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Snake Breeders Based in Leicestershire, England, UK
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A ~ C ~ S~N~A~K~E~S Snake Breeders Based in Leicestershire, England, UK | |
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Elaphe Schrencki
Introduction Russian Ratsnakes are
among the largest and most robust of all the ratsnake species and
are believed to be crepuscular (active dusk & dawn) but most of
ours are active both day and night. Whilst they are a calm
species, they are quite active, semi arboreal and
extremely nosy which makes them a great species to interact
with and observe. They are constrictors
who belong to the colubrid family and are sometimes referred to as
Manchurian Watersnake and Amur Ratsnake. Docile and inquisitive
Wild
Type, High Yellow/Gold, High White (aka Anery Phase )
Vivarium or plastic tubs
We prefer to use tubs as we found them to be
much easier to keep clean.
Other requirements
: -Suitably large water bowl for them to drink
and bathe -A
minimum of 2 hides (1 in the cool end and 1 in the warm end) one of
which should be moist
-Climbing branches
are advantageous
21°C
(70°F) to 28°C (82°F)
Many
keepers do not offer any supplementary heat, believing that the
temperature in your home will be sufficient. We believe this is a
mistake as this does not offer your snake any choice of temperature
whatsoever. Even if they do not spend a great deal of time in the
warm end of their enclosure, at least they will have a choice.
Incidentally, one of our adult females spends the majority of the
time in the warm end of her enclosure. Viv
- Guarded Ceramic heater or heat mat
Tub
- Heat mat Whichever method is used, the temperature
should be controlled by a suitable thermostat and monitored using a
digital thermometer
Found in a wide variety of mainly moist
environments such as scrubland, farmland, riverbanks, swamp land,
gardens, stones, log piles, forests and up in trees
We
prefer to use Aspen and provide 2 moist
and 2 dry hides.
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