That's hot, literally!! Awesome Snake. Love it, Bothrops schlegelii is one of my favorites. Hotsnakes are great in good hands 
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Bottomfeeder;4005702; said:That's hot, literally!! Awesome Snake. Love it, Bothrops schlegelii is one of my favorites. Hotsnakes are great in good hands
haha, thanks. It's Bothriechis schlegelii though.
coura;4009421; said:Dont you have any of the yellow morph eyelashes? Would love to see one
no but I am thinking about getting some more of these guys in various morphs (yellow, tiger, pink, etc...)
Bottomfeeder;4009356; said:My reference book says they were reclassified as Bothrops
interesting, when is it dated? I know a lot of names have been changing around but everything I was able to look up still says Bothriechis...
Not sure, I got it when I was in 3rd grade, and therefore I carted it to school every day and the cover and first page fell off. The book has it listed as Bothrieches, but at the bottom of the footnotes section, it says something like "Reclassified in the genus Bothrops."
snakeguy101;4005151; said:
I would seriously advise against this! If your snakes are readily accepting f/t rodents there is no reason for you to "supplement" their diets with a more natural prey item. Doing so not only opens up the possibility of transferring parasites from the WC prey to your snakes but you also run the risk of the snakes becoming picky feeders and only wanting frogs and/or lizards. Using such prey items is normally only reserved for stubborn neos. Even then they are only used for a small time until a transition can be made over to rodents. If you feel like you just have to offer them something else, I would suggest you go online and buy some quail chicks.
