my new fish eating snakes :-)

[Snaky]

Well that's not really difficult, even venomous snakes are legal to hold in the Netherlands. There is no law against it.

And I also thaught they where rear-fanged, which does not mean they are dangerous. They are like Hog-nosed Snakes.

[jewel-dragons]

Well that's not really difficult, even venomous snakes are legal to hold in the Netherlands. There is no law against it.

And I also thaught they where rear-fanged, which does not mean they are dangerous. They are like Hog-nosed Snakes.

i know that venemous snakes are not forbidden in the netherlands... but today i found an list with the venomous and non venomous snakes
a lot of natrix snakes are venomous,but the vittata was standing in de non venomous snakes....

[Gijs & Sabine]

Finaly you found them congratulations. They look really nice !!!

[jewel-dragons]

thry do great,they swim more than all thamnophis,so that's nice to look at....

here some photo's,i hope to find some extra in hamm in march (big exhibition in germany)

[jewel-dragons]

[Thamnophis]

Hey Kuno,

congratulations!
They look very fine.

I have kept them some years ago during two years or so.
They are very similar in way of life and terrarium-conditions as Thamnophis.
They swim more, but you also noticed that.

I lost mine in a stupid way. They lived an my attic and the temperature dropped suddenly. I noticed this too late and they all were dead. Temperature got below 10 °C. and they could not handle that.

[jewel-dragons]

okay that ****ty fons...
do you know if these snakes need a wintersleep or rest? i cant find some information about that....

[jompiej]

nice looking snakes ,, sow when can I get some :P

[jewel-dragons]

nice looking snakes ,, sow when can I get some :P

maybe this year jerome

[Thamnophis]

Not a winterrest as in Thamnophis.
It also depends where they are from. If I remember well, they live in different regions with different climates. I am not 100 % sure about this.
When I find something about it I will let you know.
Mine died when the temperatures got to low, so I think you can lower the temps with some degrees, but I would not go lower than 18-20 °C.
Maybe you can limit the hours of light also.
Or maybe keeping them a period quite dry will stimulate the reproduction.
You must treat them as tropical animals.