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I don't know how she lost it, but I would guess she probably arrived into the country with it already missing and likely an injury sustained in the wild or during capture, stub tails are fairly common with the imports. She was an old snake, the previous owner had her for over 15 years and she was already a full grown adult when he originally bought her at a pet store, so she was almost certainly wild caught.

At the time of this video he was just a few weeks shy of a year old.

​@@snakespirit2651I have almost 2 years old female also captive bred. I know that they grow slow, but couldn't find what size should she be at this age. She looks fine, no signs of underweight, whatsoever. But I'm still worried, she weight 162g, is it normal?

@@st-a-y It sounds like she's a little bit stunted in growth, but probably not a major problem. If you got her as true captive bred from a breeder, she might have been one of those babies that takes a long time to establish and begin to feed regularly, babies like that don't grow as fast as others that start off feeding regularly shortly after birth. Often times with a snake like this, it can catch up to the others in size if you start to feed it just a little more frequently and/or slightly bigger meals than whatever you've been feeding currently. What prey item is the snake on and how often are you feeding it?

@@snakespirit2651 I feed her with pups, once per 10 days right now

@@st-a-y Ok that's a generally good schedule. How long have you had her and how big was she when you acquired her?

Yes, as long as humidity is kept high enough and they have access to clean fresh water they can find easily at all times they will do well, the parameters are what is important. Keeping over water is a very straightforward and consistent method of achieving those conditions.

I think the primary reason you don't see it for adults as often is just the challenge of a cage design that would work well for cleaning. With tubs with rounded bottom corners, cleaning is much easier than with a larger cage with a drawer that is not a single moulded piece, so keeping it both water tight and clean is a challenge. Also the size makes it a bit precarious to pull out a large drawer full of soiled water. It can be done though, and something I will probably try at some point with adults. Mike Stefani of Mike's Monitors keeps a few adult emeralds in really cool cages he builds himself and they have a tub of water in the bottom with a filter. He said he fishes out the turds with a net and the filter handles the rest. It seems to be working great for him.

@@snakespirit2651​​⁠ I think that when they are in the wild, they will be found on the branches of rivers (no matter what season it is), especially in the rainy season. Heavy rains will cause the water level to rise, and many forests will directly turn into swamps, where there is high humidity, high temperature and high ventilation, so basically Wild adults should stay above water quite often, so there should be no problem for adults in captivity to use water (I mean shallow water not very deep water, I know some people say they will drown) I have seen some breeders There is a similar setup with a large water bowl at the bottom of the cage. I’m assuming that maybe using water directly instead of artificial substrates like paper towels and puppy pads might be more efficient and natural? I don't know. I really like your setup on natural light and ambient temperature. Although I don't keep emerald, I love this species and I'm still doing my homework and research.

Thank you!

Thanks! Yes things are always a bit worrisome here.

Nice try but you're out of your element. I have a clip of Trooper talking in interview with GTP Keeper radio in 2014 about how he kept chondros over water at the zoo in rubbermaid tubs. I'll be uploading that clip shortly and will link you to it.

@rickmoss7040 Here is the clip of Trooper stating explicitly that he kept them over water at the zoo. ua-cam.com/video/R78Vjyi4Xyg/v-deo.html

​have a look at that! @@snakespirit2651

Do your homework before you embarrass yourself next time.

If ever a comment made someone come across as an arrogant p***k!

It's possible that was a factor, but she was also somewhere around 25+ years old. I'm not sure what the water quality was that the previous owner gave her, but if I had to guess it was probably tap water. The vet who performed the necropsy explained that cancers like she had tend to be genetic and when an animal lives long enough, it will eventually happen even with the best of care.

yeah its 50/50. wasnt saying care wasnt good, just a lot of factors to consider

@@billsmith1998 Yeah I didn't take it that way, I had wondered too if there was anything in particular care wise that either that I or the previous owner had done wrong but it seems it was just old age.

@snakespirit2651 Lotta people dont consider water quality. its an important factor in any animals care. just like to make it known

@@billsmith1998 I agree, I'm using a mix of RO and part remineralized water for all of my neos and juveniles and moving to do the same for the adults as well. Currently I use tap water for the adults just out of laziness really, I should switch them all over as well.

Thank you!

Nice! I'm glad to help where I can.

I visited Eugene's facility as a teenager for the first time in 1995 and saw the old setups and he gave us an amazing experience, I remember he would also let them breed outside at night even as low as the 50's.

@nfri5108 Forgot to ask, so you have been keeping them indoors utilizing natural sunlight through the window in this same way?

very cool! I bought my first CBB ETB from Eugen so long ago I cant remember...he gave me the grand tour....He was one of the original groundbreaking breeders for sure! Did you get to visit Tony N, Rico, and Tom C also.....all were so impressive.....I never got to visit Eds facility though, what a shame...@@snakespirit2651

@@nfri5108 That's awesome you got your first emerald from Eugene! His place was so incredible to see especially at that young age. I've never met or visited any of the other emerald and chondro legends you mentioned, but hopefully will get to visit Ed someday if I'm lucky. I lucked out with some of my acrylic cages that are the same as the ones Ed and Tony used, they were built by Joe Polanco as I understand it. I bought them used a few years ago from a Craigslist ad from a guy named Dave Torro who said he bred emeralds and chondros way back and actually had sold Tony and Ed some of their early animals.

@@snakespirit2651 I dont keep ETBs or Basins anymore. I just do GTPs but I just got all of them the arcadia shadow dweller UVB lights. I also do all bioactive......

