Recent content by bill38112

Dante, a 2013 Peppermint male, arrived yesterday, 220 grams, 35". A big "Thank You" to Jarret Kime for letting me have Dante. Here's a photo of him exploring his new viv.

Has anyone tried these sausages for snakes? They are pricier than frozen mice, but my wife won't object to having these in her freezer.;)

I am looking for adult/sub-adult Peppermint Corns, any pattern. Ideally, I would like a proven pair, but I am more interested in color and clear contrasting pattern. Thanks.

I survived my first Daytona. I had tried to pack a lot into a very condensed trip and I am suffering the consequences. I left Memphis at 10:00 AM CDT on Saturday and arrived at Orlando at 1:00 PM EDT grabbed a rental car, and arrived at the show about 3:00PM. After working the maze to get...

Who's got a table at Daytona? Post your table numbers so we tourists can stop by and say hello. If anyone has a vendors list/map, could you share it with us?

A recent, very lengthy thread, on this subforum got me to thinking about one of my main concerns with breeding corns. Before I start, I am not criticizing any individual breeder, I'm just sharing an observation about our hobby. With the exception of a handful of notable breeders, few people...

I took ALFie (my albino lavender female reticulated python) out today for her first progression photos. She turned out to be quite the ham. She's a petite 33 inches and 178 grams at six weeks old. The bronze monkey is my favorite sculpture and just fits with the snake. And for those of you...

It was for the mother of a friend of my wife. The lady was 83. Well, I'm only 58 (Yes, children, that is still young to be thinking about a funeral.), but I always come away from these things thinking about how prepared I am for my own end. Morbid, huh, but I'm practical that way. The...

Well, I knew I should stop browsing the giant snake forums. I had been toying with the idea of getting an albino burmese for a while, but then I ran across an ad for albino lavender retics. Happily, they were way more money than I wanted to pay. However, today I saw an ad for one for under...

I was awakened from a mid-afternoon nap on the family room sofa by my 20 year old daughter screaming, "Dad,one of your damn snakes is out!" I jumped up off the sofa expecting to find my male striped snow, Prince Charming (the female is Snow White...Indulge me.I'm old), out once again. after all...

There have been multiple posts in the Forum complaining about PETCO's poor snake husbandry. In a previous post I challenged members to write to PETCO and recommend better practices. Here's the "contact us" URL for PETCO. http://www.petco.com/petco_Page_PC_contactus_Nav_143.aspx See my...

Here's another snake attack scare story. http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=46298

Check out this story. http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/local/16011663.htm

I'm going to be in the Atlanta area visiting relatives the weekend of 11-12 Nov. I was planning to check out the Georgia Reptile Expo. It is sponsored by the Georgia Herp Society. It seems long on educational exhibits and short on vendors. The show management hasn't been willing to commit to...

Any of you guys out there know where I can find statistics on the following: How many corn snakes were sold in the US last year (or any recent year)? What are the top ten (10) morphs sold? What are the largest reptile shows in the US (based on number of exhibitors)?