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03-13-2007, 11:53 AM
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I might get a green snake. I know that they don't adjust to captivity well but I still might get the snake. I would like to know if I could put 2 together. I have a 40 gallon tank.
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03-13-2007, 12:06 PM
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If you mean the smooth or rough green snakes, then I have seen those sold in the petstores. They eat crickets so are easy to feed...I dont believe they have trouble adjusting to captivity from what I have heard....and Im not sure about keeping them together...of course there is always more than one in the tank in the petstores but that doesnt mean it is correct .....hope this helps.
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03-13-2007, 12:36 PM
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Most green snakes available are wild caught and do not adjust well to captivity.
Even experienced hobbyists have difficulty keeping these for any length of time.
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03-13-2007, 04:23 PM
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I had 2 smooth green snakes in California about 25 years ago. I was not very experienced then, and I kept 2 together. I bought them at a petstore, so they were probably wild-caught. They ate crickets (which I thought was an advantage, but bugs creep me out!)
Mine adjusted very well to captivity. They seemed OK living together, but with the experience I have now, I would not recommend keeping any snakes together. They are solitary animals and don't need company.
My green snakes were not aggressive and I handled them often.
That was my experience... but every snake is different and I don't know if there is a difference in temperment between rough and smooth green snakes.
They're pretty animals though!
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03-13-2007, 06:26 PM
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I was thinking rough green snakes, but I might get a smooth green snake. Are rough green snakes acualy rough or do they just look rough?
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03-13-2007, 06:55 PM
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Iīm not very experienced nor a herpetologist, but I do my homework, if you know what I mean. I also like green snakes, but a friend of mine, which is a herp specialist, told me that those snakes are very difficult to take care of.
First of all they are insectivorous so you might thing that they should be easily fed with crickets only, what about you eating pizza all year or even just for a month at lunch and dinner time? Itīs not a good idea, so you must provide other kind of bugs, and thatīs not easy at all.
I have a Cham a (Calyptratus) and ihave at home at least three different kind of bugs in order to fulfill is food needs.
so as an advise think first if you have the expertise and the time and also the patiente to have such a snake, iīm sure that there are another species that you might enjoy, corns milks kings etc.
Otherwise it will be another snake to die and iīm sure thatīs not what you want.
the choice is yours, but think first!
good luck
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03-13-2007, 08:25 PM
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and if your simply not a fan of rodents, then I wouldnt get into snakes at all unless you can get over it long enough to feed your snakes regularly. It seems to me that its either one of three options for you....
1)Get an insectivorous snake that may be too difficult for you or anyone else to keep in captivity for any length of time.
2) Get a rodent eating snake like a corn, milk, or king and gain your experience with a starter species.
3) forget snakes and buy an aquarium (its an awesome hobby by the way)
this is my opinion but I would go with a smaller, beginner rodent-eating species that are far hardier and you will be able to learn from and enjoy much longer.
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03-13-2007, 09:49 PM
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i dont like rodents cuse I dont live near a pet store. all the pet stores that came here went out of busyness. i could get crickets cuse I there is a bait shope her for fishermen but I would use them for the snake. if I got a garter would they do okay on toads, earthworms, and red rosys?
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03-13-2007, 10:23 PM
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as far as I know garter love fish, and some times also a mice!!!!
and also some insects !
once more you have a menu issue to solve godzuki
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03-13-2007, 10:47 PM
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You can get frozen rodents delivered by mail. They can actually be much cheaper than buying a few at a time at a petstore, and frozen/thawed prey is better for snakes than live prey anyway...
I would be concerned about crickets from a bait store, in terms of what kinds of parasites they might carry, or chemicals they might be exposed to. But maybe that's not really an issue.
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