Glad you enjoyed the video! On your first point, that is one of the things I find interesting about the basking behavior of my females in these setups, that they readily utilize that sunlight despite it being filtered through both the window and the glass, acrylic, or polycarbonate walls of their enclosures. Also, although this sample size is not huge of course so it could just be a fluke, but the female in the video that was on the left in the large Sterilite tub had a pretty poor outcome litter compared to the others that have gestated in acrylic and polycarbonate tubs in the exact same area, and I've wondered if it might have been because of the difference in plastic in the Sterilite tub vs. acrylic, polycarbonate or glass enclosures. This year any gravid females kept in that room will be in acrylic, polycarbonate or glass enclosures.

That is a useful observation👍 the reason for this is reptiles are drawn to bask by the quality of the visible light in their environment, regardless of UV and infrared content. This has been demonstrated in studies by the likes of Roman Muryn using diurnal basking lizards and different combinations of lights. It is worth remembering that sunlight delivers UV, visible light and infrared as one package, so animals cannot pick and choose which wavelengths they bask in and haven’t evolved to do so.

There is a website called licht im terrarium (light in terrarium), it was created by a physicist and covers all aspects of lighting in a reptile specific context. It is a great resource to geek out on if you are interested :) although some of the translations are a bit dodgy as it is written in German.

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Argentine Tegu? That is like comparing a bat to a kangaroo, a lion to a dolphin

@@BuffNerdInCa or a Koala Fish het to a white worm snake. Your point is?

Did I miss something where he was talking about tegus?

I'm keeping my adults essentially the same way, just not with a full water floor because it is less practical to do in large enclosures. I'm currently using a few different cage types, some of them are in old school acrylic arboreal cages with pull out substrate drawers which are by far my favorite enclosures, some are in large tubs, and some in glass terrariums. All are kept with large surface water bowls for slow evaporation and none of them are sprayed. I prefer using primarily ambient heat for them wherever possible and relative humidity is generally around 70-75% on average.

@@snakespirit2651 thanks for the info. I was just watching your new vids on your girl. You are doing amazing with the Emeralds. Oh and out of curiosity. What ambient temperatures are you running? Are you doing night time drops etc?

@@urbanconstrictors. Thanks man. I'm keeping the adults in two different rooms that are a little different from each other, but generally the ambient temps are mid to high 80's daytime, sometimes up to low 90's for part of the day during the hottest months. Night temps always drop so they're usually in the mid to high 70's most of the year, during the coldest nights of winter it can drop down into the high 60's but more typically around 72.

@@snakespirit2651 welcome bro. Thanks for the info. My new add on room should be done in around 1 month and these are close to the temps I am planning to run as it’s very close to how I keep them now and I’ve had no issues.

Exactly! That consistent proper humidity is easily achievable when kept over water and fine tuning ventilation according to the needs of the room, even in such a dry area.

@@snakespirit2651+1 for the Marino way. He too influenced my decision in keeping over water. Credit to the OG.

Thanks dude I appreciate it!

Keep me in your thoughts and sprayers. #sprayluminatidonegotme

I've not seen a single person or reference to them being called Cynophis caninus, could you please point me to one?

@snakespirit2651, the emerald tree boa now belongs to the genus Cynophis alongside other species such as the amazon basin tree boa (Cynophis batesii).

This is the first I've heard of it and haven't found any references to it yet, I'll try to dig deeper. Regardless, if it has in fact changed it is clearly a very new change that is almost completely unrecognized throughout the hobby at this point, so your "you got the scientific name completely wrong" comment is clearly a lame attempt to be a hot shot. Can you point to an actual reference to the change?@@indyreno2933

Observação interessante! Isso é para fêmeas selvagens que ovulam ou em cativeiro? Além disso, as fêmeas permanecem em troncos e galhos mais baixos e mais grossos durante toda a gravidez ou apenas durante a ovulação? Peço desculpas por qualquer erro de tradução, usei o Google Translate do inglês para o português.

If the spine is protruding bad and the ribs are showing a lot, the snake must be really underweight and usually dehydrated as well. They are slender snakes by nature but their build is generally a little bulkier than say an Amazon Tree Boa or even a properly built green tree python.

This snake is caninus not batesii, but it is possible she may have originally been imported from Brazil before the laws changed, she was a very old animal. The previous owner purchased her from a pet store sometime around 2003-2006 and the snake was already a 4-5 foot long adult at that time. He kept her for approximately 15 years and then sold her to me, she lived another 2 years with me but sadly died from liver cancer in 2022. I estimate she was probably 25-30 years old when she passed away. She was a very unique and beautiful emerald, have never seen another quite like her.

@@snakespirit2651 , sua resposta é válida, porém, não muda forma de como essa e várias outras espécies sul-americanas são comercializadas no exterior, assim como a cobra-do-milho está começando a se tornar um problema aqui no 🇧🇷, por falta de fiscalização, onde vários de má fé, se aproveitam das leis brandas e políticas sujas Brasileiras... Mais, obrigado por responder, ao menos mostra que você se importa.

I assume you mean 2025? I'll try to breed this with one of my anaconda phase at some point for sure, but I don't know if she'll be ready by 2025, probably would have better luck trying a year or two later but we'll see.

No they don't normally eat the babies.

I love that anaconda phase.

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These are emerald tree boas, they are live bearers so the babies emerge ready to start life.

Thanks, I appreciate it! I have no intention of making any of that kind of horseshit haha.

Thanks!

That's a hilarious idea, you must be one really tough guy!