Brahminy Blind Snakes

[Scythemantis]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramphotyphlops_braminus

We just found three of these under an old board at a friend's house, anybody ever keep them? We're hoping they'll eat springtails or adult termites, there's not a lot of information except that they're invasive and parthenogenetic!

 

[dtknow]

termites are your best option. Supposedly they will also eat baby isopods so many people set them up in rolly polly cultures.

Btw-if you find a few extra mind sending a few my way. I've always wanted to try keeping these.

 

[pouchedrat]

they will eat isopods if you have an isopod culture going. Yeah, I wanted some as well, there was a person on faunaclassified selling babies of these (they have an ongoing colony of them apparently, kept in an isopod culture) and I missed out on getting some. I'd love some as well!!

 

[zonbonzovi]

One of FL's cooler invaders...would love to see how you set them up when you do.

 

[Alejandro45]

wow I dident know people wanted these. I find them every time I go out fliping plyboards. I have kept them for only a short while. I fed them red ant eggs. they look powder blue when in shed.

Good luck with them.

 

[the toe cutter]

Snakes the Evolution of Mystery in Nature by Harry Greene has probably the best info I have seen on Blind snakes and Pipe snakes. He went pretty extensive into them. They are very interesting little fellas.

 

[ZergFront]

Very cool. Maybe sometime if I come up with any space I'll get a few. Termites are abundant here.

Funny that I find this thread the day after I finished reading The Guardians of Ga'Hoole. They have blind snake characters.

 

[the toe cutter]

If anyone is interested in them dtsherpsinc.com has them for sale for around 25$ ea.

 

[Crysta]

Very cool. Maybe sometime if I come up with any space I'll get a few. Termites are abundant here.

Funny that I find this thread the day after I finished reading The Guardians of Ga'Hoole. They have blind snake characters.

They have the movie out now too - very well done but so shoort!

 

[Deroplatys]

Shame no ones ever imported any over here

 

[bugmankeith]

Where do they live? Are they in NY? I would easily mistake them as those tiny millipedes.