Care Sheet - Common Egg Eater

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Scientific Name
Dasypeltis scabra
Habitat
Parts of Africa (among other things South-Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, as
far as West, East, Central and South-Africa) dry bush and forest regions
Size
50-70 cm, maximum 120 cm
Reproduction
Lays up to 18 eggs. Incubation period at 30C about 60-70 days.
Temperature

Air temperature between 25-28C, in nature up to 33C. At night reduce to about

20C.
Humidity
40-50%
Lighting
Daylight fluorescent tubes e.g. "Natural Sunlight" or "Zoo Med ReptiSun 2.0" or
similar.
Substrate
Loamy soil, Aspen, Beach chippings with rock structures, Desert Bedding.
Cage Furniture
Hideouts, Moss box, stones, roots, Mopani wood, Driftwood among other things
climbing facilities vines thin branches, a small flat water bowl. Planting is possible
(Ficus benjamina, F. pumila, Scindapsus etc.). Or artificial plants.
Food
Depending on its size; eggs of canaries, budgerigars or European quails, they
also take the eggs of giant land snails these can be frozen for storage unlike bird
eggs.
Comments
If the problem with the food supply has been solved the Dasypeltis scabra is as a
rule an easy to keep snake.