Recent content by Rigby & Marcy

I'm moving overseas and have to find a new home for my snakes. This 2014 female tessera is het snow and other possible hets which I should be able to look up if interested. She is appropriate size and age to breed, but has not been bred in the past. She has been cared for obsessively and is in...

I'm moving overseas and have to find a new home for my snakes. This 2014 male amel tessera is het snow and other possible hets which I should be able to look up if interested. He is perfect breeding age and very active this spring, but has not been bred. He's in great condition and sheds and...

Hi, haven't been around for awhile. Things are as usual with all the snakes, except I have a concern with Venus. She's a retired breeder (~9-10 years old?) and every spring she lays a clutch of eggs in May for old times' sake. 2 weeks ago was her feeding day and she didn't eat. When they...

I only have 3 feeding tubs for 5 snakes so a few months ago I got a little lazy and started feeding Timmy in his viv, on a full sized paper towel. It went fine for a few feelings but then one day I went to check on him and he had the mouse halfway into his mouth and there was a nickel sized...

Long story short, I bought a retired breeder this summer but it looks like she wants to lay a second clutch of eggs. She refused food 3 weeks straight and she also shed, and the breeder says she was always a good eater. It's been 13 days since her shed and I made her a next box which she...

Well, eff this $40 Pet Smart bonsai hide, in particular! I was looking at the hole thinking of hot-gluing it shut, but Venus got there first. :P I left her mouse on top of her cave, and turned off the lights, hoping she will smell it and come out. Then... the hot glue gun!

I wasn't going to get any more, but well, you know... Crazy Colubrids (Gary) was selling his adult female butter and I always loved the look of her so I had to go for it. Her name is Venus. She arrived yesterday, a little confused from a day in a sack on a plane, but she was cruising around...

Is it even a regurge if Rigby started eating a big mouse, got it halfway in, got disturbed by the cat, and spit it back out? My gut says it's okay, but I just wanted to make sure. He had swallowed halfway up the mouse. The head was definitely slimy. Anyway I took it away and threw it out...

I have these antique chick waterers that were my great-grandma's. They are identical to the ones in this link, but undamaged. http://www.goantiques.com/old-pottery-2304139 (I've known for quite awhile that they're valuable but don't want to sell them). Would they make a good hide for an adult...

It's good news though. I waited 2 weeks for Tiamat to shed, after I was on holidays for 10 days... she hadn't eaten in a month and she's only a yearling. When she finally shed I was so tired I dropped her and a mouse in the feeding bin and went to bed and forgot about her. She got out...

I don't know what's wrong with my absent mind or why always the same viv, but I keep leaving Tiamat's viv open! And she never goes anywhere! I accidentally left her lid off all night last night but she was still happily sitting in her magnetic rock in the morning. I think she's the most...

I started feeding Timmy in a critter carrier because he's too big for his deli. He was cruising around the upper rim when he noticed there was a mouse. I never thought he'd eat the mouse from above, but he did, and he even swallowed it up there and didn't come down. Thought it was cute! All...

Last year was the first that Rigs & Marcy were adults, and Rigby stopped eating for several weeks in spring. In your experience, will a male who has refused before refuse food every spring as long as there's a female in the house? I'm just wondering what to expect. I've been letting him get a...

Out of interest, how much more would an adult corn generally sell for than a hatchling? I'm talking about a snake that isn't the latest and greatest morph that everyone wants for breeding.

My mouse breeding program has definitely not saved me much money, but I noticed the awesomest thing lately. All my current mice are descended from one male and 4 females. The male is a "satin" mouse with a distinctive coat that is iridescent, and the females were various colours with normal...