hi guys new pseudechis colletti

percey39 · 01-29-10, 06:14 PM

Just picked this little guy up yesterday. Has a real rich orange in real life, its hard to capture on camera.Hope you enjoy a good old australian snake

**infernalis** · 01-29-10, 06:34 PM

Wow! brilliant looking snake.

You are lucky to have it.

What is it's diet?? mice??

How big do they get??

I could google, but where is the fun to that.

percey39 · 01-29-10, 06:41 PM

Cheers mate. They eat mice and rats readily in captivity. They can reach 2.4 meters bout usually 1.8. They are very eay to keep dont need lots of humidy just temps of 30-32 degrees celcius at the hot end and 24 cool end so very easy.

Hillsberry · 01-29-10, 06:44 PM

Omg thats snake is breath taking! Omg amazing! Orange and black awesome colors!!!

Will0W783 · 01-29-10, 07:17 PM

Wow, that is really cool- I've never heard that scientific name before; what's its common name?

percey39 · 01-29-10, 08:52 PM

cheers, its common name is collett's black snake. The orange eventually goes a blood red which is just as stunning. The parents of this guy were awesome looking, one of them was blood red pattern and the other was the same orange as this one. Both the parents were 10 years old so this one should hold strong patterns for the entirity of its life.

marvelfreak · 01-29-10, 10:52 PM

That is one sweet looking snake. I love the eyepopping colors. Kind of looks like a sand boa, but the colors a lot brighter. Can we see some more pictures? Please! That is just so cool looking.

percey39 · 01-30-10, 06:20 AM

Cheers mate i will post some more pics tomorrow wheni get it out again

marvelfreak · 01-30-10, 07:42 AM

COOOOL!

percey39 · 01-30-10, 04:05 PM

hi sorry again for the pics but they are all i took as its still settling in, so dont want to stress it out too much. These snakes are good bluffers, just had a few thrash strikes as a warning and some puffing, hes just trying to make himself feel bigger than he is

marvelfreak · 01-30-10, 04:10 PM

SWEET! That is one wicked loking snake.

percey39 · 01-30-10, 04:15 PM

cheers, i love the flattening out they do i just could not capture it in a photo. They are not that popular over here compared to red belly blacks and tigers, which i cant understand these guy look so much better with the flame like pattern.

Hillsberry · 01-30-10, 09:03 PM

That snake is awesome! I so love it's colors!! Your so lucky!

percey39 · 01-30-10, 09:45 PM

thank you hillary, i do believe they have a few of these over there. Im not too sure if they are only kept in zoo's though. There is a few videos of them on youtube.

Aaron_S · 02-01-10, 06:41 PM

Are they venomous?