Feeding hatchling corn snakes

[micstarz]

Ah...he probably hasn't been up the stairs into the dark building entrances...LOl

I only started going up there last week when I got interested in corns...

The availability of things here spoils me...when I want an animal the only concern is resources and affordability...availability is never a problem usually

 

[Louie]

Ah...he probably hasn't been up the stairs into the dark building entrances...LOl

I only started going up there last week when I got interested in corns...

The availability of things here spoils me...when I want an animal the only concern is resources and affordability...availability is never a problem usually

That might be the case as he has no interest in reptiles. He actually bought back rare cichlids from there.

This was few months before 9/11 when rules were lax and passangers could actually bring carry on box with fish in bags of water as long as it fit by their seat.

 

[micstarz]

Sweet...

Well he's probably heard of a place called Ken's Tanganyikan Cichlids then. They're pretty good. Only real place that you can find decent frontosas too. Not that I'm going to be keeping fronts any time soon...my biggest tank is a 15 gallon high.

If rules were lax (and if my parents were less rigid) I'd have brought back a LOT of stuff from the vacations my parents take us on...snakeheads, wild african clawed frogs, chameleons that you find in the bushes outside Kenyan hotels...

 

[coura]

Sweet...

Well he's probably heard of a place called Ken's Tanganyikan Cichlids then. They're pretty good. Only real place that you can find decent frontosas too. Not that I'm going to be keeping fronts any time soon...my biggest tank is a 15 gallon high.

If rules were lax (and if my parents were less rigid) I'd have brought back a LOT of stuff from the vacations my parents take us on...snakeheads, wild african clawed frogs, chameleons that you find in the bushes outside Kenyan hotels...

Yup before doing anything like it, there is alot of stuff considering, local rules, internacional rules, the protected status of the animal, etc. Its better to buy already legalized ones in a local pet store Much easier

 

[micstarz]

But I have to save up for months! And skip a couple of school lunches...

 

[gigas12]

Hi,like others said ,Id stick to pinkies.

 

[micstarz]

Alright Thanks

 

[coura]

But I have to save up for months! And skip a couple of school lunches...

Actualy in the end probably it would still be cheaper buy localy You would had to buy shipping, permits,etc. Also buying from a pet store is better in a conservacion standpoint, most of the animals are cb so you wont contribute to the decline of the wild populacion wich is a very serious issue today.

 

[coura]

By the way I hope you make some atempts to breed your newts, most are still wild cauth and that wont last long, any new captive breeding is very wellcome in this very grim days for amphibs

 

[micstarz]

No no...I meant that corn snakes in Hong Kong are all shipped （CB) from the States...

I might breed my Cynops. It's a big hassle for me with so much stuff going on (online stuff, raising a cuttle, snakes, setting up a 15 gallon, a series of exams, feeding and maintaining everything else I've got set up...heck, I don't even have the time for breeding bettas and guppies!

I'm not sure whether the newts are WC or CB actually.

Clues that hint WC:

The asian newts (Pachy, Para and Cynops) cost like $1.25 USD while foreign caudates like axolotls and tiger sals cost liek $100 usd

The simple cheapness of newts could mean WC

Factors hinting at CB:
The neverending supply of newts which are all the same size
The Cynops readily accept pellet foods (Pachys and Paras don't)
I've heard of some breeders in mainland China, I think.


So I don't know, but one thing I'm sure of;

Perhaps I could breed, but it wouldn't help the pet trade in any way...a batch of however many newts I could take months to raise would only be replacing a fraction of the weekly or monthly shipment of hundreds of new newts...