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Piebalds

opal — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:09:53 GMT

Ball pythons are pretty boring to me but a piebald one breaks that rule. Does anyone have one? Do you like them?

Rat snake question

snake51 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:18:01 GMT

Okay, I know this question is going to sound silly to all those serious herps out there, but here it is: I know rat snakes eat other snakes, but what does a herp feed his/her rat snake?

Naiomi's new video

opal — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:54:37 GMT

http://www.reptilechannel.com/reptile-videos/watch-video-EA3B8BB7886AA3A943E7B72617DD77CA.aspx

That was Naiomi's new video. I've rearranged the tank since though.

Figured it out!

leolizard — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:47:33 GMT

I figured out he python ban. A while back they tried to ban all nonative species H.R 669, but that didn't work, because enough people happened to own guinea pigs, ferrits, fish, birds, invertebres, amphibians, or reptiles. But now they realise that if they divide and conquer, it will work. First they will start with what people hate the most, boas and pythons H.R 2811, then all the other herps. Then work their way up. For example " Ferrits have ability to bite, deemed to dangerous". The only pets I would possibly be reasonable are venemous herps. Even then with proper training it would be fine. Like some of you said, if before you could buy any large or venemous herps you had to go through a year of intersive training, that would weed out all the "OMG, Its big and dangerous, so I want it so I can be cool!!" people. So we really need to abolish this bill!!!!!!

So you want a burm...??

nagadragon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:33:30 GMT

It was my fault for reaching in the cage near feeding time...stupid me. Anyways, our 8' albino Burm is hungry, and I now have a very painful, and very accurate impression of both rows of top teeth, and bottom row. I only count 67 holes, but I'm pretty sure there's more than that. Luckily, my boyfriend was here to unwrap him from my arm. Monty was insistant that my hand was a rat, and took a very long time to let go. We used a Safeway card to pry off his lower jaw, then just had to coax him off. His upper jaw was locked across the palm of my hand, and his lower wrapped around the back of my hand, across the pinky knuckle. (Yes, the knuckle punctures HURT). As soon as he was free, while I'm in my state of needle-puncture-shock (which I get if I go get a vaccine or piercing), I ask 'is Monty ok?' I was actually, and honestly, more concerned about his well-being than mine. Even while I'm getting my hand scrubbed and hydrogen-peroxided, I'm thinking about how I hoped Monty didn't lose any teeth or get a bruise from when I gripped him. It took him some time to reconnect his jaw, though.

To get to my point, always use care with any snake, big or small. If you're still living at home with mom and dad, you gotta think about if your parents would unwind your snake from your arm or leg. NEVER get complacent!! If Monty had been an 18' instead of 8', we would've been pulling my ARM out of his mouth!!

PLEASE HELP

joshuab — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:34:55 GMT

Please join the Reptile Nation in a Congressional Call In Opposing HR2811 aka The Python Ban November 2, 3 & 4. If you value your Boas & Pythons you will participate and encourage your entire sphere of influence to do the same. There is a Hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism & Homeland Security scheduled for November 5th. Please call in and OPPOSE HR2811.

As originally written HR2811 would add the entire genus python to the Injurious Wildlife List of the Lacey Act. This would effectively end the Import, Export and Interstate Transport of any animals listed. In July USARK was successful in narrowing the scope of the bill by removing most pythons with an amendment offered by Congressman Tom Rooney. The amendment would limit the bill to the Burmese Python and the African Python. In addition committee staff agreed in principle to further amend the bill to allow the captive bred trade in these two snakes to continue. To date this promise has not been kept and the HR2811 has not been amended to allow for captive bred trade.

Meanwhile the USGS Risk Assessment of 9 Large Constricting Snakes has been released. The Humane Society of the United States is lobbying hard to have HR2811 amended to include the entire genus python, as well as the four species of anaconda, and Boa Constrictor referred to in the USGS report. Do not assume that HSUS will not be successful in getting HR2811 amended to reflect these changes. Only USARK and the Reptile Nation stand between HSUS and the destruction of our community.

Our science experts have done a cursory analysis of the USGS report and characterize it as “…loose with numerous mistakes and inaccuracies. It is an oversimplification of a very complicated topic.” The bottom line is it is not the solid piece of science HSUS wanted to use as a tool to break the back of our community. However that has not stopped them from mischaracterizing it as just that.

