T. eques cuitzeoensis behaviour

[chris-uk]

Very risky indeed...if it were Cee Cee, I would have been walking away missing a couple of fingers! And Cee Cee would have a full belly and would be licking her chops...

Even Lacrimosa isn't big enough to do a lot of damage. The one little bite I got from her a couple of weeks ago was enough to draw two specks (not even enough to call "pin-pricks") of blood. Of course, "next time" when she's in feeding mode she may have a chew before she realises I'm not food.

[aquamentus_11]

just finally took a look at some pics of these. they look awesome.

p.s. lacrimosa is the coolest name i've ever heard

[EasternGirl]

Chris and Char do have some very cool names for their snakes. Of course, I really like Binky because I had a dog named Binky when I was little. Lacrimosa may have to be the name of one of my vampire larp character's in the future...it sounds like an evil vampire queen to me. I think Cee Cee could really do some serious damage with a bite if she wanted to...she's no small snake.

[chris-uk]

Chris and Char do have some very cool names for their snakes. Of course, I really like Binky because I had a dog named Binky when I was little. Lacrimosa may have to be the name of one of my vampire larp character's in the future...it sounds like an evil vampire queen to me. I think Cee Cee could really do some serious damage with a bite if she wanted to...she's no small snake.

She's a bit of a nasty vampire...
"Lacrimosa de Magpyr, AKA Lacci is one of the least personable characters in the entire Discworld canon. We first see her (in Carpe Jugulum) just after she's rolled rock onto pictsies. Delightful. She is castigated more than once for torturing cats, wishing to kill almost everybody and every creature she comes across, and just for being too thin and too pale. " http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Lacrimosa_de_Magpyr

[PINJOHN]

She's a bit of a nasty vampire...
"Lacrimosa de Magpyr, AKA Lacci is one of the least personable characters in the entire Discworld canon. We first see her (in Carpe Jugulum) just after she's rolled rock onto pictsies. Delightful. She is castigated more than once for torturing cats, wishing to kill almost everybody and every creature she comes across, and just for being too thin and too pale. " http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Lacrimosa_de_Magpyr

just your average mother in law then

[chris-uk]

Just a brief update -
I did a full tank clean on Sunday, had everything out for cleaning, removed all substrate, repositioned a few things, and added a shelf in the corner over the warm side. The biggest change was switching the position of their warm log hide and a rock that was on the warm side.
They had a a lengthy explore before settling in some hidey holes.

Monday night, Lacci refused to tong feed for the first time. Vlad was OK and took some from the tongs before deciding he'd had enough. I ended up leaving the food in on a tray, it was gone an hour later.

It's almost as if Lacci was sulking because her house had changed. There was some familiar stuff in there, but the majority of the familiar smells must have gone.

[BUSHSNAKE]

you have 2010s dont you? cuitzeoensis is a shy species but they do grow out of it, i have 6 2010s. Only a couple will eat of tongs but my bigger 2009s i can hand feed.

[chris-uk]

Yep, they're 2010s.
The female has been feeding really well from tongs up until Monday. I was making good progress getting her to come up to the front of the viv to feed from them. I have hand fed her a pinky as well, but her feeding has been quite aggressive lately, so I've not done that for a couple of months.
The male will tong feed, but prefers not to expose too much of himself outside the hide, although last night he was tong feeding with just a plant as cover.

Are any of yours breeding this year Joe? I heard that the 2009 pair that JohnC has (the only other person I know with Cuitzeos in the UK) were looking like breeding after their brumation. I'll be brumating these two in the autumn and seeing how we get on.

Out of interest, what sort of size are yours? Our female is 164g and about 1m long maybe a little longer, the male is 82g and about 75-80cm long (as of their March weigh in).

[BUSHSNAKE]

our 2010s could possibly be sibs, did you get paperwork on yours, mine are 1 x 15. I dont know exactly how big they are...average size for their age. My 2009s were showing breeding interest recently...

[chris-uk]

our 2010s could possibly be sibs, did you get paperwork on yours, mine are 1 x 15. I dont know exactly how big they are...average size for their age. My 2009s were showing breeding interest recently...

My male is tec47 (1 x 15) - so a sib of your 2010s (are all of yours from the same litter?).
My female is tec77 (12 or 13 x 14) so not related to yours.

Are Cuitzeos so difficult to get hold of in the US that you needed to get them shipped back across the Atlantic? I'd assumed that they'd be relatively easy to bring up from Mexico, although the fact that they are so good looking and not so common is probably the proof I need that I assumed wrong.