MASTERCLASS | BOIGA MELANOTA
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- #BoigaMelanota #ReptileReality #MangroveSnakes
As I have said before, any animal with a black and yellow color scheme is almost always deemed attractive by human beings. The Western Mangrove Snake is one of the most impressive species in the Boiga genus. It is big, robust and they actually make pretty good captives if provided for correctly. That is what this Masterclass video is all about....thanks for watching!!!
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Great video and info really like this series of videos your doing
Great stuff as always.
This series is awesome! Tons of knowledge in a short digestible format.
Dan My Saved folder is filling up with these Masterclasses.... These are GREAT Thank You again!
More interesting content. Thanks again Dan.
Awesome video as always
Your video's are the best, so much knowledge !
Absolutely agree with this.
I’m love these videos This is the one I’ve been anticipating lol melanota are my favorites . Thank you Dan.
I love this stuff! Also love the behind the scenes insight of the breeding operation and stories from the beginning of DM.
Another great video. Awesome!
Crazy life big dog !!!! Your living my dream !!! Have any room on the payroll!?!?!?
More of my favs great video full of good info 👍
Love these masterclasses. Thanks Dan
Hello there ,,,,, Great vid ,,,, well understood ,,, keep up the great works Dan and Apple ,,, u guys are great '
Those yellows are stunning. Really appreciate the abundance of information!
I recently bought a Boiga dendrophila dendrophila and I absolutely love him. Been spending some time "bonding" with it. He is such an awesome snake and I can't wait for his custom built enclosure to be finished
Beautiful walk, well done!
Another banger from the King of Obscure. Good work my friend, always look forward to your uploads.
Hi Dan 👋
Thanks for sharing your many years of knowledge and experience with us!! I'm not a breeder my son and I have 3 ball pythons 💚. we love watching your vlogs and learning so many new exciting things about different snakes 🐍 and other reptiles!! Keep the master classes coming we truly enjoy them and are learning so many new things!! Only thing missing is Apple 😊.
Love your videos man outstanding ,cheers to good health and safe travels to Apple and yourself!!
Another good one guys. Thanks and keep them coming.
Another great path your walking and talking I’m liking these, I hope your doing great. Always great to see you when you come to the super show in Los Angeles!
Another immensely interesting master class video on another spectacular Snake species. These Snakes have always been a dream Snake of mine though I have never had the opportunity to keep them so far. I almost bought a captive bred baby a few years ago. But a missed opportunity to buy a White-lipped Python represented itself a bought that instead. Mangrove Snakes were available very cheaply years ago here in the UK but came under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act at the time and required a licence to keep them. They were taken off of this list a few years ago and it appears that the captive bred young now being produced can't keep up with the demand for them. I would still love to keep one at some point in the future. I can't really think of another Snake that makes such a great display in a planted vivarium.
Wonderful presentation, thank you!
thanks so much, keep them coming!
Yea I'm definitely a fan of Mangrove snakes. I've herd a lot of ppl have problems keeping them alive tho unless they are captive born.
Melanota are easy and after I’ve acclimated even the wc ones, my customers have no issues. The wc dendrophila from Indonesia can be in bad shape from the start and typical importers and resellers aren’t going to put any effort into a low value animal(sometimes no effort goes into a high value animal).
nice series with great info.
Used to keep many B.d.melanota in the 90’s. Love them. Great animals when done correctly.
Well, you watched the video but I also was breeding them before they got species status in the 90's , unfortunately there just wasn't any interest back then.
@@DMExotics I remember asking R Queen about them back then when you’d get the TOGO flyers, but they were as you said, considered a pia. I’m rarely on here, but was reminiscing about these and importing Nipa palms, and found your videos. Now that the kids are grown, who knows, I may begin keeping a pair again. They’re great fun.🙏
4:04 Stick - "parkour!"
Great video! When the time comes to get one I'll have to move to a new state. Darn colorado...
I was cleaning my boots two days ago to pack them in my luggage and found a stick/thorn that went all the way through the bottom and stopped just before it would have gone into my foot. That would have made for some good video LOL
I love this series so far Dan. I really appreciate the diversity of your taste in reptiles. Never boring.
The Masterclasses are great. Enjoying these so much! So glad that I stumbled across your channel and this is my kind of content. I’ve already decided these big 😍 beauties are for me whether adult, sub, or baby, I have fallen hard. Time to start working on a aboral enclosure. Thank you for taking the time to put out top notch informational content, much appreciated!