What can I do?

***November 2,3 & 4 Call In and Fax the Subcommittee and voice your opposition to HR2811. Be polite & professional!

Script:
My name is____. I oppose HR2811. It is overly simplistic and politically driven. It is poorly thought out and sacrifices good science for political expediency. The negative economic impact for my family and business would be significant. Please oppose HR2811. Thank you for your consideration.

Call List:
Sponsor:

Congressman Kendrick Meek (D-FL), Sponsor
Washington DC: phone 202-225-4506; fax 202-226-0777
Miami: phone 305-690-5905; fax 305-690-5951

suggestions for next snake pair

chumana — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:30:07 GMT

Hey im looking to get another pair of snakes, although thought this would be a good place to get some ideas. The main thing is that im living in the Ottawa, Ont area and if I were to eventually sell the offspring, boas and pythons have to be no more then 6ft and colubrids no more then 9ft.

I was thinking along the lines of carpet pythons, indigos ( although dont know where id find these), blood pythons or dumerils ground boas.... any other suggestions or opinions?

What snake is this?

opal — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:15:41 GMT

I want herping in saba and took a bunch of cool pics(see "awesome herptile pictures" in photographer's section). I was wondering what kind of snake this was.

Does your Ball Python like to take a bath?

shea — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:13:04 GMT

I've been told many times that Ball Pythons like to soak in warm water. When I tried this he did'nt act like he enjoyed it to much. When I got him out a got him dried off he wouldn't have much to do with me for the rest of the night. So I just thaught I made him mad and I never tried that again! So I was just wondering if anyone else has one that gets moody with a bath!

Ball python humidity issue

Hollywood — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:17:09 GMT

I got my ball about a week ago. he is about 3-4 months old and is starting to go into . i am trying to get the humidity up to about 80, but 65 is about the best i can get. i have a pretty big water dish on the cold side, a we towel over the screen on the cold side, i have a Tupperware with water and an air pump in it on the hot side!! what else can i do to get the humidity up, or am i overreacting? i just want to have a good shed! thanx

Rufous-Beaked Snakes for Sale

Bugman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:31:45 GMT

I'm posting this because I know that at least one member, Ratsnake I believe, is interested in getting some Rufous Beaked Snakes. Just wanted to let everyone know that LLL Reptiles has a pair in stock. The male is $99.00, the female is $119.00, or you can get the pair for $199.00. If I weren't going off to college next year I would probably buy these myself.

African Egg-eater

nagadragon — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:34:20 GMT

I just acquired a 2.5 week old African egg-eater. (see pic-cute as you-know-what). It's eating finch eggs at this point, and I was wondering if anyone here knows much about these cute little bug-eyed critters, and also if I can get eggs anywhere online? Also, do they have to eat strictly bird eggs?

Mudball, My yellow anaconda

MattD94 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:09:49 GMT

mudball

the care of false water cobras

jaredscorns6794 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:52:15 GMT

i have been breeding and selling corns for about two years now. i was planning on expanding and get some false water cobras and breed them when they come of age. does anyone have any tips/suggestions for me.

Have you ever had a snake that eat's backwards ?

senior beaver — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:57:10 GMT

My female Jungle Boa (Daisy) loves to eat her food backwords, check out her last meal, and if anyone is concerned, lol, her gums are fine. We took her to vet yesterday(that's another story) & while we were there I asked him (Chadwell) to check her out & she is doing great. Info., if gum is swollen it is usually 1 or the other. Thanks for looking, Jeff HopkinsHerps

Hybrids, Integrades, Morphs, Oh My!

mbmosley — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:49:42 GMT

So me, Sinkarnate, Fred, Mustang, and maybe a few others got in to a discussion on hybrids, integrades, and morphs. It was Mustang's thread, so I didn't want to hijack it. I figured it would be interesting, so I made my own thread about it.

Here is the debate so far. Please do not participate in the debate on the thread below!

http://board.reptilechannel.com/Topic104497-8-1.aspx

There you go. Please state your opinions in a reasonable, non aggressive manner.

