Bandy Bandy's

[Snakeluvver2]

Hey
So i just recently found out that people keep bandy bandy's
Which surprised me very pleasantly.
Anyone have any info or pics would love to see some.

 

[pyrodarknessanny]

omg! love bandy-bandys! yes would also like to know about em. what on earth would you feed a captive one? (since there soo specialized and all)

ill i know is they eat blind snakes and there theses about 6 or so different subspecies (is that right?)

 

[-Matt-]

Not very common in captivity and like I told you in the other thread Jannico they are force fed (occassionally assist fed) on pinkie mice. I know of one case where they have actually taken pink mice when offered. Kept on a soil substrate so they can burrow, I believe there may be pics of captive ones in the elapids thread.

You can keep anything you want if you look hard enough to find it.

 

[syeph8]

Not very common in captivity and like I told you in the other thread Jannico they are force fed (occassionally assist fed) on pinkie mice. I know of one case where they have actually taken pink mice when offered. Kept on a soil substrate so they can burrow, I believe there may be pics of captive ones in the elapids thread.

You can keep anything you want if you look hard enough to find it.

met a bloke who at the time was feeding his chicks if that helps he is the only person i heard of who had ever kept em. i always thought it was illegal (i know he kept his illegally)

not sure if his were assist fed or not, i am pretty sure he wasnt force feeding though as im sure it would have come up while discussing what it eats.

 

[daniel1234]

They are cool lil snakes.
I have held one.
As said on prev thread by myself and Mattsnake, they can be fed on rodents but it is an effort to do so. The person I know actually bred them, by accident. She needed special permission to get them in SA though. They were kept in a pretty basic click clack. Not sure about substrate though, if any.

 

[Snakeluvver2]

Ah six i think and 5 are found up north.
Yer i thought they only ate blind snake too
but apprently (dont take my word on it) but they can be weaned on to rodents.

 

[Snakeluvver2]

thanks for the info guys

 

[-Matt-]

met a bloke who at the time was feeding his chicks if that helps he is the only person i heard of who had ever kept em. i always thought it was illegal (i know he kept his illegally)

not sure if his were assist fed or not, i am pretty sure he wasnt force feeding though as im sure it would have come up while discussing what it eats.

I wouldn't think that they would be capable of eating chicks? They only have a tiny little mouth. I believe Sonia Dewdney bred them in SA and she was the one that had them feeding (with a small amount of assisstance) on pink or fuzzy mice. I also know of one other person in QLD who has bred them but I'm sure there are others out there.

 

[syeph8]

I wouldn't think that they would be capable of eating chicks? They only have a tiny little mouth. I believe Sonia Dewdney bred them in SA and she was the one that had them feeding (with a small amount of assisstance) on pink or fuzzy mice. I also know of one other person in QLD who has bred them but I'm sure there are others out there.

i have no idea man, ive never even seen one in person. as i said i spoke to a bloke and that what he said. only met him once. know he owned snakes because hes a mate of someone i used to know (realy stuffed his life up and now i dont talk to him). seemed to be telling the truth though and i have a pretty good BSometer. either that or i am confusing it with another snake we talked about... but im 98% sure it was the bandybandy because they do only eat snakes

 

[-Matt-]

Well I wont throw up any Bandy Bandy pics I have coz you've seen them in my other thread but here's a pic of an adults mouth to give you an idea of the size. This animal is dead by the way.



Ah what the hell...another head shot of a live snake

 

[syeph8]

i have seen photos and they are beautiful looking snakes and after seeing closeup of the size of the mouth i agree it doesnt look like they can eat chicks. this bloke was either pullin my leg or i misheard him or some other explination in between but i do remember asking specifically (thinking he would say wild caught skinks or something, which i thought would be most logical) and him saying chicken.

 

[Fuscus]

[video=youtube;-_qWp-4vQTo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_qWp-4vQTo[/video]

 

[Slats]

Cheers fuscus

 

[spanna_spamload]

@ Mattsnake
Did the live one do the pose for you? its awesome when they do it

 

[-Matt-]

I've had them do the defence pose for me before but from what I've seen it's only small bandy bandys that will do it for me...adults will just sit there.

 

[Tiliqua]

I've dealt with bandy-bandies on 4 occasions, the mouth is tiny and sunken under the top lip (similar to black-headed pythons), an adaption to their burrowing habits. The ones I have come across are rather small, about the girth of a pencil, and about 20-30cm long. I think it would be improbable that they could even be force-fed chicks. Have assist fed them mouse tails, and pinkies, with pinkies being rather difficult as they have a tendency to burst open and get messy. Fuscus, your video does render you a semi-god, and that Bandy-bandy is the largest i've seen. Good work. Oh, and their eggs look like overgrown tic-tacs.

 

[H.bitorquatus]

If bandy bandys didn't do they hoopy thing and have a nice pattern, they would be as crap as small eyeds, that head shot just proved what an ugly snake they are Saying that I wouldn't mind coming across more this coming spring.

 

[Fuscus]

I've encountered about 15 Bandy-bandies in the wild. Some assume the position very quickly while other flat out refuse. The last one I encountered was a young adult who hooped as I was getting out of the car.



I would treasure having a pair of these animals.

 

[-Matt-]

I've seen about 30 wild bandy bandys and maybe had 5 or 6 hoop up for me, all of these ones have been small snakes that reacted as soon as they've realised I was there. The biggest I've seen was about 70cm long and actually had a spot on it's body instead of the trademark stripes.

 

[-Matt-]

I've seen about 30 wild bandy bandys and maybe had 5 or 6 hoop up for me, all of these ones have been small snakes that reacted as soon as they've realised I was there. The biggest I've seen was about 70cm long and actually had a spot on it's body instead of the trademark stripes.

Oh and there is no way you can compare them to small-eyes! Haha