• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

African House Snakes

lefty_mussolini

lefty_mussolini

Start Wearing Purple
Well here I was taking pics on feeding day so that I could show off these beautiful snakes and tell everyone that they are my favorite snakes to keep, and two of them go and bite me. They really are quite docile usually, but I think they were a bit hungry today. These suckers have some pretty long teeth for such small snakes.
1. My first Brown phase House Snake Female (in blue)
2. Brown phase male 66% het albino
3. Green phase female (bit me)
4. Green phase male (bit me)
5. Red phase male
 

Attachments

  • bet2.JPG
    bet2.JPG
    66.1 KB · Views: 106
  • clar3.JPG
    clar3.JPG
    53.8 KB · Views: 106
  • greenf1.JPG
    greenf1.JPG
    42.2 KB · Views: 106
  • greenm3.JPG
    greenm3.JPG
    44.6 KB · Views: 106
  • redhouse2.JPG
    redhouse2.JPG
    42.9 KB · Views: 106
Very cool. Python heads on colubrid bodies. What makes them your favorite snakes? It's not the color :) I've thought about getting one, but I can't find a reliable caresheet. I read one which said they don't need a heat pad. And then I read another which says they need a 90 hot end. Do you have any insight?
 
Slippery Ernie said:
Very cool. Python heads on colubrid bodies. What makes them your favorite snakes? It's not the color :) I've thought about getting one, but I can't find a reliable caresheet. I read one which said they don't need a heat pad. And then I read another which says they need a 90 hot end. Do you have any insight?
Click to expand...
I love 'em cause of their attitude and their color. They have an iridescence that is pretty nice. They are great to handle too (when they don't try and make a meal of your finger.) Very interactive snakes. They have an amazing feeding response and they breed year round without brumation. Here is a website about their care- http://www.kingsnake.com/housesnake/ -I found that their care is pretty much the same as my North American Colubrids. A little more humidity is required during shed time though. They tend to have problems shedding when it's dry. I highly recommend getting one or two or five :)
mbdorfer said:
Funny how they know which finger to bite
Click to expand...
Yep... She went for the money finger. How am I supposed to give anyone the double-duece now?
Bart Haentjens said:
nice
i also have a African House Snake
Click to expand...
Very cool. That is a nice looking snake. :)

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.
 
African House snakes are absolutely cool!! I have four, 2 from this year and 2 from '04.
But i don't know about the 'phases' you are talking about, can you perhaps explain that to me? I have one here that is almost olive-green..
Are those phases proven in anyway??

Arjan
 
Snakexperience said:
African House snakes are absolutely cool!! I have four, 2 from this year and 2 from '04.
But i don't know about the 'phases' you are talking about, can you perhaps explain that to me? I have one here that is almost olive-green..
Are those phases proven in anyway??

Arjan
Click to expand...
The phases are more of a locality thing or line bred, like Okeetee or Miami phase in corns. The house snakes from Uganda, for example, are more of a green color, and are refered to as Green phase, whereas the House Snakes from Tanzania tend to have more of a red color so they are refered to as red phase. Brown phase are the "normals" but are in no way less beautiful than the others.
 
Snakexperience said:
And these are my '04 Housesnakes. I don't really care about their colours, they are fun to keep anyway!!!!
'04 housesnakes

Arjan
Click to expand...
Those are very nice looking too. You know, I never thought their colors were drab like others do. Whe you see them in person, is when you really notice that it is no an ugly, bland brown. And the Green phase are amazing looking. And again, this snake is just a fun one to keep.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top