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My AC is out and transporting my snake to someone else's home is not really feasible. Is there a safe way to keep a gradient going? Put an ice pack under the glass at one end of the tank, maybe? If I can't work out a way to keep him cool inside I can take him down to the clubhouse in a paper...

The probes had been bumped out of place. :( :( :( Mal was on aspen over the heat mat when I found the problem. What would it look like if he was burned? He seemed ok but he just ate yesterday so I didn't want to handle him too much. Also, what are your strategies for making sure the probes...

I am in need of frozen small adult mice. I do not like the smell or the pricing in the pet stores I have checked out in my area. Is anyone selling, or does anyone want to share an order? Or can anyone in the Tempe/Chandler area suggest a good store?

I am sick of buying overpriced gross tiny mice from the local pet stores. Even the independent place just carries the Arctic Mice. Sharing an order cuts the shipping price in half for both of us - even better if more people want to share. Any takers? :)

He just ate about 24 hours ago. Temps are good so I guess he is just a cute weirdo, sitting out for hours at the top of his plant. :D He's also only about a day and a half post-shed, too. I really like the pose on this last one but it was the only one taken through the glass and the...

Our older corn was 586 grams in March. He's now 625 grams, and we have been feeding him less and playing with him more. He is handled every day as appropriate to his feed schedule and gets 1 large mouse twice a month. He's three and a half years old. Shouldn't his growth and weight gain be...

We just found ants in one of our bathrooms. I'm super squicky about bugs and I know that if we start getting more in here the scorpions (which are terrifying to me) will follow. So I'd like to get the pesticide guy in here but I am not sure how safe that would be for the snakes. Any ideas on...

Mal just ate a nice big pinky, and I put him back into his viv. He paced the tank for a while, acting like he wanted to get out, and then buried his head in the aspen and left his entire body out for about 10 minutes. He's gradually burrowing his whole self now, but that head in the sand look...

I changed all the hides out in my hatchling's viv. I had some flat fake rocks and terracotta saucers, but I swapped them for a bunch of different hides I cut out of an egg carton. It just occurred to me that it might freak him out that I did that. Any insight on that? I don't want to stress him...

I just bought a 40 gallon critter cage with the sliding top for our snow corn, Ark. It was only 30 bucks, so I went for it even though the plastic tabs that usually lock those tops in place had been broken off. I'm not worried about the locking, because we can still put a pin through the front...

I posted a couple weeks ago about getting Mal, my hatchling, and his struggles with eating. He did start eating, and had a great response. He tended to come out of his hides each day in the evening and wander until early in the morning, except for the day after eating. The last time he ate was...

Our snow, Ark, is 586 grams and we have had him on rats for a while. I have read that rats are too fatty so I figured we'd go back to large mice, but large mice are so tiny compared to the size of a small rat. So what do you do for your big snakes if rats are not a good option? The Munson plan...

I dreamed that I left Mal's water dish out when I changed it last time. It was vivid enough that I have checked to be sure the bowl in his tank is in there probably 20 times today! I also dream all the time that there is a fire or a robber ransacking the place or some other disaster and the...

This is Ark, my sons three year old snow corn. He is pretty wonderful and very easy. I think he is in shed right now but I am really not sure. Since getting my baby I have been paying more attention and wanted to post some pics and ask what you all think of Ark's weight. He has been on rats for...

Spent some time on the phone today with the local PetCo's "reptile expert". The hatchling I bought is not eating, so I called to try to get a detailed history and some info... He told me that corns find their food with heat only and not at all with smell. He said to make sure the pink is at...