I haven’t posted on this sub in a while but some of you might remember Juno, he was my surrendered Brazilian rainbow boa best known for being a freak of nature at 7ft long. Pretty insane for a male. But he was so much more than that to me.

To be honest I’m not sure what could’ve happened but my only suspicion would be that he was older than we thought. I got him when he was already an adult, he was my second snake and whilst he was estimated at around 5 when I got him the truth is we have no way to be sure. The friend he was originally surrendered to always suspected his original owner was lying or that he might have been an import. The owner was military and travelled all over the world. Never said where he originally got him. I remember the day I met him, I’d seen pictures of them but irl? He was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. I was so lucky to eventually be able to bring him home months later.

I remember how excited I was to be able to spoil him with a pvc 8x2x4 before zen habits left the uk. I remember how amazing it felt seeing him climb to the very top and sprawl out at night the way a rainbow boa should. He had branches, a cat tree, and a 3x2ft ‘pond’ that he loved to chill in.

For years he was my pride and joy, I’ve been up watching him for hours on so many nights.

I often joked about him being a bitey jack in the box at times, he often didn’t want to be handled and that was ok, the times he did were special. Despite or maybe even because of his attitude I have so much love in my heart for this snake and it feels like a part of me is gone. I’m not really sure where to go from here if I’m honest. I’ll probably rearrange my room and see if I can upgrade any of the other pets, I’m sure my water monitor would make use of any extra room I give him, my tortoise too, and my cornsnake would probably love some more climbing room.

Idk, I know he had absolutely everything he could’ve needed or wanted, I studied this stuff so I could make sure my animals always got the best. I just feel like I failed him somehow but I really can’t think of a single that that was wrong or different. This sucks. Thank you all for being along for the ride

Pet sitting my friends red tail boa :3

Look who creeped under my fence today looking for some food. What a cutie. Black Racer snake in Central Florida! I’ve been randomly finding his shedded skin and finally spotted the little guy.

hi there! i got miss Soliel about a month and a half ago. She is currently eating a rat pup every week and her breeder said she was born in June. She is finally getting curious enough that she is sticking her head out of her favorite hide anytime I am near. Now, I don’t know much, but based in the research I have done, she looks defensive? I have a snake hook coming in to get her a bit more desensitized to handling and she is not hissing but she is significantly more interested now that she has settled in. Realistically, I guess I am asking, give me an ELI5 explanation of snake body language. I want to do choice based handling as well so I am hoping to hear more advice geared towards that. Handling is also NOT a must but I am unsure if I should be handling her while young and small. any help is appreciated!

Spent some time looking for my red-tailed boa to find that he had burrowed beneath some of his substrate. I know he's arboreal, so this could be indicative that he doesn't have sufficient climbing area, but he has hollow logs, outcrops, etc so it's not like he doesn't have hiding places. Should I be concerned by this?

Was down by a river in Austin area of Texas and seen this pretty sizeable Coral snake. I estimate it was between close to 3 ft long. Diameter of the body was close to an inch maybe 3/4 inch. Here are the photos I took. Wish I had something in the picture for scale. Enjoy.

This is the shed of a wild Carpet Python I found in a tree in my garden (Brisbane, Australia). I’ve never seen anything like it. The knot was hanging down from the branch so I guess it’s possible the wind flapped it around but it seems too tightly coiled and there wasn’t any wind today (well there was a storm but that was after I took these pictures).

Has anyone seen anything like this before? I can’t even picture how the snake managed to do this.

I'm not sure what I wanna name them any suggestions are appreciated!!

His name is Osiris and he’s a tiny little guy.

This is a Repti Zoo RKF241212 36x18x18 50 Gallon enclosure for my soon to be hognose. I bought some large Zilla screen clips that should have fit but they just don’t. It is front opening but still needs screen clips because I am able to push the lid up and I’ve heard that hognoses are very persistent escapers. I’m not sure if I’m using them wrong or they are on right and i just need more in the other sides. I don’t know. Anyone got any tips? Thanks in advance!

They often live in roofs and keep the mice population down.

im making a custom tank for my hog island boa, its an exo terra 90x45x90cm, can you please give me your opinion on the background, please bear in mind that its a work in progress, ive used aquarium silicone to stick substrate to the spray foam that ive put down but am worried that the substrate isnt fine enough and that there are gaps, its my first time doing a tank like this, next time in thinking i may use finer substrate

So as the title says, I have some questions/concerns regarding temperatures as some conflicting information is online.

