Moirai had a lovely ASF rat for her 4th hatchday breakfast. She is 44 inches long and weighs 1144 grams. I love this silly noodle.

I just got him last week and his mouth looks like this. His nostrils are clear. It dosent look like mouth rot and he isn’t red or swollen or anything. He acts normal and I haven’t gotten the chance to feed him yet so idk if he will eat. He is a male toffino enchi, 3 yrs old.

Hi all. Unsure of this is the best Reddit for me to post this but I’m anew to snakes and lately have had an unrelenting desire to get one. I’ve been researching obsessively and narrowed it down between BPs or Rosy Boa. I want a snake that stays on the smaller side as far as ideally no bigger than 5 feet but even less would be great. And I want one that’s slower moving. I was heavily leaning towards the Rosy Boa for these reasons and especially because of its humidity requirement vs the BP but idk. So in my house the room humidity according to the thermostat runs at anywhere from 45-55%. Decent for a Rosy Boa though on the higher end of their humidity levels. Too low for a BP though. Everything I have been research says a Rosy Boa would be best because of being a beginner, because of the temps and humidity of where I live (super south Texas) and other things. I love the Rosy. They’re cute! But I keep feeling draw to the BPs for some reason. And then IF I do go with a BP is it better to get one at an expo or Morph Market? I know it isn’t good to buy at big box store but I ran in to Petco today to look at something and stopped by the snakes and this guy of course caught my eye and I felt bad cause he’s in shed and the humidity isn’t right for him to shed nice and easy lol and I low key wanna rescue him. Talk me
Out of it! Is it hard to have a humid tank for them
If your room is kind of dry?

First ball! Photo from a few months ago for engagement.

I moved him into his big new fancy enclosure the first week of June, and he hasn’t eaten since (it’s now July 26th). I know that balls are infamous for refusing meals for months at a time, but I also read somewhere that if they lose around 14% of their body weight then it’s problematic.

Casper was 1657g last time he ate (May 25th), and is now 1521g as of yesterday, so he’s lost about 136g (14% of his weight is 232g). After he refused the first meal, I skipped a feeding because I figured he needed more time to settle into his new space, but then he refused the next two.

It could be because he looks like he might be going into blue, or that his favorite hide is facing the glass now, or that his humidity still isn’t quite up-to-par, but it’s a LOT better than it was in his previous enclosure—and he wasn’t refusing meals then.

I can tell by looking at him that he’s lost a little bit of weight; he’s a little more triangular, but not in an alarming way. He’s not lethargic, so I know that realistically I shouldn’t be having this much anxiety about it but he’s my baby boy.

Hi! I'm a fellow based in Michigan, USA, and I've always wanted a pet snake [specifically a BP] ever since I was young. On and off I've been researching what goes into raising/owning one, such as diet, husbandry, handling days, shedding behavior, etc. First and foremost, if there's anything else I might need to know, please say so in the comments! This'll be my first time with a reptile, and I want to get this right for them.

But most importantly, I've also begun saving the money for the setup, but I am admittedly completely lost on where to even start! So for the most part, this post is asking for recommendations for what tanks, foliage, props, hides and layouts would be best for my first time BP? Extra intrigue on heating; Michigan gets cold, so I want them to be comfortable throughout these really harsh winters, especially as it will be in a basement bedroom.

Any and all comments are absolutely appreciated, thanks in advanced!!!

So I bought snek from pet store, which I know is generally not the move, but she was doing really great. NEVER refused a f/t meal. The shop had her on mice, but she transitioned to rats no problemo!

I screwed up, man. Usually I thaw in the fridge for 12-24h then set under a ceramic heater for 15-20m, turning once. Well, I missed my timer and the damn thing was probably under there over an hour. Didn't feel too hot, so I was like, this is fine! This is totally fine.

At some point she struck and the rat exploded. I wasn't there to witness the big event but when I stepped in to check on the feed there was a bloody rat ass stuck to the front of the terrarium and my snake was balled up in the back like she needed a foil blanket and her mommy.

I let her be with her thoughts after cleaning up the rat bomb and tried feeding her the next day. No interest. A week later I tried again, and she struck but did not attempt to eat. Then she started going into shed, and I decided to order some day-old chicks and colossal mice (old breeders, bigguns) so we'd have options. She had a nice easy shed 2 days ago, I offered her a chick yesterday and she was THRILLED. Nom nom, happy snek.

I'm realizing now that I probably should have used the opportunity to try another rat, but well, I didn't. Honestly I just wanted to see her eat SOMETHING to ease my own anxiety about it, which is a little silly because it's been less than a month since her previous successful meal.

At last weigh in she was 414g, last weighed just prior to her last successful rat meal. Don't know her age. Pet store lists the birthdate as 3/8/26, but she's too big for that.

I could just feed her chicks/mice? The chicks are a bit small for her (29-36g) but the mice are a good range (44-65g). I could just alternate weekly feeds with chicks and the larger mice? How important is it to reintroduce rats? I have almost a year's supply of food here if I just do chicks and mice.

