Eastern Blacknecks

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

she's kicking RIGHT now... I think she is saying... MOM!!!! BLACKNECKS!!!!

[Thamnophis]

Thanks for your answer, Joanna.

I put mine last year 2 months in the refrigerator at 4-6 degrees C. (= 39-43 degrees Fahrenheit).
This year I am going to give them a brumation of 3 - 4 months in the refrigerator at the above mentioned temperatures. See what happens than.
I feed mine mainly with European Smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) and never give them rodents.
The lived in a normal terrarium for years, but now I have placed them in a big curverbox (see picture) with a 25 watt lamp in it. They seem more active now and eat better than ever. Normally I use these curvers for my juvenile snakes during the first year. Works perfectly.
If these changes have helped I know in 2012 and will let it know on this forum.

[guidofatherof5]

Good looking setups.

[MoJo]

Good luck Thamnophis. Those look like luxury set ups!

So all of my blacknecks have been sold. I can't believe it! I didn't put up one ad anywhere. My heart is heavy, so for those of you that have my snakes be warned I might very well be contacting you in the future for some!

I wish my other snakes would move as fast as these!

[jitami]

I can tell this wasn't easy for you Joanna and I do hope you're in a position in the future to add them back into your collection. Hugs...

[johnnic]

hi jo,

don't worry, i have a good stock of your ebns and when things settle a bit contact me and i'll hook you up again with them. have three females ready to go for next year (two from your stock and one unrelated) and more unrelateds in coming years. hopefully, i'll have some breeding success (have bred eastern flames many times but haven't worked with ebns before). tom

[MoJo]

Thanks guys. I appreciate it.

[Thamnophis]

Thanks for the replies, Joanna! I can understand that selling these snakes was not easy.

[Thamnophis]

Hi Johnnic what will be your modus operandus to try and breed them? Brumation? How long? Temperatures?

hi jo,

don't worry, i have a good stock of your ebns and when things settle a bit contact me and i'll hook you up again with them. have three females ready to go for next year (two from your stock and one unrelated) and more unrelateds in coming years. hopefully, i'll have some breeding success (have bred eastern flames many times but haven't worked with ebns before). tom

[johnnic]

heck, i'm copying joanna's husbandry and cycling since she's been successful in reproducing this ssp for the past 5 + years. plus, she only lives a couple of states away so the temps/weather is quite similar.