Just picked up a pair of Homalopsis buccata. Was wondering if anyone had any experience with this species. Ill post videos soon
Any tips?No experience with this species,but quite familiar with water snakes in general
YesAny tips?
Would be a very good idea as it would greatly increase nutrient uptakeWhat about supplemented fish fillets? I was thinking that I could possibly get mine to eat off a tong and place supplements or even whole pinky mice in the fish.
Fish fillets don't contain enough nutrients to sustain them. commercial supplements (dusting powders) help, but they usually only contain some of the required vitamins/micronutrients/macronutrients. Whole fish would be more likely to contain the required nutrients, especially if fed a varied, high quality diet. It would be like trying to keep a cornsnake on dusted chicken breast vs rodents or whole birds.What about supplemented fish fillets? I was thinking that I could possibly get mine to eat off a tong and place supplements or even whole pinky mice in the fish.
It would increase nutrient availability, not necessarily nutrient uptake. Plus too much nutrients is just as bad as not enough.Would be a very good idea as it would greatly increase nutrient uptake
Seeing as these are most likely wild caught, mixing (all other cons of that aside) would be a bad idea, especially with other reptiles. Also, since their diet probably includes crustaceans (see links in previous comment), there's always a chance, albeit probably small for small shrimp, that they eat tankmates.Possible tankmates ideas: small freshwater shrimp, water beetles,razorback musk turtle