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I've managed to keep my snakes alive, healthy, and growing for 5 years now, I'm looking at getting into a 7th species (dumerils boa) next month, and that will be my 11th snake. It just occurred to me that maybe I can start calling myself an intermediate snake keeper. I still think of myself as...

First of all, it's been a while! Things are good here. I got married and moved out to an acreage and now I'm dealing with step-kids and puppies and kittens and chickens and a garden... it keeps me busy and I haven't kept up with the regular weighing/measuring and other fun stuff I used to do...

Hi. Ripley has had some weird brown crusty scales on the top of her snout, kind of from her nostrils to the middle of her forehead, and then the very tip of her bottom lip, and on the odd scale going down her back as well. It didn't look inflamed or infected, nor did it look particularly...

Soooo... I was 100% sure I would never get a ball python. Because, you know, they like to go on feeding strikes and that just wasn't something I wanted to deal with. And now I have an african house snake who won't eat, and a ball python who eats every meal like it might be his last. LOL...

Hi everyone! First of all, sorry about the long post. I'm just trying to include all the details. From all my research, house snakes eat. Always. The only mention I could find was of males occasionally taking a break during mating season, though I have not been able to find any mention...

I'm really sad about this. And confused. And embarrassed. I'll try to edit as much as I can, but I know it might be wordy so I apologize for the length. Back story: I always watch the dogs very closely to make sure they are not approaching the snakes head-on, and while I will cautiously...

First of all, this is a beautiful snake. Does anyone know what it is? But secondly, and more importantly, what on earth is wrong with him? Some people in the comments suggested IBD or fire ants? My first thought was pesticides? It's like he's having some kind of seizure that just gets worse...

I've been getting a little frustrated at the prices for things designated as "reptile", for example I've discovered that shaved aspen for small animals is approximately 1/10 the price of shredded aspen for reptiles, AND it's *way*less dusty! So I've been getting a little creative lately. Only...

Well, hatchling season is just around the corner, and I have been thinking about what I can and cannot "accidentally" come home with from the shows this year. :rolleyes: The first show isn't for another couple of weeks yet, but I gotta have these decisions made ahead of time! So for this...

So my 2 year old female shed recently, and on her shed were these two red spots at the vent. I've never seen this before on any of my snakes' sheds. I looked her over and she looks just fine. I tried to search on the forum for what it could be but the only thing I found (so far) was a mention...

It is my pleasure to introduce to you my newest addition, Mercury! He (actually, sex is unknown) is approximately 6 months old and currently weighs in at about 18 grams and 9.5". He was 7 grams when I got him in January. He is the cutest pretzel ever and I absolutely love him! He has two...

I finally pulled the trigger and got a california king snake. I just love how they look, and have heard as many good stories as bad, and I guess I just decided getting chewed on once in a while was worth getting the snake I wanted. :laugh: Anyway, I purchased him a month or so ago, but...

Hi, I have a question that I can't believe I'm only asking now. But here it is. How hot is too hot for a mouse to be fed? And if it is too hot, what are the consequences? I defrost my feeder mice in hot water, and normally I get distracted, and there's several mice defrosting, and by the...

Tomorrow morning I get to go pick up my new AHS. She'll be my first non-corn, and I can't wait! She gets her name from her birthday, she was born on Christmas eve... and also it's a little tongue in cheek reference to the Adam and Eve and the serpent story. Plus it's just a pretty name. I...

I just realized yesterday that today would be the anniversary of bringing home my first snakes! So I thought I'd do a little update on my scale-family. A year after acquiring my first two corns I am still as obsessed as ever, and still learning new things constantly. It's hard to learn from...

How long does it take for a corn snake to develop it's "final" colors? Is there such a thing as "final" color for a corn? From what I can find between forums, google, books, etc, color may never really stop changing, and at least some morphs can continue to change throughout their adult lives...

I picked Solace up today from Terri with 5 Star Serpents, who is the same awesome breeder I got my ultramel anery and cinder from. He's gorgeous in person! Just a tiny guy still, he has some catching up to do in size, but he's SO pink! I wanted him last year, but couldn't decide between an...

I have recently added a new corn snake and an African house snake (neither of which have arrived yet) to my growing number of snakes, and I've been going back and forth on a tricolor hognose all week. I finally decided not to get the hognose (yet), simply because it's a little out of my...

I have decided to get this guy, from the same breeder as I got my cinder and ultramel anery from, 5 Star Serpents. He's a dreamy pink 2014 opal stripe, and I've been drooling over him since last year! Now he just needs a name. I'm leaning towards Mirage, but I'm also open to a "tough" name to...

This is a show about "taboo" pets. They start talking about snakes at 35 minutes, and my jaw just dropped. I'm only up to 40 minutes so far, so about 5 minutes of snake talk, and I haven't stopped shaking my head yet. They're talking about ball pythons, and then start talking about all the...