I sourced some tentacled snakes thanks to Scott at OSA!
They're adults (approx 2') and currently being housed separately. They are CB.
So a couple of questions:
1. How many should I get? They'll be in a 6x2 enclosure with approx 11'' water depth covering about 2/3 of the area, with 1/3 land and a semi-aquatic basking area. (Research seems to imply that they don't bask, and they didn't have a basking spot at the zoo.)
-There are presently 4 available.
-At the zoo they were in a group of probably 5-6 in a tank with a much smaller footprint than mine.
-Don't know if they have any kind of social hierarchy/territoriality. If I got 2, would one potentially bully the other?
-Might they generally be happier in groups? Again, I'm assuming the husbandry at the zoo is more "correct" than your average youtube video. Might not be true.
2. How likely am I to get bitten and what's the best way to prevent this?
-These guys are fully aquatic and eat small fish, so there's no chance of them confusing me for food, but I've heard they can bite and have a non-dangerous itchy venom.
- Are there specific ways to frighten them less in moving them to the tank that would reduce the likelihood? Or should I just put on some oven mitts or something and hope for the best? This is probably more of a general snake question as the last snakes I owned were garters when I was like 10.
Thanks in advance for the advice!
They're adults (approx 2') and currently being housed separately. They are CB.
So a couple of questions:
1. How many should I get? They'll be in a 6x2 enclosure with approx 11'' water depth covering about 2/3 of the area, with 1/3 land and a semi-aquatic basking area. (Research seems to imply that they don't bask, and they didn't have a basking spot at the zoo.)
-There are presently 4 available.
-At the zoo they were in a group of probably 5-6 in a tank with a much smaller footprint than mine.
-Don't know if they have any kind of social hierarchy/territoriality. If I got 2, would one potentially bully the other?
-Might they generally be happier in groups? Again, I'm assuming the husbandry at the zoo is more "correct" than your average youtube video. Might not be true.
2. How likely am I to get bitten and what's the best way to prevent this?
-These guys are fully aquatic and eat small fish, so there's no chance of them confusing me for food, but I've heard they can bite and have a non-dangerous itchy venom.
- Are there specific ways to frighten them less in moving them to the tank that would reduce the likelihood? Or should I just put on some oven mitts or something and hope for the best? This is probably more of a general snake question as the last snakes I owned were garters when I was like 10.
Thanks in advance for the advice!
