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While I had my boa out this morning, I noticed something a little strange. He has these lines of scales that are kind of lifted along his body in a uniform fashion. They all have about the same about of space between them. I've never seen or heard of anything like this before.

Should I be worried?
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Also, this seems like a crazy good deal: http://boamaster.com/products/4ft_econo_pvc_w_free_shipping-138-3.html
But how exactly would I heat them? I've always used lamps, but obviously I can't with those. Would heat pads be okay? Or would I need use some heat tape? I'd rather not use heat tape as I don't have any experience with it.. I'd use a thermostat with all heating elements, of course.

Hey, folks! I explored the community tags, and it looks as though it's been years since there's been a discussion about mail-order sources of frozen rats. Google reveals several sources, including RodentPro, Layne Labs, Loxahatchee, Big Apple Herp, and Shadow Rat... and I'm wondering if anyone would care to share any pros or cons.

Last time the topic came up here, it looks as though Big Cheese Rodent Factory was popular. Are they still a good choice? Is RodentPro?

Thanks! And, for your entertainment, a shot of Charlie with her original owner, Sarah.

Here's my (nearly) eight year old girl, Pip.  She just shed a week ago, so she's in full splendor.

18ft Reticulated Python being rehomed in Western Maryland.

This isn't my snake, but I thought I should post it here so a more experienced snake owner might adopt it, instead of the normal Craigslist users..

2010 male hog island boa

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Hello
my name is Ellie, I am interested in fostering a snake for a year. I
have not ever had my own snake, but I have watched my neighbor's and I
would really like one of my own, but I am going to college next year, so
I cannot handle the long term responsibility right now. I am a very
responsible pet owner and I would be very good at watching your pet. I
live in Northern California. Please let me know if you or anyone you
know is interested or has any questions.

I got my second (and last) snake yesterday at NARBC in Anaheim. I had been on the lookout for an anery Kenyan sand boa or a Cal king. As there were scant few Kenyan sand boas in general (only about three that I saw) and no anerys, that was out. Then I found this little guy and it was pretty much a done deal.

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I'm enjoying the increased activity level, he's a bit different from my ball python, and it's interesting to have the contrast of Colubrid and python. A sand boa wouldn't have really provided me the contrast, cute as they are. I really enjoyed the show, herp shows are always such a feast for the eyes in so many ways. I could easily have spent Way Too Much on everything, especially the books I found. Old manual on field herping from the California Academy of Sciences? Yes please! I think that's it for my snake acquisition for awhile, however.

I just fed my ball python, and I think that she may have eaten some of her substrate.

Her cage is lined with newspaper and there's shredded pieces of it in her hides and here and there around it so that she has something to sort of burrow in. Anyway, I gave her her rat, and turned off the cage light, as she tends to eat best when she's left alone. A couple minutes later I peek in to check on her, and I see a bit of the newspaper peeking out the corner of her mouth.

I pulled out as much as I could, but only got maybe a cm of it - the end was damp and ragged, so I know that she got some.

I honestly thought that the paper was so large it wouldn't cause a problem - the entire reason I changed it was because I was scared she'd swallow her shredded coconut husks. The bits of paper are about 1cm wide by 7 or 8 long.

I'm so worried, and I feel like a terrible pet owner. Could this hurt her? I have tomorrow off, so I can take her to the vet, but I don't know if the doctor with snake experience will be in...

Thank you.

So I put down the money today on a male baby Bumblebee Ball Python.. I should have him paid off in three weeks and then I'll post pictures! He was bred by a friend of mine and he's letting me have him for $450 as long as I give him a deal later on a baby (Killerbee) from breeding him to my Pastel Jungle. I'm so excited! Now I got to come up with a great name for him.. Something that goes along with my female (Kleopatra Selene)...

So I hope this works.. This is the picture I took of him when I got to hold him to make sure I wanted him:

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. It occurred to me a year or so ago that incandescent bulb manufacturers were going to have trouble keeping specialty bulbs affordable as CFLs took over. But I was still taken aback by the variety of CFL reptile bulbs at PetSmart tonight.

Decided I'd better do a little research before buying one for Charlie, my desert king snake, and I got one of the clear-blue 100W incandescents she's seemed happy with a few times. (Looks like I can always save money by buying from Amazon, anyway.)

As far as I can tell, snakes don't need nearly as much UVA or UVB as other reptiles. The snake picture on the 26W 2.0 UVB box suggest that one's suitable for snakes (the other boxes have no snake pictures) but I'd love some confirmation that this is a good idea.

Just placed an order on a male albino ball python. I'm excited! I never really saw myself getting into balls but I really wanted to get my hands on this little guy.



I'm between two names from Kipling's The Jungle Book. I like Kaa and Nag. I'm leaning Kaa because a) he was a python and b) he was perhaps a little lazy and prideful but otherwise a character that fought for good. Nag, on the other hand, was a squarely evil cobra but dang if I don't still like him.

I've decided that Blaine (my albino corn snake) is not getting the love and affection he deserves. My ball pythons and baby Zipper are easy for me to care for, but four is causing me stress to make sure they're all at their happiest and healthiest (I have major anxiety issues, and love my pets dearly).

Lexa, a dear friend, has a lot of experience owning snakes, and is thrilled at the prospect of being his new mommy. She's currently searching for a large enough tank for him, and will be visiting me in August.

