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Red Milk Snake Info?

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Hi,

I was recently offered a fresh hatched clutch of L.T. Syspila and I'm just looking for some info on their care etc...
I can't believe how tiny these guys are!
Any feeding tips, temps and general care info would be appreciated. Also, how much do they usually sell for? I can't find prices anywhere.

Thanks!
 
L. t. syspila is very small :)

I've had luck with feeding in small boxes, with day old pinky.

What price is in U.S. I do not know, but in Europe they cost 190 Euros for a pair of normal, and 300 Euros for a pair of Hypo from 2011.


Morten Guldhammer
 
Hello

With young syspila, you will get better feeding responses if you get them excited with a skink. You won't even have to scent a pinky, just put a skink in front of them and when they get ready to bite it, replace the skink with a pinky and they will take it. For stubborn feeders (mostly babies, adults are great feeders) I put the pinky and the snake in a deli cup and put it back in its tub for the day and return to it every once in awhile to see if it ate it. If it did, then I place it back and don't touch it for 4 days. If it doesn't eat it, well, then I try again tommorow.
Temp wise, I live in Florida, where the temps reach up to 100, but I have fans that cool everything down so the temps hardly ever reach over 90 degrees. I keep all my snakes in my garage. Done it like that for awhile and I've never had any problems.
For general care, just make sure whatever you have them in a tight secure lid or such. I keep adults in a 16qt Sterilite tub. I keep all my snakes on newspaper and paper towel. Babies are in a 6qt Sterilite tub.
Have fun with syspila, once you get them eating, they grow fast.
Hope this info helps,
Jordan
 
Thanks for the replies! I didn't think they could do it but 3 have eaten day old pinkies. If the others don't eat I might try the skink trick.

Cheers,
Simon
 
Aussie78 said:
Hi,

I was recently offered a fresh hatched clutch of L.T. Syspila and I'm just looking for some info on their care etc...
I can't believe how tiny these guys are!
Any feeding tips, temps and general care info would be appreciated. Also, how much do they usually sell for? I can't find prices anywhere.

Thanks!
Click to expand...

The hatchlings generally go for between $75 - $125 each depending on their phenotype, if they are locality or not, etc..

I have several milksnake aficionado buddies that work with different locales of syspila.

best of luck with them!


~Doug
 
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