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I bought my boa about a month ago and the pet shop told me she was about 18 months old. Then again they also told me she would grow to 12 feet (this is a Brazilian rainbow boa) and they really underpriced her because they sold her as a Colombian, despite me saying she looked like a Brazilian...

I took some pics today and thought I'd share. They aren't great because all I have is a webcam and as you know, it's pretty hard to get snakes to sit still for picture taking. I keep telling them they'll never be models unless they get it right, but it's almost as if they don't have ears... A...

I've always used reflector bulbs but I'm using a heat mat for my new snake. It's been on about an hour and it's only heated up around 8F (the viv is at 68F, the cool side is about 68F). Is it faulty or should I just wait for the viv to warm up more? It's a UTH and covers around 50% of the cage...

I got a king snake last Saturday and although I was surprised at how much he was pooing (3 times a day or so) I didn't realise it was out of the ordinary. I'd always assumed they went once or twice between feeds but since he seems healthy I didn't give it a second thought. Now somebody's telling...

I know, I know, who wants to see a shed skin? But it's her first, and I'm proud of it, so I'm going to share. :D Unfortunately I missed it. I opened her viv to get her water bowl for changing and it was lying there. Both eyecaps intact. It's torn because it got stuck to the water bowl and I...

Well I was at a pet shop buying pinkies for my corn and overheard the guys talking about a snake they'd had for a while who hadn't sold. They were going to "get rid of him" if you know what I mean, and I couldn't let that happen, so I said I'd take him. I can't think why he didn't sell - he's...

What's considered power feeding? I told a friend of mine who breeds herps that I was planning to feed Elektra every 4 days (this was when I first got her) and she said that I should reduce it to 5 days and mentioned that overfeeding a snake to get it to grow is considered powerfeeding and...

I've read up about sheds (and yep, used the search function ;)) but since Elektra has a kink I'm a little nervous. Yesterday I noticed her skin looked a little odd and I thought she might shed, and sure enough today her eyes are blue. I noticed when I took her out for handling, but then I...

Does anybody have any info on these? I can't find caresheets on the net, or any information about keeping them as pets, yet my local pet shop has them for sale. I've found that they're venemous but not dangerous to humans and grow 3 - 4 feet long. I'm also aware that flying snakes don't really...

Well, I posted pics of her in the sleeping thread but they weren't clear, so I guess these are her first pics. She's only a normal - a carolina - but she's special to me. :) I was told she was six months old, but her breeder has told me it's more like 4 months. I'm relieved because I...

I came home a little while ago and found Elektra sleeping in her vine plant. At first I thought she was constricting it because she's wound around it pretty darn tight as you can see: You can't really see it but she's wrapped so tightly that the leaves are sticking through the middle of...

Sorry for another newbie question - I have searched the forum and couldn't find what I'm looking for. What I'm wondering is: 1. I'm trying to get her used to handling but at the moment she's very shy, so I'm having to lift up her hides and pick her up from underneath them. I'm worried that...

Thanks all for your replies to my other thread, I took an average and left her for four days and handled her tonight. It started out as a bit of a disaster. The only time I've ever held a snake was about 20 seconds with Elektra in the pet shop (but it was enough to know I definitely wanted her...

How long should I leave my new snake (I bought her yesterday) before handling her? I was planning on a few days, leaving her to settle in and only disturbing hr for water changes. The pet shop I bought her from said this should be adequate as well. But somebody else said I should leave her a few...

Hi all, My name's Gemma and I got my first snake yesterday. She's a beautiful little Carolina corn snake, 6 months old and I've named her Elektra (it means "bright" which she certainly is). I've been fascinated with snakes since I was a young teenager, I'm now 17 and I'm over the moon that I...