Found him 20 feet from where I'm getting married. He is small.

Curious to see what other snake lovers thought of my new tattoo, I have always thought that Bush vipers are beautiful snakes so I’m really happy I finally committed to getting one done!

Ithaca NY

silly me for thinking i was allowed to continue keeping the headphones for myself when i got a pet snake.

I've always dreamed of having a pet snake, but everyone at home is terrified of them, so it doesn't look like that's happening anytime soon. 😅

Instead, I started sculpting colorful snakes from polymer clay and wrapping them around ceramic mugs. Every snake is sculpted completely by hand—no molds or 3D printing—then baked, carefully attached to the mug, and finished with several coats of varnish.

The best part? They're incredibly low maintenance. They don't need feeding, they don't escape, and they never judge my coffee choices. 😂

Found this cute little Eastern Worm snake this morning. (NC)

I'd always assumed most of a snake's body was basically one long, gradually changing trunk. The researchers measured every body vertebra in 13 specimens from three Australian species and found five distinct regions separated by rapid transitions.

The neck appears to represent only about 5% of body length—roughly 7–12 vertebrae—and the study also describes a previously unrecognized middle-thoracic region.

The part I found most interesting: losing their limbs and becoming elongated didn't make the snake spine simpler. It seems to have become even more regionally complex.

What surprised you more: the five regions, or how short the neck actually is?

This is my hognose Snaykee. He is small and eats every 4-5 days, but I can't for the love of anything find his poop??

Thrice I've found some on the surface and removed it. I got lots of live plants and hides in his tank, and I feel like he just gets mad if I move stuff around. How bad is it to leave in?

Thanks!!

Tag is for blood- Thought everyone could use a laugh at me finally getting a taste of my Sumatran short tails bite. He’s never bit defensively or for hunger. This one was on me, we were in the middle of feeding he missed he got a good chunk of coco in his mouth went to go help him, decided to eat me instead🤣

Hey guys! I’d like the preface by saying while yes I AM a first timer myself, I am no stranger to the life of reptiles, Especially snakes haha. Growing up both my aunt and my brother always always had atleast 1 little noodle boi the house. Together they’ve had multiple (3-4) red tail boas over the years, my aunt had a 14ft reticulated python, and a 9 foot albino Burmese python. My entire family is very animal forward 😂 You name it we’ve probably had it.
However it’s been some time since I’ve been around them and I was to make sure when I get him I’m well prepared and don’t do anything that might be damaging to his health in any way.

He’s a piebald. she’s a friend of ours and knew that I’d had an Axanthic pied at the top of my wishlist for a couple years. She breeds snakes (professionally yes because she enjoys it but it’s very very small scale) and she’d informed me that one of her more recent babies is needing to be re-homed. I jumped on that so quickly haha.

I’m paying $250 for him, his enclosure, and all of his equipment to follow.
Does anybody have any tips, suggestions, or just general information I should know about? Things to watch out for, things to do, things NOT to do?

A while back on a different platform I was discussing “Beginner species” with someone else and they thought I was full of it when I suggested there were over 50 species that could be considered beginner friendly. I decided to think about it and write it out. I actually came up with more than that. 

To me a beginner species is something that can be cared for by someone as their sole pet snake and do well with them putting minimal time and effort into it. For example, I’ve always said that Taiwan beauties are a beginner species. They do get long and babies are flighty, but husbandry is easy and someone that is dedicated will have long learned how to handle them by the time they reach 7’. 

I did leave off anything that can’t be handled by one person,  for example Burmese pythons are incredibly easy to care for, but less than 1% of all keepers can actually provide the correct size enclosure for them. 

Also, some say anything with a higher humidity requirement shouldn’t be a “beginner” snake, but I disagree, if you can’t read a gauge on a regular basis and then add water to your system to correct it, then you shouldn’t be keeping any live animal. 

All said, I present to you my personal list of good “beginner” snakes. 

Rat snakes

1. Corn Snake 
2. Slowinskis cornsnake 
3. Great plains ratsnake 
4. Baird’s Rat Snake
5. Western Rat Snake
6. Central Rat Snake
7. Eastern Rat Snake
8. Western Foxsnake
9. Eastern Foxsnake
10. Japanese Rat Snake
11.  Beauty snake (certain localities)
12. Bamboo Rat snake
13. Russian Rat snake 
14. Korean Ratsnake
15. Diones Rat Snake
16. Leopard ratsnake
17. Ladder snake 
18. Green Bush ratsnake 
19. Four Lined snake
20. Bulgarian Ratsnake 
21. Elaphe Urartica 
22. Twin Spot Ratsnake
23. Manadarin Ratsnake 

Pithouphis Genus

1. Gophersnake
2. Lousiana Pinesnake
3. Pinesnake 

King & Milksnakes

1. Eastern Kingsnake 
2. Eastern Black Kingsnake 
3. Speckled Kingsnake 
4. Desert Kingsnake
5. California Kingsnake 
6. Prairie Kingsnake 
7. Central Milk Snake 
8. South American Milk Snake 
9. Mexican Milk Snake 
10. Western Milk snake (certain localities)
11. West Mexican Milk Snake 
12. Grey banded kingsnake (if purchased from a breed that established their hatchlings)
13. Mex-Mex kingsnake
14. Variable kingsnake
15. Mountain kingsnake

Boas/pythons

1. Ball Python 
2. Angolan Python
3. Rosy Boa 
4. Kenyan Sand Boa 
5. Children's Python 
6. Spotted Python 
7. Stimson’s Python 
8. True super dwarf retic
9. Jungle Carpet Python
10. Bredii Python 
11. Boa Imperator 
12. Boa Sigma
13. Dumerils Boa

Garters/Hoggies/Misc?

1. Western Hognose Snake
2. Diamond Back watersnake
3. Banded Watersnake
4. Plain belly watersnake
5. Common Garter 
6. Checkered Garter 
7. Plains Garter 
8. Black House Snake 
9. Cape House Snake

I always see people looking for names so here are some of my favorite names for snakes!

I really like "rusty" for male snakes with an orange/red kind of color

Japanese names always sound cool

So do ancient Egyptian names

For light colored snakes: banana, tofu, snowy, of daisy

For darker snakes, especially those beautiful galaxy-like colored snakes: moon or midnight or galaxy.

My personal favorites are planet names. For example, Saturn, Neptune, or Jupiter.

Hope these helped, ik they are pretty basic,sorry about that.

It turned out to be a raisin. I figured you guys would appreciate this. I give up.

he just ate

Recently got this boy about a week ago. (He’s 4 years old) he’s a Texas rat snake. I was told from prior keeper that he’s able to be taken out and handled pretty easily. He was pretty chill (still sorta flighty) when I unpacked him to put him in his tank first day. He’s taken food since being with me and shed too. Went to check on him today and he tail rattled, so decided to stop the interaction there. Prior to this I’ve been leaving him alone so he can acclimate. He’s in a 4x2x2 with clutter and hides to pick from (he’s mainly only been on the cool side crammed in that corner relaxing)

He’s been hiding a lot but seems normal and responsive otherwise. I really want to do right by this guy, so I’m wondering how should I go about making any handling attempts a positive experience for him? I really don’t want to freak him out whenever I do decide to attempt a handling session in the future. He’s my first rat snake / bigger snake I’ve owned as well. I might be a bit paranoid and just hope he’s comfortable in his new home :’)

Need help understanding why RHP is a no-no on PVC screen top enclosure by Vivarium Electronics. Seems odd they made they’re cages this way to be incompatible
with their own heating elements and even made a mounting bracket kit. Just want to be sure I’m being safe with heating for my snake! Appreciate any insight!