We will have baby-adult at the Reptile Super Show next weekend
@@DMExoticsI noticed that on your recent pre-show video! I wish I lived closer, I am in Deep South Tennessee here.
Great stuff
Medium venomous beautiful snake ❤️
Good morning DMexious have a absolutely wonderful day nice work have a great day have a cool day have a super day have a awesome day have a nice day DMexious
Mangrove snakes have to be one of the most perfect display species - arboreal, and absolutely beautiful.
Getting bit on the fingers is the worst. I'm currently digging two super dwarf retic teeth out of my middle finger knuckle as I'm watching your upload 😄
Many years ago I got a feeding response bite from a very large female boa constrictor across the top of my left forearm. It wasn't my worst bite but it didn't feel good either. Almost one year to the day I was driving home from the gym and felt something sharp in that exact spot on the skin's surface. When I got home I got the tweezers and pulled a snake tooth out. It went in point first and my body turned it around in all that time and ejected it point first.
I guess the contrast between their different nocturnal and diurnal behaviors is like night and day, so to speak. 😉LOL 😁
Awesome vid would like to get a captive breed some day
I’d love to see a Drymarchon master-class. Specifically yellow tail cribos. I’ve got a beautiful pair I’m raising up.
I think there are some very accomplished Drymarchon breeders besides myself that have more information to offer. I don't find them difficult to breed but I think it mostly boils down to how much your are feeding and what. Sometimes raising snakes needs to be like farming where you put in constant work and attention and also on a calendar with a schedule. People not having success in part can be blamed on the same old python or boa regimen where you pull a f/t rat from your freezer every weekend(or less if you need to watch a football game or something) and say to yourself, "ok, that's done". I always had the best luck rotating food items and it seemed like almost everyday I was either feeding or pulling feeders to thaw for the next day.....on a calendar.
I think I am up for a 2.3 group this year...more time I spend with these guys the more I love them...should do a video just on how to check for follicles....especially since you don't use an ultrasound...thanks for another great video..
I’d have to use a garden hose for a prop because I don’t keep snakes here lol
@@DMExotics Now that is funny...but will look forward to that video maybe this summer....
I’ve always wondered about axantic mangroves , are they denrophilia or melanota ? Are they locality specific occurring more commonly in the wild cause the ones I see are usually wild caught
Those are dendrophila and occur naturally…anytime I ordered wc for wholesale customers I would see quite a few in each bag.
Seriously these master classes are just getting batter each time.
Best advice I took from this one is “don’t get bit” lol.
The ones we get over here in the uk are normally WC or LTC. In time I’m hoping to see more CB’s bred over here.
Do you have a favourite species of mangrove I.e which one works best in captivity overall.
Melanota I find the best but really once any are established and going, they are all the same.
@@DMExotics are these snakes venomous
@@johnnycage4019 Rear-fanged which basically means they have the venom gland but it doesn't plumb into hollow fangs like a true venomous snake. These snakes merely have enlarged back teeth number ing 1-3 on each side on top which are grooved so they must chew to make it effective.
@@DMExotics thank you..
Buddy any venomous snake scares me...
Fear keeps me from getting bitten lol
Because if I see a rattlesnake, copperhead or cotton mouth I turn and run the other way...I don't fancy losing a hand to a venomous snake...
@@DMExotics one snake that absolutely fascinates me is the Tiger snake...
Are they as deadly as I have heard ?
I thought you might know
nice video. i have had one of mine chewing on me years ago. no good!
chews are never good with any opisthoglyphous snake
@@DMExotics yep. Had a bad headache for days and my arm was swollen
Dan I remember that trip n you cut you leg bad on the rock..
One trip of many....the first one was many years ago.
Another great informative video...When it comes to treatment for mites, do you have any suggestion for products here in the USA? Friend of mine somehow has a minor mite problem, and is worried about treating now since it is breeding season...He breeds many Corn morphs, as well as Kings and Milks...
I have used provent-a-mite for decades on all species. While we do not work with corns, kings or milks, we do house them leading up to export to Malaysia and nothing enters our snake rooms without going into PAM treated racks and cages. Just make sure you let it air out properly before you introduce animals.
