Live animals and live feeders always have separate shipping charges.Live feeders ship from our live feeder facility in the mid-east United States via Next Day Air.Live Feeder orders placed from Thursday after 2 PM EST through Sunday will be shipped on the following Monday. Live Feeder orders placed Monday through Thursday by 2 PM EST ship the same day ordered via Next Day Air. Live animals cannot be shipped to Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico or outside the US.Buyer is responsible for following all Local, State or Federal Laws.Live animal orders cannot be canceled once processed.Live animal orders & feeders always have separate shipping charges.Most of our live animals ship from our breeding facility in the Florida via NEXT DAY AIR.If this is the case for your order we will contact you for the $20.00 fee and schedule the vet appointment.Ĭurrently, these states are GA, ID, OH, VA, WA, WV, MT, UT & MO Some states and about 1% of our animals for sale require a health certificate before we can ship your pet.Live Animal orders placed from Thursday after 1 PM EST though Sunday will be shipped on the following Monday.ĭepending on the notification you selected tracking numbers are emailed or sent via text (SMS) after 5PM EST on the day your order ships.Ĭlick HERE to view our complete Live Animal Shipping Policy. Orders placed Monday through Thursday by 1 PM EST ship the same day via NEXT DAY AIR. Live Insects - $15.95 for First Box and $7.95 For Additional Boxes.Frozen Feeders - $39.95 Flat Rate (up to 100% fill of the box).Live animal orders - $39.95 Overnight Delivery plus $10 Box & Packaging Fee.Eggs should be removed immediately after laying and placed in damp vermiculite for the incubation period of 58 - 66 days at temperatures of 80 - 83 degrees.As long as your order doesn't contain heavy/large items you'll receive our standard shipping rate as follows: An egg laying chamber/box partially filled with damp vermiculite or sphagnum moss is helpful. three weeks and the pair should be placed together under supervision for short periods of time until copulation can be confirmed. After brumation and the animals are brought back up to optimum temperature of 76 - 82 degrees, feeding should resume for approx. middle of the brumation cycle with good success. Be sure and provide clean water and systematically check animals for general condition and welfare during this period. Then gradually reduce the ambient tempeture inside the cage to the middle 50's/low 60's and maintain for a period of 3 months. Towards the middle of October cease feeding totally, allowing at least 2 -3 weeks at normal temperature for clearing of the gut. They become favorites in most collections, because of the wide variety of colors and morphs, plus their ease of care.īreeding in captivity is achieved in the same manner as with most colubrids using the following as a guideline. Captive born animals start out as slightly more flighty as hatchlings, but with handling and age they tend to get away from this behavior. In wild caught individuals they can be prone to biting and are somewhat nervous. This is a very large species that does well in captivity. In the wild they feed on small lizards, small snakes, nestling birds with the bulk of the diet being rodents. They are generally aggressive feeders that are easy to start. In captivity these animals fair very well on a diet of lab. It has been suggested that specimens from higher elevations are less melanistic This is a species of low to medium elevations of the tropical areas of the country's listed above. Portions of rainforest in Honduras, Nicaragua and portions of North East Costa Rica. In the tangerine phase, bands of black, red/orange and orange extend across the ventral scales. Both phases have black tipping on their scales, covering anywhere from 5% to 40% of each scale.īands of black, red/orange and yellow in the normal tri-colored phase that extend across the entire belly area. The black bands normally don't touch on the spine. In the tangerine phase the bands are black, red/orange, and orange. In the normal tri-colored phase, the bands are black red/orange and either yellow or white. Normally displays a broad snout band of yellow or white and a second band at the base of the head of the same color with the balance of the head being black. The normal tri-color phase and the orange tangerine phase. This is one of the most beautiful and variable Lampropeltis triangulum subspecies found in collections, in this authors opinion. (This subspecies has been shown to exceed the listed averages in captivity and should be considered one of the largest of the milk snakes).Ī number of color morphs, such as typical tri-colored animals, tangerines, anerythristics, albino's and all variations in between, are being captive bred in fair numbers.
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