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NickB
05-24-2012, 10:27 AM
Does anyone know when Natrix Maura become sexually mature?I can't find much information on the net.
Stefan-A
05-24-2012, 02:55 PM
http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/snakes10/mauramaturity.jpg

The short version is: When they are still very small. My couple produced their first clutch at an age of a little over a year and a half, as a result of normal cohabitation.
NickB
05-25-2012, 05:05 AM
http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/snakes10/mauramaturity.jpg

The short version is: When they are still very small. My couple produced their first clutch at an age of a little over a year and a half, as a result of normal cohabitation.



VERY interesting, and it is perfectly safe for them to have a clutch at this size?I own a pair of CB10's I have been co-habitating them under the false assumption they couldn't be sexually mature yet!When you say normal cohabitation do you mean you didn't put them into a brumation?
Stefan-A
05-27-2012, 06:47 AM
No brumation, exactly. And my false assumption was the same.

My female survived it, but I wouldn't call it perfectly safe. They can do it and they do it in the wild, but I'd avoid it just to be safe.
NickB
05-27-2012, 10:46 AM
No brumation, exactly. And my false assumption was the same.

My female survived it, but I wouldn't call it perfectly safe. They can do it and they do it in the wild, but I'd avoid it just to be safe.

ok, thanks for the information.
mikem
05-27-2012, 04:54 PM
Wish these guys would find their way over here to the states. I'd love to own a few :cool: