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    Any specific questions? I'll be happy to help if I can. They are one of my favorite species. Got my first in 2001 and have a fairly decent collection at this point.

    They are rather easy to care for, much more forgiving of husbandry errors than GTPs and ETBs. I keep mine about mid to low 80s and night drops to low to mid 70s. They are in my heated snake room so those are ambient temps (I only provide hot spots for my boas and balls). They sleep during the day, usually on the floor of the cage and will make use of hide boxes if provided. They prefer branches that have criss-crosses or platforms to hang out on in the afternoon/evening/night as opposed to single straight across perches. Will usually readily take f/t.

    You can keep them in a variety of type of cages. I keep my babies in shoebox tubs or small 12x12 plastic caging, I use green garden fencing for the young ones and then either branches/perches or grapewood for the adults. I like BARRS cages for atbs. Keep my adults in either 16x16x20 or 20" cubes. I have one in a larger reptarium glass cage with screen top but screen tops and ammies usually result in poor sheds, so I'll be moving her into a barrs cage eventually.

    They can and will bite. Either lunging at you and chomping all over or you can be holding them, everything is fine, then about 15-20 min later, chomp! They go towards heat, so even breathing on them can elicit a strike to your face. They will also pee and musk all over you if they don't want to be bothered. Much more of a look and enjoy snake than something you want to hold while you watch tv. I've been asked why I'd keep them since that is the case and my response is that they are like beautiful fish, wonderful to look at and observe, but basically leave them alone if you want them to be happy. I use hooks a lot with them just to avoid the drama and stress to both of us. If you want to handle, a good idea is to scoop them up when they are sleeping as they will anchor themselves quickly to a branch and be difficult to get out. Also rinsing your hands in cool water can help avoid that first bite.

    Hmm what else? They are gorgeous and small, they are super inquisitive! moving around in my room and I'll look over at the ammie wall and see little faces peering out to see if it's feeding day. I hope this helps!
    Last edited by AbsoluteApril; 10-19-2015 at 06:44 PM.
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