Find a local food source before you get one of these animals. If you cannot find a local source then you wil need to syringe feed them which is pretty tramatic on them. Plus, the skeleton on these guys is super, super fragile and they are prone to spinal kinking if handled too roughly. I do not recommend getting baby egg eaters because of this because finding a reliable source of finch eggs is nearly impossible. Get an adult and get your hands on quail eggs and you are all set.

I wil also say that these guys are a lot more arboreal than the literature suggests so whatever you are housing them in give them lots of room to climb (and consider putting in a couple finch nests as they seem to like to hid out in those.)

[janeothejungle]

I have 1.1 Dasypeltis scabra, have had them for about 2 years.

I whole heartedly agree with Dr. Del's advice. Find a local food source before you get one of these animals. If you cannot find a local source then you wil need to syringe feed them which is pretty tramatic on them. Plus, the skeleton on these guys is super, super fragile and they are prone to spinal kinking if handled too roughly. I do not recommend getting baby egg eaters because of this because finding a reliable source of finch eggs is nearly impossible. Get an adult and get your hands on quail eggs and you are all set.

I wil also say that these guys are a lot more arboreal than the literature suggests so whatever you are housing them in give them lots of room to climb (and consider putting in a couple finch nests as they seem to like to hid out in those.)

100% agreed. I would also add that if your only previous experience is with bps, an egg eater is not really a logical next step. Many arboreal colubrids are just (anatomically) more delicate snakes. Lighter bone structures, more unique housing requirements, etc, and of course, the steady food supply. When it's love, it's love, just do your homework and be 100% sure you can provide what it needs. Good luck.

Cheers,
Kat

[anthonym]

Looks like this guy has a pair for sale that he posted yesterday.

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=6&de=726509