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Re: Asian Vine Snake
Here in Europe (almost) all Asian Vine snakes you get are WC. They are usually not in the best condition when they arrive here to begin with and carry a great amount of parasites. This coupled with the stress of transportation and dehydration during transport lead to a near total loss rate of these snakes within a few months.
Even if you get a stabilized snake it will not be long living if you can’t provide lizards as regular food. Even if you might convert it to mice they will die early, rodents are most probably to nutritious for them, so they die because of fatty liver.
IMO this is a snake which should only be kept by “experts” who have experience with establishing wild caught snakes in bad condition and who have access to lizards as a food source.
Two years ago a friend of mine got an Ahaetulla prasina when he still had his reptile shop here in Germany. A customer literally dumped the snake on his counter and left it with him. He feed it with young Anoles and it seemed quite healthy. He offered it to me for free just to get rid of it, but I don’t have a supply for it’s food, so I declined. As much as I know he found someone who was breeding green anoles so he was quite happy to get rid of his offspring. I don’t know if the snake is still alive.
If you are interested in something green, get yourself a CB red tailed green rat snake (Gonyosoma oxycephalum), Barons racer (Philodryas baroni) or a rhino ratsnake (Rhynchophis boulengeri). All are available as CB on a regular basis, feed on rodents, are not too hard to keep and make excellent display snakes.
Roman
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