Stunning Mandarin (Euprepiophis mandarinus)

by **Eyelash** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:48 pm

I recently took this pic of the mandarins after spraying them and thought you guys would like it...

I'll post some more pics later on if you guys want...

Regards
Louis.

by **wadekilian** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:55 pm

Congrats dude, that looks amazing. Are the 3 snakes you posted today wild-caught?

by **Mr Venom** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:08 pm

Excellent photos Louis!

Very stunning rat snakes indeed. Wish I had a pair!

by **Eyelash** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:53 pm

Thanks guys...

Haha...Wade, the mandarins are 100% captive bred (They used to belong to Westley). They flying snake is definitely wild caught and the tanahjampea cat snakes are long term captives from Switzerland.

by **wadekilian** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:01 am

They look in good condition man :-)

by **michael** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:32 am

Louis, you make us all jealous! I remember seeing a few wild caught ones years ago, I don’t think any of them lasted too long in captivity. I assume these being captive bred are much easier to maintain? How difficult is their husbandry? Keep me in mind when you breed, they have been on my wish list for years!

And yes please post lots of pictures, I can’t wait to see more!

by **Westley Price** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:37 am

Looking good, Louis!

I always found they were difficult to photograph because they are so shiny, haha.

Such nice snakes and also easy to keep if their very basic requirements are met. Well done.

by **Seaborne** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:24 am

I want one so badly.......

by **Eyelash** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:21 pm

Thanks guys !

These are really not hard to care for if you get quality cb animals. I keep them on a mix of sphagnum and soil with a moist hide and I spray them every three or so days. I think the most important thing with these is to keep them in a cool room (mine rarely reaches 26*C). They'll also eat whatever the other snakes didn't haha...

I'll post some more pics for you guys asap...

by **Chopper 1** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:44 am

Lucky sods ... you guys have all the nice snakes :-D

by **kfc223** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:45 am

Wow!

I see you have some nice ratsnakes. I really like that Mandarin, hopefully you can breed some soon.

by **Robyn@TRR** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:27 am

Beautiful snake!

by **Eyelash** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:15 am

Haha...thanks guys !

Here are two more pics for you guys...

Regards
Louis.

by **Rolf** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:10 am

Awesome stuff! I hope you mange to breed them, and sell me some : )

by **Westley Price** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:35 pm

Lekker Louis.

I'm glad they're doing well and I cannot wait for you to be the first to breed these in RSA!

Enough of the WC rubbish around, time for CB.

How about a few pictures of you holding them just to get an idea how much they've grown?

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