My egg-eating snake :D

[Tongue Flicker]

Just wanted to share one of many reasons why my username is what it is

My 2nd favorite pet snake, Oligodon ancorus, that i named Genghis.

Having his momentary sunbath (they rarely if not never bask, so it was absolutely unnecessary lol)

Having his weekly favorite dish, raw egg yolks

In case your wondering, despite his small size and the thick calluses on your hand, they can inflict a very nasty bite due to their specialized teeth used to slit open eggshells

 

[cold blood]

Just wanted to share one of many reasons why my username is what it is

My 2nd favorite pet snake, Oligodon ancorus, that i named Genghis.

Having his momentary sunbath (they rarely if not never bask, so it was absolutely unnecessary lol)

Having his weekly favorite dish, raw egg yolks

In case your wondering, despite his small size and the thick calluses on your hand, they can inflict a very nasty bite due to their specialized teeth used to slit open eggshells

Very interesting...especially to see it in the yolk. Curious to know if you ever feed it whole eggs? I'd like to watch that. Is it a local snake that you caught? Really neat snake tongue flicker.

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Very interesting...especially to see it in the yolk. Curious to know if you ever feed it whole eggs? I'd like to watch that. Is it a local snake that you caught? Really neat snake tongue flicker.

Well unfortunately, the Oligodon genus are not known to swallow whole eggs unlike the african Dasypeltis. Their teeth are like the 'kukri' blade, a curved bladed weapon, used to make slits on the egg shell. The tip of their tails are also equipped to to either stab a predator or stab a reptile egg open. This one is a 1st gen captive bred specimen. They easily adjust even as wild specimens so breeding wasn't too hard

 

[cold blood]

Well unfortunately, the Oligodon genus are not known to swallow whole eggs unlike the african Dasypeltis. Their teeth are like the 'kukri' blade, a curved bladed weapon, used to make slits on the egg shell. The tip of their tails are also equipped to to either stab a predator or stab a reptile egg open. This one is a 1st gen captive bred specimen. They easily adjust even as wild specimens so breeding wasn't too hard

Quite interesting...thanks for sharing that. Cool snake, I love that its a cb specimen. How big does this species get?

 

[klawfran3]

Well unfortunately, the Oligodon genus are not known to swallow whole eggs unlike the african Dasypeltis. Their teeth are like the 'kukri' blade, a curved bladed weapon, used to make slits on the egg shell. The tip of their tails are also equipped to to either stab a predator or stab a reptile egg open. This one is a 1st gen captive bred specimen. They easily adjust even as wild specimens so breeding wasn't too hard

when you say the tip of their tails are equipped to fight a predator, does that mean it's like a blade? can we get a pic, if it's not too much trouble?

 

[The Snark]

Genghis? The deadly threat to small birds eggs in the low lying Philippine Islands, aka Manila Roadkill? The opens up a new naming convention for tortoises: Maserati, Ferrari, Lamborghini, et al.
Nice to hear there is a successful captive breeding program going.

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Quite interesting...thanks for sharing that. Cool snake, I love that its a cb specimen. How big does this species get?

Around 30 inches and never any longer than that. The female gets stouter though

when you say the tip of their tails are equipped to fight a predator, does that mean it's like a blade? can we get a pic, if it's not too much trouble?

Nah, more like a tooth pick. It's just pointed lol

Genghis? The deadly threat to small birds eggs in the low lying Philippine Islands, aka Manila Roadkill? The opens up a new naming convention for tortoises: Maserati, Ferrari, Lamborghini, et al.
Nice to hear there is a successful captive breeding program going.

Exactly! Haha.. Not exactly a breeding program, i won't even call it a successful captive breeding project. It just so happened i picked up two perfectly healthy wild caught specimens off my beach house that were apparently sexually mature and ended up with 6 bad eggs and 4 surviving siblings includin this one. Released the parents and the other juvies back once they got started to eating. Cats and cane toads are their only predator here haha

 

[pitbulllady]

Beautiful little snake! Here in the US these are occasionally sold as "Kukri Snakes", after those specialized blade-like teeth. I have seen one really slice and dice a guy's hand, but this is the most colorful specimen I've seen! The one I saw was more just brown and charcoal gray.

pitbulllady

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Beautiful little snake! Here in the US these are occasionally sold as "Kukri Snakes", after those specialized blade-like teeth. I have seen one really slice and dice a guy's hand, but this is the most colorful specimen I've seen! The one I saw was more just brown and charcoal gray.

pitbulllady

Yeah that's the default kukri snake coloration lol. Species like this one, cinereus and purpurea are the more colorful ones

 

[Zigana]

Very interesting snake. Love the photo with the raw egg!

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Very interesting snake. Love the photo with the raw egg!

It is, thanks!

 

[Jones0911]

Beautiful little snake! Here in the US these are occasionally sold as "Kukri Snakes", after those specialized blade-like teeth. I have seen one really slice and dice a guy's hand, but this is the most colorful specimen I've seen! The one I saw was more just brown and charcoal gray.

pitbulllady

They don't like being held?

 

[Micrathena]

Very pretty! I didn't know people kept egg-eating snakes, this is very cool!

 

[Tongue Flicker]

They don't like being held?

Nah, they don't mind but they tend to be clumsy in human hands plus some species originating in india and taiwan are pretty snappy individuals lol

Very pretty! I didn't know people kept egg-eating snakes, this is very cool!

In some parts of eastern europe this are actually popular exotic snakes

 

[Jones0911]

Well unfortunately, the Oligodon genus are not known to swallow whole eggs unlike the african Dasypeltis. Their teeth are like the 'kukri' blade, a curved bladed weapon, used to make slits on the egg shell. The tip of their tails are also equipped to to either stab a predator or stab a reptile egg open. This one is a 1st gen captive bred specimen. They easily adjust even as wild specimens so breeding wasn't too hard

Other species you mention here can you feed it the way you feed your current species or they have to break down the egg themselves?

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Other species you mention here can you feed it the way you feed your current species or they have to break down the egg themselves?

Oligodon / Asian Kukris will always slit their chosen egg open to drink the contents.
Dasypeltis / African egg-eaters will always swallow eggs whole.

Pretty interesting to watch. There is a documented report of taiwanese kukri snakes flocking together to eat eat sea turtle eggs.