Milk snake size

leolizard — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:28:57 GMT

I have heard one care sheet for pueblan milk snakes that said they are from 2-3 feet long, another one that said 3-4 feet, and another that said 4 -5 feet. Which is correct.

boa X breeding

mustang446 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:30:27 GMT

I wonder what would happen if you bred a Brazilian rainbow boa to a Colombian rainbow boa, would you get brazillans or colombians? or a mix of them? or a Argentinean rainbow boa that would be cool. but that won't happen what do you think??????????????????????

hello there

reticguy76 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:44:07 GMT

i havent posted to much here, ive been here for awhile though. just thought id post a couple pics of my collection. for now, just my two breeder females that will hopefully take this year. very excited about these two.

first if my female tiger het albino

second is my female calico

milk snake gender

leolizard — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:20:15 GMT

Is this a male or female?

ball python problem (how to get it out of cage)

oz196 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:33:47 GMT

I moved my ball python from a 20 gallon tall tank to a 40 gallon breeder, she is about 3.5-4 foot long. My problem is she is in a strike position (and stuck at me when I turned off a light, she hit the screen lid). I put her in a large tupper ware container to feed her, in a few days it will be her feeding time. My problem is she thinks it is feeding time, and I am not sure if I can get her out of the tank (with out beening biten).

Any suggestions?

thanks Lucas

My balls

MattD94 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:27:10 GMT

Theese are all my balls including my pastel

Colubrids being venomous

Crested Man — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:24:03 GMT

Have any of you read the book the snake charmer. In it the author tells about a study that shows that 99% or something like that of all colubrids are venomous. Post your thoughts on this.

suggestions for breeding corns

jaredscorns6794 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:51:50 GMT

i just got a new female snow corn today and was looking for suggestions on what color male i should get for her. something besides hypos, creamsicles, or normals, i've already got enough of those. some thing not many people have. or just something you think is cool.

New Addition

lizardlovinggirl — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:08:01 GMT

Hey guys! We are so excited we just got a baby Apricot Pueblan Milksnake. We decided to name him Capone. We will post pics in the near future we are letting him accommodate and destress right now. Anyone have any stories about there Milksnakes I'd love to hear them.

Snake morphs

Crested Man — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:39:44 GMT

Post what you think about snake morphs these days. For example you favorites, if you don't like them, if you like them, etc.

Baby ball python floats when soaking. Could it be bacterial?

Fairyofinsanity — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:22:35 GMT

I run a sort of unintentional reptile rescue. A couple I know, who have become friends of sorts, bought him about two and a half months ago. He hadn't eaten or shed since they got him. I decided at this point that I would take him in. He's got a brownish nose, as though he's been rubbing. I started him off this morning with a warm soak. To my surprise, he floats. It seems to me his mid-section that is the most buoyant. I'm worried that this may be evidence of a bacterial infection.

I was planning on trying a force feed, but I wasn't sure after the floating and all if that would be a good idea.

For the Cornsnake lovers....

jsinhardcore — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:05:56 GMT

Hatched out late July 2008

hot herps. tell me what kind of experience you have had with snake of the venomous nature.

jaredscorns6794 — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:33:52 GMT

feel free to give me tips on handling and caring for hot herps. or just tell me what kind of run ins you have had with hot herps!

New snake

damiens daddy ken — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:42:58 GMT

I was at the northern berks show yesterday and I picked up a Dumerils ground boa.I have always liked that breed of snake just never wanted to pay the prices that the pet stores i've found them in want(300-400).But I found this guy for 80.I'm so happy about my find.

snake in the shirt

opal — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:29:38 GMT

I was setting up a poster outside my local church so people would come to the play it advertised. {I die i it} It was cold and rainy and I brought my albino corn snake: Blazer to play with. he got cold so I let him stay warm in the back of my hoodie's hood. he curled himself up in the back of it then stuck his head out the front. Then I got cold any walked inside the church (mass still going on). I got a few responses so I thought I might share them with you. here they are:
1st=( 17 year old girl) "gwaaa!!!!"S-S-SNAKE!"
2nd=(her boyfriend) "get behind me."
3rd=(some lady)"hey cool, where did you get that? The Dollar store?" me:"Petsmart." ladydouble take) ahh!
4th=(herp lover man)'hey cool corn snake. Great coloring!"
5th=(priest)"What a cutie! can I pet it? Is he nippy?

