Snakes

Royal Python. The Royal Python is a very docile member of the python family often called the ball python as rather than attack when threatened curls up into a tight ball. The best environment I noted was a 4 foot by 2.5 foot glass fronted tank with a heat mat which must remain covered, I prefer 2 pieces of suitable carpet as 1 can be removed and washed and the other to replace it, this makes it easier to find and remove the faeces and dry white powder (snake urine). Cleaning should take place around every 4/6 weeks. The environment should monitored by 2 thermometers with the one on the heated side at a constant 88 degrees farenheight and ...  Read the complete review

The snake I am writing about it the Corn Snake. I have always been a reptile person, and although my husband prefers the fluffy animals, snakes have always been something I have wanted, though my mum and dad would never let me have one, and I had a tortoise instead, who was funky but she was adopted by my mum when I moved!!! So when my husband told me as long as I read up on Snakes and got to know my stuff I was allowed one, I hit the books and net, and started saving up!!!! In March I went into a pet shop to look at the snakes (yes I did that alot!!!) and there was a baby albino corn snake, two months old sitting in its little hatchling box. And ...  Read the complete review

Snakes and other reptiles make up "Herps" and Herpetoculture is currently the fastest growing sector of the pet industry, both in the UK and abroad. Fortunately, snakes are no longer given such a bad hype due to ignorance and fear, and many people are beginning to realise that these animals flourish in captivity and make great pets. The key is to do lots of research beforehand, make sure you buy a species suitable for beginners, and approach the project with the correct mind frame, realising that keeping snakes is as much as art as it is a science. Why would anyone want a snake as a pet? Well a snake isn't really a cuddly dog or cat, and ...  Read the complete review

"Silently I slide along measuring Creation with my scales. You must listen closely to hear my sibilant song for there is Wisdom Magic Power in each of my tales. Watch your step! Know well what risk you take! Without warning I might... Bite the hand that saved me Tempt you with Forbidden Knowledge Humble you with venomous lies or deep within cause the fires of Creation to awake! Dance with drum and rattle! Surrender to your inner voice. Like me, you hold all the World within your grasp, how you live is, in the end, always a ...  Read the complete review

I will be the first to admitt that snakes are something most people wouldnt even concider having as a pet but we have had quite a few over the years. Bella our beautiful boa constrictor is the latest addition to our snake family. Boas are available from most reptile shops and depending on what size and markings it has depends on the price, bella is a red tailed boa and we payed £250 for her last febuary. Boas grow very quickly at birth they are 30cmlong, by 6 months old they will be 75cm long, at one year old they should be 115cm long and once fully grow will be about 6 meters long. They reach sexual maturity at about 3 to 4 ...  Read the complete review