My False water cobra collection

[Tim Cole]

I've kept them for several years. Some were very laid back and easy to handle and some would chase you out of the room with their feeding response! LOL

By the way, their venom toxicity is greatly underrated by most people.

Since they are a rearfang snake and most are reluctant to bite, this has not been a medically significant issue.

 

[albinoball]

Venom underrated? Yes. Reluctant to bite? Not in my experience at all. My big female, possibly related to Jay's superhypo, is also a superhypo from Wes. She is docile as could be but I have a much younger superhypo who is in the stage they go through where they seem to go a bit nuts. She will bite you out of nowhere and is quite feisty. Then I have a male who is somewhere in between the two. Nice snakes Jay!

 

[spidey]

FWC

I only need one more snake...a true red throat eastern indigo.

i purchased a superhypo fwc from jay and shes one of the smartest most beautiful snakes ive ever owned. (been in the trade for over 15 years and had tons of stuffs)

bred her to a friends crazy high yellow hypo male. hope to see something new! we are stoked! jay gets one of course!

lol, when shes "not in the mood" she whipps her tail like a lizard. most of the time she just comes right over without a fuss..even if i wake her from a slumber.

best snake purchase to date! why i didnt go for these before i dunno....
yes they are poop factories, but honestly, milk snakes are worse...and they like to crap on you too...

false waters are amazing. thanks to bob and jay for getting my hooked!

will post lots of pics when we get a clutch and babies!!

if things turn out like we hope, i may need a cigar when its all said and done.
(of course you realize the cigarette wone be enough lolz)

tom

 

[bigjay]

Thanks guys!

On the venom issue I would buy that its underrated by most...I think it totally has to down with their keen intelligence and reluctance to envenomate non prey items. Their temperments vary quite a bit as evidenced by austins nutty female haha. The worst bite ive received from any of them was from a 6 month old baby..swelling, sweating, itching, burning and localized pain.

Your hooked Tom! Your going to have to start going to fwc anonymous meetings with tbe rest of us! Ive said it a million times to a million people...these are one of the best pets in tje reptile hobby for a RESPONSIBLE keeper. I feel about my falsies as many do about their dogs, were buddys and its amazing to see them prove that with actions like deciding to come out to me when the door is opened instead of remaining in their hides. Very few other species aside from drymarchon will choose an abnormal interaction behavior over a genetically ingrained self preservation behavior!

Cheers guys!

Jay

 

[Ntyvirus]

still want one of these ridiculously badly but not sure about how Florida feels about them.

 

[Wayne Fowlie]

Nice advertisement for Hydrodynastes gigas, guys! They used to be rare imports in batches of yellow anacondas; turns out they breed like flies and are now more common than the Eunectes. Watch out next time you go away a couple weeks and have a hungry one swallow your thumb; gives you a real lesson in mildly venomous pain. Big ones love full grown rainbow trout, so it's just a matter of time before fish and game make these a NO-NO!!. Think first and don't sell one of these to someone who just wants a pet gartersnake.

 

[spidey]

FWC

Well, my female wasnt pregnant. I will have to try this fall.

I am sitting on a clutch from my friends female. Last year, she became egg bound. This year, she double clutched all on her own! She was only bred once.
See, shes making up for last year. 10 eggs look good.

Hey Jay, remember her?






Here are the parents of the clutch Im sitting on for a friend.

 

[mister]

One of my favorites ,thanks for taking thew time to post the beauties up, I enjoyed the pics and history alot, Rad species-it sux having limited space .,aaaarghhh!!!!

 

[reticguy76]

any updates on clutches or clutches to be with these ones.

i finally stumbled across a nice male for my female and gonna give it a whirl this season.

i love love love these guys and even contemplating triming down my retic collection to focus more on these. love the fwc's !!!!

 

[nine0proof]

9 babies out of the second clutch, thanks again Tom! Put up another pic of the male and see what people think. I does seem like the hypo gene works like a codom. From a hypo to normal there seems to be a few hypos. Really hard to tell when they first hatch out but a few are really starting to yellow up after a few sheds. Can't wait to see what a hypo to super hypo breeding will produce! Awesome species and everyone with the space should own one or a few! Lol

 

[reticguy76]

have there been any super hypos x super hypos breedings.

couple good looking animals, gotta expect them to be almost patternless, if not totally patternless

i cant wait to try my pair this year. im really wanting to come across a nice super hypo (or even nice clean hypo) at some point

 

[spidey]

Second clutch from female!

Hey all,

Here is the second clutch Bob produced this year. Way to go Bob!
I was lucky enough to hatch them out for him.




MOTHER Shes a nice Normal



FATHER Hes a high Yellow Hypo



These beauties just started hatching over the past weekend.

We are going to pair the high yellow hypo male with my super hypo female this coming season. FWC lovers...get yourself ready for those!
Thats if Bob and I dont keep them all!!

YOU KNOW YOU WANT SOME!!

 

[iiicroweiii]

I love this thread!!!!!!

 

[Vic Herrick]

FWC's, what's in the name?

Dear Jay,

I have long been interested in this Genus and someday I would like to work with them. I hear the feeding response is so intense it is amazing, even more so than Drymarchon (indigos/cribos). Is that true?

False Water cobra...? Do they hood up like real cobras (Naja?) Do yours ever hood up? Maybe that is only with wild caught nervous ones?

cool snakes, I will go check out your posts of YT. Thanks for posting, Vic

 

[bigdogg]

I have a captive born and bred pair. Hypo Male produced from 2 complete normals and a Het Hypo female. Both are crazy ridiculous feeders. And both hood up all the time. They don't stand up like a cobra but they hood and cruise around. Female is nippy but male hasn't been bad unless I disturb him while breeding.

 

[Vic Herrick]

FWC...what's in the name?

thanks for the response...I viewed some YT footage and I saw what enthusiastic feeders they are, also some hooding behavior. I also see some hooding in the juveniles that Spidey posted. Interesting behavior...they look like fun but are not for everybody. They seem to be popular with experienced keepers, and rightfully so, a 6 or 7 foot wild and crazy feeding response and mildly venomous snake is a challenging handfull at times. I look forward to working with them, everyone I have spoken to with them enjoys them. Good luck, Vic

 

[nine0proof]

All around awesome snakes! Id recommend them to anyone interested in them that has the space to house them. I keep my adults it 4x2 enclosers. They are very smart snakes, and they love to eat!

 

[reticguy76]

my female has refused food the last month or so offered. she is in with my male. hopefully see some ovulation and such soon. ive never seen them lock, so hopin they get freaky at night or something. i love these snakes a lot

 

[Tim Cole]

my female has refused food the last month or so offered. she is in with my male. hopefully see some ovulation and such soon. ive never seen them lock, so hopin they get freaky at night or something. i love these snakes a lot

I had to cool them into the low 60's to get them breeding.

 

[reticguy76]

oh wow. i heard the temps had to drop some, didnt realize that low