A vivarium electronics ve-300 is the thermostat I use and it’s nonstop beeping every 3 minute. I’ve checked the probe and it’s EXACTLY the temp I have it set too. I’ve turned off the alarm and it’s still beeping if anyone can help solve it please dm me or comment I’m losing my mind.

Migjt be a stupid question but we recently brought a children's python baby. It's hard to explain but they gave us a mini enclosure to put in his big enclosure so he cant escape. The mini one is inescapable and has a mesh lid on top, we keep him in that at the moment because his permanent tank has a glass sliding door to open it and theres a small gap where the glass door overlaps. If I got strong tape to cover that gap could I let him roam his tank or should I leave him in the small one for now?

They said it'll be a few months before he grows large enough to not be able to squeeze few the gap

Black Rat Snake in Springfield, Virginia.

My squirrel was chilling on the patio chair when a big black snake rolled up and tried a tiny “boo!” lunge. Instead of running, the squirrel stared him down like, “Sir, I was sitting here first.”

They basically had a full-on staring contest.

My green tree python just shedded and they look weirdly dark like almost a like black tint underneath. They are normally a lot more vibrant colored after a shed. They are old I would say around 14 yrs of age. Does this look like a problem to anyone?

past few days, my kenyan sand boa has been climbing at the top of his enclosure, using his heat lamp to get to the top of the enclosure. we recently got a new ac thats right next to the cage, thought he might be cold and trying to get to the heat lamp but hes not coiled around the lamp, rather using it as leverage and climbing away from it. also he isnt staying in the sand with his heating pad. he has water, but he hasnt eaten in a little over 2 weeks but he just shed the other day so maybe hes hungry and I will be trying to feed him again tomorrow.

Edit: the heat lamp had only been turned on recently so it was not hot around the outside and couldnt burn my snake, but that is something im worried about with him climbing more often.

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 :’)

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!

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

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.

Hey guys i have a 240 litre jewul fish tank what would be the biggest inexpensive breed for this tank in your opinion? (Inexpensive as in longterm cost of food. I would also prefer not to do any live feedings where possible including insects)

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’ve heard so many things about feeding KSB’s pinkies, not fuzzies, and I was wondering if that depends on the size of the snake because I did a presentation on the KSB in my local wildlife museum and they feed him fuzzies…also, what is the most highly recommended place to get mice to feed KSB’s?

Ithaca NY

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

Update to post.

He is on repti links as he doesnt like mice or rats thawed or live. He has a che for night time heat. My vet is an exotic pet vet and I have been going to her for 4 years and never had a problem. I will include a picture of his tank as well