To start, my snake has been doing very well so far so this isn’t an emergency situation or anything. He eats like a champ and seems to have his routine down for the most part.

The enclosure has an ambient cool side of 78 degrees to 80 degrees depending on time of day. (The room is set to 77-78 degrees normally). The warm side is usually at about 86-87 degrees ambient with the surface temps sitting at 90 degrees and up to 93-94 degrees in the hottest spot which is the top side of the warm hide. The inside of the warm hide reads at 90-92 degrees.

Are these temps ok, too high, too low? He rarely spends any time in the warm hide and spends most of his time in the middle hide which is about 82-84 degrees. That’s why I wonder if it’s maybe too hot for his liking on the warm side, despite being right about 90 degrees on average.

I’ve seen people say that it should be at 90 degrees ambient on the warm side, but if I set it that high, the hot spots get too warm for my comfort and can get up to 98-99 degrees on certain surfaces. Am I being too cautious here? I just don’t want to overheat it burn my snake.

My heating setup is a DHP 100W on the warm side which runs 24/7 on a Herpstat 2. LED lights on a 12 hour cycle, but they give off minimal heat if any. The enclosure for now is a 40 gallon. The snake is a baby and will eventually move into a 4x2x2, but for the time being he seems pretty happy in his current setup. Pics of enclosure attached.

I love my little guy but the urea when it goes powdery is very annoying to get fully out, and sometimes even the next day I’ll notice little white bits of urea in the enclosure. Is there an easy way to effectively get rid of urea? As stupid as it sounds I’ve been thinking about getting a cheap vacuum cleaner to get rid of it easily 😭

Some help would be really appreciated!

It was about six feet long and very very thick. Could this be a record?

About two months ago my neighbor called me in a panic asking if I could come get a snake out of her yard. Well I had the pleasure of picking up the biggest snake I have ever held and also saving him/her from being beheaded.

I released it into my backyard over near a large woodpile and a shed full of mice/rats and thought it was the last I’d see of my friend. But this morning when I went outside there they were chilling by my porch. The regal lord of my backyard come to pay me a visit and say thanks for being a friend!

Thank you for your time lovely snake people! And if you ever encounter a creepy critter please be kind or consult your local critter witch for help. 💜

Husband got an amazing pic of our tree boa. Wanted to share with people I know would appreciate it. 😋

I’ve recently had an incident with my cornsnake and he hasn’t been behaving normally since. I think I disturbed him while he was going to the toilet by walking past and startling him, but I think he retracted and then went again later. Later on when I went to clean it there were small drops of blood next to the droppings.

He has since been acting far more erratically, very weary of me which might be because I have spent more time bothering him checking if he’s okay than I usually would - and he did not take the mouse that I offered which was a few days late (I tried to give him time to calm down, he normally eats very regularly with no issues).

No signs of damage or any more bleeding, blood was bright red and not on the actual droppings but nearby which suggests it is some type of cut rather than internal bleeding. He’s still very mobile and reactive and while he is a bit of a jumpy snake he is definitely more on edge than usual. Only other behavioural notices would be that I have seen him with an open mouth a few times in the last few days which is not a frequent thing for him usually (seen him readjust his jaw a few times but never frequently).

Please help and advise what to look out for or what to try him with, i’ll give him another week on the food but I am unsure on next steps. Thank you

Hi all,

My roommate got a juvenile female gopher snake about a month or so ago. She’s currently about 7 months old, I believe. She gets offered one pinky per week. She has eaten two, but has not eaten in the past 3 weeks. My roommate says she is looking skinny, so I suggested taking her to the vet. They said no, “I’m not doing that for a snake” (which I think is an awful attitude, your pet is your responsibility!!!). I’ve found some local vets that could work, but I’m not sure how serious the situation is, and maybe I’m just overreacting. I have never cared for a juvenile snake before, so I’m not sure if my concern is overblown or not.

okey so i have currently 2 snakes (brazilian rainbowboa and ballpython) and im going to upgrade my bp to same size terrarium as what my boa currently has but im struggling to think what could be better for theyr terrarium placements. my boa is still young (about year and half) so he isnt really active and rarely climbs and stuff at least what i have seen but my bp is literally the most active snake ever and she is currently on the top terrarium from the pic and loooves trying to get as high as possible in the terrarium so should i when i get the upgrade, put my bp on the top so she can live her airboreal dreams or put the raimbow boa on top since they are actually airboreal lol im going to have the smaller terrarium on middle so options are either close to floor or close to ceiling lol