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Nessie's about 2 years old is my guess, she weighed in tonight at 198 grams and eats a small/medium mouse every seven days. Her food lump is noticeable but certainly not a lump like I notice on my younger corns. She's looking a bit pudgy to me, not fat and she's definitely not a very active...

Aside from making log and rock piles, is there anything else I can do to make my hay shed an inviting home for snakes? The mice are there, not bad but I'd love some snakes to call that place their home. I'm not interested in a barn cat, I have three cats {indoor only} already.

Since I'm not all that well versed in corns, I figured it worth the hour trip to Hermes' vet for a yearly check up when the reminder came in from our visit last year due to his mangling his vent. This will be his last visit, unless god forbid something happens, but was worth it my eyes to have...

Two of my corns in particular like to guzzle a big drink right after I put them back in their vivs after they eat. I usually change their water while they're out and put cold in their bowls. Is guzzling cold water right after eating an okay thing for them? Or would it be better I put in luke...

Called around various stores checking prices on vivs for my new snake {she's in a 10g now} and PetCo's having their dollar a gallon sale. So I think instead of a 20g long, I'll get a 40g. I've only glanced them over in the past. If it doesn't come with the sliding/snap into place screen...

I treated myself to an after Christmas present and picked up this little cinder beauty from New England Reptile Distributors last Monday. I've dubbed her Lenore after Edgar Allan Poe's lady of lore. Just gave her her first meal here at home and she struck, coiled and could have cared less if...

At some point in the day today I'm going down to NERD and could really use some "control yourself" vibes sent my way. I need another critter like I need a hole in the head. BUT... I have a 10g all set up here with a heat pad and everything, extra pinkies I don't know what to do with and I've...

Hermes is truly our sweetest corn, an absolute love... except at feeding. I shared how he tried to eat his reflection last week, this week I felt like I needed Steve Irwin holding my hand or something, lol. Clearly I need a deeper bin. He saw the tongs w/mouse coming and he shot straight up...

What's the best/strongest type of wood to use to make a double viv stand? Any particular type of wood I should stay away from for health reasons? Has anyone ever made one and if so, any tips or tricks you care to share? Was looking at the prices of these for 20 gallon longs and figure they...

Hermes is definitely our most aggressive eater, but this was a first... put him in his feeding bin and he sees his reflection and struck at it. BAM on the plastic wall, lol, hopefully he learned his lesson in patience while I reached for the tongs and his dinner. I've never had his dinner in...

I have about 15-20 tiny pinkies left and my youngest is getting bumped up to the large ones. I have one corn, Ciqala, who would probably eat the kitchen sink if I let her - is it okay to feed too small of prey to her? I just gave her her first little fuzzy last night, to give you an idea of...

In doing a complete clean out of one of my vivs, one of the big exoTerra vivs, I saw the bottom glass is cracked. The thermostat probe got dislodged and it must of cracked from the mat getting too hot, is all I can figure. I paid to much for that just to toss it aside or toss out. It's not...

Our classic corn, Ivy, is now up to two pinkies and is a great little eater... as long as it's warm enough to her liking. I defrost under a heat lamp. Tonight she eagerly eats up her first one, then starts bebopping around. I grabbed the tongs, thinking in her young innocence she might have...

Was changing all the corns' water bowls and this little Ivy suckered me right in to taking her out. How could I not when her little peeping head out of her hide started doing this...

Nessie's first hopper... she sniffed at it a lot more than usual, I only watched until about the point of this first pic and then covered her up. It went down the hatch no problem, yay. She's now comfortably resting/digesting in her warm side hide :)

My snow Nessie is a healthy, active corn weighing in at 73 grams. Our largest fuzzies no longer leave a good size lump in her. I KNOW she's ready for hoppers, heck I bought 12 of them for her. I opened the package the other week and was like "holy balonies, they're huge"... and I put it back...

Wee little Hermes at 7 grams, the end of last November when we got him. Hermes tonight, we weighed him last week and he's 50 grams. Using this pic to gather a guess at his length with our trusty ruler to the outside of his viv... he's an inch or two {figuring in the bends} longer than 2...

I'm not too concerned here, but feel the need to ask ;) Fed my snow, Nessie, tonight a fuzzy and when I uncovered her feeding bin there were decent size blood spots on the paper towel, a few spots of blood on the walls and a big droplet on her back. Her fuzzy was down the hatch and she was...

Hermes when we first got him last November {'cuz it's just blown my mind how much he's grown, lol} Hermes now, took this one the other night My timid Nessie monster Her yellows are really starting to come in now. Ivy, the baby of the group She's really sweet, jumps right on your...

Fuzzies just aren't cutting it for Nessie anymore and I picked up some hoppers for her yesterday. I was just wondering if there's a size between hoppers and adult mice? I didn't even realize until yesterday while checking out the sizes that hoppers were bigger than fuzzies, had thought it was...