It was pretty fun.

A typical Milksnake setup of mine.

jsinhardcore — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:54:45 GMT

Here are a few pics of a typical colubrid snake set up in my collection. It houses one of my Nelsons milksnake females. Its a standard 40gal. tank. Take note of the temp. and hygrometer readings.
Any questions more then welcome.

The warm side:

As you go down card board layer by card board layer the temps drop by 5 or so degrees for each one.

The middle:

The cool/moist side:

Obviosly the humidity gets higher as one goes deeper in the aspen. I brumate all my females in their cages during the winter and provide nest boxes for laying in the spring/summer. Next spring/summer (after laying) I will be switching the substrate over to top soil to see if the female will naturally brumate AND nest do to the enclosures size and excellent temp/humidity rages. Hell i might not even remove them to see if they hatch on their own.

The thing that gets me is people normally house this size colubrid in a 20 gal. tank or worse yet a rack system and i feel that is just to small to provide a PROPER temp and humidity range. What do you think?

p.s. This years clutch from the above female.

as you can see i used the "dry" incubation technique.

Rattlers And Kings

mustang446 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:04:26 GMT

I'm pretty sure that this is true, but can a king snake eat a rattler i've seen it on video, but ya know i wanna find out if this is true i do know that kings will eat other snakes. Here's my theory, a adult eastern Chain king looking for a meal, spots a southern copper head, the king attacks the copper head bites but no effect, i think that kings just have a VERY strong immune system so the venom has very little effect.

what do you think?

african house snakes. where can i get one???

jaredscorns6794 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:58:39 GMT

after doing some reading on these forums i saw an african house snake and it caught my eye. i have only seen one at reptile show and it was a wild caught in poor condition. i was wondering were i can get a pair and how much they would cost. preferably somewhere near southwest michigan.

Milk snake question

leolizard — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:28:48 GMT

Can put sand in a pueblan milk snake cage. I'm getting one in a week. I have a 20 gallon long with a hide, some rocks, and a climbing stick. Is sand ok, or will it cause problems. They do live in mexico, and it is pretty sandy down there. I don't feed any of my animals in their cages, just because you never know what they could pick up and indigest, so impactation isn't a issue.

brazilian rainbow boa

joshuab — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:50:50 GMT

picked up an adoption this weekend any advice on substrates i cannot find consistent husbandry info, as usual.. help a honkey out!!

MIlk snake hide

leolizard — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:32:01 GMT

I have a hide made of pine bark. I know you can't use pine for a substrate, But this has been in my house for half a year, is treated, and has no smell left. I want to use it for a pueblan milk smake. As far as I can tell There is no resin left in the wood.

"FEMALE SUPER JUNGLE SUNGLOW"

senior beaver — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:34:10 GMT

I just bought an unbelievable one of a kind boa that is out of this world.

She looks like a piece of Strawberry Shortcake.

I can't wait to see her babies in a few years.

Thanks for looking, Jeff HopkinsHerps.

( I put a new pic. in For Photography Forum) Thanks Jeff

How many Herps do you have

mustang445 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:57:00 GMT

I have (this is a long list)

1 male ball python
1female ball python
1 male pastel redtail boa (awsome!)
1 Female hog island boa
1 female baby het. for something redtail
1 not sure gender baby redtail 100 percent het. albino
1 albino leopard gecko
1 female everglades rat snake
1 male black rat snake
1 female pueblen milk snake
1 male Andean milk snake
1 male lavender albino stripe king snake
1 female Carlsbad cali chocolate king snake
1 female lavender cali king snake
1 Male blood python
1 female snow corn snake

Snakes are evil minions of satan!

Sinkarnate — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:46:04 GMT

I had one of my co workers try to convince me of this today....
She told me that king snakes are deadly "poisonous" and will bite until your down then stick their tail up to your nose to see if your breathing and keep on biting till you die.
Apparently all snakes are malevolent agents of the dark lord of the underworld and they are all out to get us.
Seriously....I am usually good and dealing with general ignorance and educating people...but there's a point where ignorance is so ridiculously over the edge that it's just genetic stupidity and unfortunate upbringing...
I really had no idea how to even respond to her.....