@@DMExotics Thanks for the info, I will pass it on ASAP...He doesn't know how he got them, he never introduces wild snakes. May have got them through other CB snake purchases...
@@scottnixon2899 Mites come from captive snakes…I have yet to see a snake in the wild with mites. They can enter a collection on feeders, your shoes, new animals(obvious), anything that was placed on a counter at a shop with reptiles, etc. You’ll probably never pinpoint how they entered but if you run a strict protocol/quarantine you’ll better manage it. I tend to treat all caging about every 2-3 months when things are in full swing with a larger collection, expos, new stock, feeders, etc.
@@DMExotics I have seen/caught a few wild snakes with mites.. I use to catch wild mostly integrated Eastern/ Black kings here in Alabama and breed them in the 90's. I was told to use(and did) put them in a cloth sack and sprinkle a small amount of flea powder on them, and put a small amount under the newspaper bedding on a temporary basis. I know that sounds crazy now, but it never seemed not to have any adverse effects on them...Breed one for over 10 years before releasing her at my mom's house, she was still in great shape after finding her over a year later. I think in the wild, they rid themselves of mites when they shed, greatly reducing the number/problem..But, they really cant do this in a cage, mite numbers continually increase...It had to be a specific flea powder, and I forgot which kind ..Anyway, thanks for the information and I always look forward to your videos. Stay safe and Happy Easter...
@@scottnixon2899 You are exactly right and putting the blame on wc snakes has nothing to do with it. Go to an expo…lots of cb with mites. It really boils down to the keeper and conditions. You could now go to your buddy’s house and bring one to your collection on the bottom of your shoe. When we return from an expo we treat everything all over again. The amount of people setting purses and cell phones on my displays after they have been placed on everyone’s else’s displays is irritating. We have brand new displays this summer so that isn’t going to be allowed lol.
This guy is so damn good at explaining I’ve watched all of theese now and I saved this for last as theese are my favorite species anyone know how we can purchase from him?
All contact info is in every video description. For more inside access, we have patreon with a private discord for members plus monthly zoom meetings.
@@DMExotics joining patreon right now ! Thanks I probably shoulda checked description but to be honest I don’t ever click descriptions but lesson learned I will be from now on thanks man
Do u have a snake room in your new house still collecting or did u just get away from it all when u guys moved from America
I keep mentioning it but we moved everything into a breeding facility in Kuala Lumpur. We maintain some snakes in California. We have nothing but fish here at the house in Thailand because being gone for 3-4 months each summer or even on 2-4 week trips poses the problem of who is going to maintain them.
Dan, can you do candoia carinata?
I am not sure if I can provide much on them to make into a species specific video. All Candoia are super simple in care, carinata we have only gotten babies from gravid imports and I am not sure of what benefit that may be. If we find more in the wild I will be sure and include them in our herping videos though :)
@@DMExotics Ah I see.. cheers.. thank you and love your work
Mangroves sell well nowadays?
Boiga years ago were very unpopular but now quite the opposite.
@@DMExotics awesome thought so! Guess what man I just purchased some beautiful Melanota babies from NERD! My absolute dream species snake. Gonna be a 2 year project but I’m super exited about them.
@@jamesbrown420 Their high prices are keeping the market strong for small breeders like me, I love it.
@@DMExotics they steady sell for $5-600 on average right? U think I’ll have luck at the expos? I NEVER see them around my state so I figure if I bring some to the table, they shoulddd sell. So stoked to get them in tho. They’re 100% CB and already eating frozen thawed mice so. Payed a Pretttty penny for the pair I have to say. Can I send you the link to my channel once I make it? I know your Huge and all but I’d appreciate getting to show you my stuff, got some Brooks kings, Albino Cali King, Mexican black kings, and a pair of Corns atm with 4 genes that will be Dominant in the babies!
@@DMExotics dang tho lol I should have Hyu first, you have any available for sale rn? I’ve read tho that since they’re Tropical so they don’t need to brumate but I still don’t know what time of year they breed. Like every other snake, breed in Nov. or? Sorry just curious, trying to learn all the new info I can, got a passion for snakes but this is the first year I decided to actually attempt it
Yes of course why would anybody buy a weird snake like a mangrove at a swap when you can have the exciting opportunity to acquire yet another of the 27 million morphs of the fabulous ball python!!!!!