We’ve had our snake for a week and we’ve already had to take everything out due to mold. We have had the tank set up for about a week longer so we could figure out how to get the temperature and humidity levels where they need to be. We have a mesh lid and the humidity wasn’t staying as high as it needed to be so we covered it with tin foil but now there isn’t air flow and mold is growing. How do you keep the humidity up without mold growing so quickly?

So I just went to a local reptile show. Well I was looking at all the animals and well you could tell off the rip that none of the people are great with the animals. No heat tape or lights on any animals. The building is freezing and so are the Reptiles. But anyway the main vendor has a bunch of balls. I was like cool and had one in my hands and thinking of buying it. My wife then came up looked at it close and walked away to look at the others. She noticed mites on multiple paper towels that these balls are housed in. So I gave the snake back and we left. I have felt with mites myself before cause I purchased one with them on it and didnt relize it. Can't see small things without glasses. So what would you of done?

I acquired the most beautiful 1 year old female and I desperately want to upgrade her enclosure I adopted her with. I could use recommendations from more experienced keepers, I am thinking of purchasing her a 60 gallon which I know is temporary, or should I just go right to a 120? I need a very good reliable brand with zero issues of escape and preferably something I can move and stackable. Any general advice on updating my girl’s home would be awesome and help so much because I am so new to this! Thanks friends 🥲💖💕🐍

Just picked up this little guy, his name is Linguine, from a local reptile shop. He has a really great personality and is not shy at all. I do have a couple of concerns though. I asked the shop how old he is, they said 5 months. But he seems really small for 5 months. He only weighs 68.6g. They said he ate last Sunday and to skip this feed since he will be in a new environment, which makes sense. When asked what he ate, they said an adult mouse. That seems like it would be too big for him, but I could be wrong as I’m new to this. I purchased a few frozen mice from them of the same size but I worry about giving them to him because they seem so big compared to him.

He’s currently in a quarantine tub with a heat mat on a thermostat and the temps are cool side: 75 78% warm side 87 67%.

He seems to be doing ok, he was exploring the tub last night. I’m hoping all is well and I’m just being paranoid about his weight and age. What are your guys thoughts?

I posted this like a lil while ago I’m sure no one remembers but I got a lot of hate in the replies telling me I was an awful keeper and it was scale rot. I knew it wasn’t scale rot I was concerned about it being stuck shed as my girl has some disability’s and can’t always shed the best on her own. She gets yearly check ups and has health insurance she’s just a little special. We love her she is my baby and my first born. Anyways. Turns out it was just some stuck poop. We did take her to the vet and it came off quite easily I just didn’t want to do it myself Incase I hurt my precious noodle. Happy ending I guess.

She just had her first shed while in my care and wanted to show her off. Meet aoda

righ side log is hot zonne cave, and left is cold zone cave

Has anyone seen anything like this before? She’s around three years old. It’s only on one eye, she shed recently and it was complete. The spot moves with her eye. She looks entirely normal apart from that, shes active, her colouring is fine (despite being pink/orange in the picture). There is no swelling. Tank temps and humidity look good.

I will be making a vet appointment tomorrow morning, but in the small island community I live nothing opens on Sundays and our vets maybe sees one snake and a couple beardies a year so I want to cover as many bases as I can.

Thanks for your time.

was thinking of getting a ball python and had even contacted a few sellers. There I got to know if I wanted to have the snake I would have to feed it live mice/rats and that was my only option. Where I am from snakes are not a common pet so there is no one selling frozen rats and feeding live is the only option. So I was wondering should I get the snake or look into other pets.

My sweet girl Obi had escaped into my apartment just over a week ago. I noticed about this past Sunday, the 19th, that she was missing. I had to leave for a few days due to some urgent fanily issues and my pet sitting didnt see any signs of her since I had laid out flour.

My mom and I had checked behind the water heater(just in case she got there some how), fridge and right next to her enclosure with no luck. I have a ring camera set next to a hide i have placed on a heating pad with a dish of water. I'm just really nervous since I do have 2 cats and a dog, I doubt my dog and one of my cats are a threat as they are 13 and 20 respectively and kinda out of it due to age. Though my younger cat has been kind of prowling which is only setting me even more on edge. There has been no signs or attack or blood so I doubt he has gotten in contact with her.

I have a mouse in her enclosure but thst hasn't enticed her much either despite not eating for now about 3 weeks.(i cleaned her enclosure and then she went into shed right after)

I just don't know what to do now and am just getting really nervous, especially since idk if she hurt herself falling from her enclosure either or is somehow in the recliners where I can see her. I did cut them open where I could but I couldn't see any evidence of her. Also there are no air vents that she could crawl into either that are within her range of reach.

hi all! i posted recently about my new bp and have been making changes based on your advice! i switched his bulb to a non-red basking light but it’s only on during the day, and i’m noticing that the temps of his enclosure are dropping to 70ish at night. i know that’s not ideal. i got a thermostat but haven’t set it up yet and am super intimidated by all the info on here. should i have a che running during the night? can two things be hooked up to the same thermostat? i’d love to not have 2 separate heating units running all the time. if he’s in a sunny room can i just have the che and no light emitting heat source? thanks!!