Blacknecks Are Different

[chris-uk]

Not to mention that you have to light the tank for Westerns- they stop eating if you don't and don't seem to like UTHs.
I do still want a pair of Easterns though. ^_^

My western blacknecks don't have problems with UTH, they have bright LED lighting as well. They just don't need a reason to stop eating, when they eat and how much is completely down to whim and the male is worse than the female.

[ConcinusMan]

Not to mention that you have to light the tank for Westerns- they stop eating if you don't and don't seem to like UTHs.

A friend in Portland keeps WC westerns in racks with heat tape and they do just fine.

They are nippy little boogers though. Open the racks and they scramble to hide from the light and/or do a viper impression.

[ThamGirl]

Maybe it's because mine are from the local desert? The other locals I've talked to who keep Black Necks have said the same things- they have issues with them if there isn't a good light source.

[ConcinusMan]

Maybe it's because mine are from the local desert?

Where do you think my friend got them?

He's had them 4 years now in a rack. Gopher snake too from the same area. Man that thing is gorgeous.

[guidofatherof5]

Here's another of those hypos from 8/24/2011. Thanks Steve Schmidt for the info.
Western Black-necked Gartersnake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis)

[ConcinusMan]

Definitely. Both hypomels are western blacknecks.