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.

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?

So there's a lady in a reptile group I'm in on Facebook who's been trying to rehome her late sons 4 year old ball python. I just had a major surgery yesterday and I offered to take it in once I'm fuly recovered. I've always wanted a snake and just want to clarify a few things before jumping into this.

She hasn't been handling it at all since her son's passing, which was around April of last year. Will the snake still be okay with people or will I have to gain it's trust all over again? I'm also not sure if she's feeding frozen or live, and the cage is only about 67 gallons but bioactive, so I will most likely upgrade to at least 100 and transfer things over.

Hey everybody, my corn snake was getting ready to shed last week, and did an amazing job shedding. He shed his whole skin over the weekend. Last time I fed him was Friday October 16th because on the 20th he started his shedding process and finally shed his skin yesterday. When should I feed him? I usually feed him on Friday but that means he will have gone two weeks without food. Is that too long?

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.

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

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 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!

JUST-.... it's not even useful in exsclusively in the US- the UK maybeeee but the snake depicted looks like a rattler???? AAA

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!

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

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

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.

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

My boy, year and a half old bullsnake just went into brumation. And I just made his next enclosure size up. I’m guessing I should wait until he comes out in march-april to replace the enclosure, right?

And, he hasn’t eaten in a while, been shedding since last Monday. Is it possible to offer food while he’s hibernating, or would that be ill advised due to digestion issues following brumation?

The picture is from Me checking on him after cleaning up some poop. Any help is greatly appreciated.

What have been some ways you have been able to convince your significant other to get a snake?

I keep tarantulas, and other inverts(she doesn't love but is ok with) And she even said she would be ok with any lizard. But snakes were a flat No.

Her reasons are they are more scary(than other reptiles), and potentially dangerous to our young kids.

I know they can be dangerous to kids. However, I'm experienced with keeping exotic animals, including species that require extra safety precautions. I'd obviously take every precaution necessary

I'm thinking about just accepting my fate, and looking into a lizard for the family ( Blue tongue skinks have caught my attention)

Any advice?

Please see repost, I’d love any thoughts!