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One of my best friends brought over a little snake that she found and picked up at her school and thought was a corn snake, but I immediately saw it as a gopher. Round head, same collar pattern, no rattler, but tomorrow is when I see if it has fangs. If it does, I'm setting that sucker free...

Let me introduce you to my fluff: Bear! I got him last Thursday :cheers: He was told to be about 11 months old, An Australian Shepard mix (the shelter didn't have a clue what he had besides shep., but his big paws and face suggested chow chow or rottweiler), and that he's a love bug (Very...

I'm researching projects on growing crystals at home, and I'm very curious if borax, epsom salt, or any of the other ingredients used would harm my scale babies. I would think that some dark wood chips or something else dark brown and some crystals (possibly glow in the dark!) would be a...

I started a new exercise routine for Anders of not only holding him and maneuvering his body, but making him think the mouse is still alive :] he was squishy and this is helping with extra exercise :D he was like this for a few minutes. I thought he died since he wasn't moving, but a few pokes...

I need to make sure I made a certain mistake or if it's more serious. Snakes aren't suppose to feel squishy, correct? When I was feeding my snow corn, he felt squishy along his whole underbelly but still had his usual resistance, which reassured me but still made me concerned. Is this from...

I have 3 sets of harem mice colonies that I picked up in the past 3 months. I noticed yesterday that my very first female was pregnant and left her alone with the set. Well not too long ago she gave birth to quite alot of pups! But the problem is I think either she or her along with the other...

I'm trying to get my mice colony started, but as all fluffy lovers agree with me on this, we love fuzzy lil mice. Some of us love variety as well. I started with a breeding pair of albinos. I was thinking of putting in one or two more does if I can buy a nice big cage tomorrow and decorate it...

Whenever I don't handle my corns for some extended time, I let them spread their scales in my room. Well I usually just let my snow corn Anders sprawl on my desk (it's white but I can still see his chubby self!). I tried my, I think, 2-3 month old okeetee on my desk and she goes for my printer...

This thought just came into my head. If I buy a breeding pair of mice, is it possible that from those two that the offspring will be different colored? Would one or both the mice contain genes that produce a variety of new colored babies?

I'm soon going to be raising my own supply since pet shop prices are ridiculous!! I raised rats before, so I have some idea of what to do, but some advice and miscellaneous is also appreciated.

My 1 year old okeetee has been roaming around his tank for 2 weeks straight and refused food today. I'm pretty sure this is part of breeding season, but he's now wrapped on his water bowl and pushes my fingers away when I'm checking his body temperature. And the water bowl is under his heat...

In the coming years, I'll be looking for corn snakes and california kings to study in the wild, and possibly keep a few if: 1. It's a blizzard (Because the sun here might get to them and I want one incredibly bad!) 2. I have the room. 3. I can afford extra food. (That part is hard.) My point...

Ever since spring started, my 1 year-old male okeetee has been more active than usual, and I have a sense it's a poo-related problem, but are males more active in finding a female at the beginning of breeding season? I'm still a beginner so I'm very worried.

My 1 year-old okeetee was moving around in his tank last night. Frankly, more than usual. He kept burrowing underneath his shelter box and slithering in the tank. I thought it was the usual exercise he wanted, and held him for a few minutes just before sleeping. Well, it's morning now, and I...

I've been handling all 3 of my corn snakes for a few weeks: Lil bit the Abbots okeetee Anders the snow corn, and Fred the okeetee. I handle them on Wednesdays (sometimes), Thursdays, and Fridays, since their feedings all are on Saturdays at lunchtime (I eat when they eat!). I check on them once...