I'm sad to let him go, but this is the best decision for all three of us, and I have to have the maturity to let him go. He'll have the all the care and attention he needs, and I'll be removed from my worries for him. Lexa is thrilled, and I'm so happy for her.

It still stings, but being an adult means making hard decisions sometimes.

So as some of you know, while skimming the web the other night I came across "my dream snake". Really it's nothing special, it's just a corn snake called the "Tequila Sunrise" project.

Although the genetics are unknown at this time...I want one!
The adults usually turn out looking like this:


I just can't decide on which one I want.
All are male.

Help?

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Out of a random thought that I've not thought of doing in a long while, I figured I'd see if this breeder had any babies for sale of "my dream corn snake". Scrolling down the list and pictures of all of the babies, I quickly zoomed right past them but saw "Sunrise" fly by and my mouth dropped open. COULD IT BE!? Could they actually have Tequila Sunrise babies for sale!? HOLY SNAPPERS THEY DO! I'm so happy I could do a cartwheel right now in my dinning room, only if the hubby wasn't asleep. -_-

Well I'm crossing my fingers that this little guy isn't sold! Or any of the other few they have listed. My god are they just BEAUTIFUL!

So, the BP i rescued is doing well, he just had his shed, and looks quite pretty.



I wanted to expand the window of availability, should somebody between DC and northern NY (adirondacks) want to adopt him. I'll be traveling up there next thursday, and could drop him off along the way. He's in one of my snake's old enclosures at the moment, and doing fine. I can donate the enclosure as well, i'm trying to unclutter stuff i've been storing.

If you're interested, please drop me a line at Tentaclefriendly at Gmail.com

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I was holding my ball python just now, when I realized that she was wheezing. I'm thinking that it might be coming and going, as she'd been out an near my ear for a good 10-15 mins before I noticed anything.

Aside from this, she seems active and not at all distressed. She shouldn't be close enough to a shed for it to be dry skin in her nose.

Should I make an appointment with her vet right away? My first thought was so see/hear how she is tomorrow, and make an appointment if it persists. However if I make an appointment today, I should be able to take her down tomorrow.

Could this be caused by environmental factors? Low humidity in her tank, for example?


I'm really getting worried =(

Thank you for your help!

The Ball Python i rescued from beneath my neighbor's porch is doing well. I'm guessing he's male from prominent spurs, he's about 3' long. He is going through a shed at the moment and will get a mouse once his blue fades.

So far, he's been very docile and calm whenever i handle him, doesn't feel malnourished, and i haven't noticed him wheezing, or any mites crawling about his cage.

Would any responsible, capable folks in the MD/VA/DC area like to give him a good home?

So, yesterday, i was trudging through my morning routine before work. My doorbell rings, it's my neighbor, asking if my snake has gotten out. *check* nope! I get dressed hastily and go see what she's got... I see about two+ feet of ball python butt sticking out from under her front porch.

the hell!? Not how i expected to start my morning. However...

He (only a guess based on prominent spurs) didn't want to come out, but neither did he fit in any further. I had the neighbor's son fetch a sportsbottle of water, which i poured in the hole he was exploring, and he promptly let go and came out.

I thanked my neighbor for getting me. This is obviously somebody's pet who either got out or was turned loose. He's a little sweetheart, very chill, not at all aggressive, okay with being handled. Rather adorable. I've got him in one of tesla's old enclosures, for the moment, he seems to be doing fine.



I'm not sure if he's some color morph or just bone stock wild type, but i figure folks here could spot if he's something special. The neighbor i rescued him for did some asking around, but nobody in our court has lost a snake recently. She let the HOA know that we'd found one and i was taking care of it, in case somebody calls to report it lost.

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Hey everyone! I finally have a new camera with which I have taken a couple of...albeit not tremendously stunning photos of my ball python, but photos all the same! I mean, even when they're bad, snake pictures are still pretty good. Or something.

So, pictures of Luce behind the cut!

( Freshly shed and ready to par-tay )

Sorry it wasn't anything more exciting, but I hope you liked them anyway! I'm a first-time snake owner, so of course I think EVERYONE wants to see pictures of my silly little normal ball python. Now back to the good stuff! :P

How should one move across the country with a ball python? My S.O. and myself are selling our house and moving out west within the next 6 months to a year. Currently we are waiting for our house to sell but once it does we're out of here. I'm just worried that being in a car for about 12 hours a day will cause him issues. Has anyone done a long move with their reptiles? Please let me know how you did it!

First, I want to say that Maxim, my Bredli carpet python, has got to be the most forgiving snake I have ever met, handled, or heard of. Certainly the best-mannered, but( not the smartest )

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He was an absolute angel. He's about 6 feet long and bulking into adulthood, but he was so patient through the whole ideal. I managed to get him fixed up, but I'm worried about what the chances are that his mouth will become infected.

I'll be keeping an eye on him, but is something like this common? Will the [closer] emergency reptile vet be able to take care of anything that goes wrong, or do I need to plan a road trip to Atlanta?

Hello, I am trying to write a fanfiction (for those who are not familiar with the term, it's a short story ^^). So I need a snake which could have been found in the former Persia (now Iran) in the Alexander the Great's time (around B.C 330 or so*). Venomous too, maybe fatal but I need the character to survive... Oh it would be great if the species could live on the mountains... So ^^ Thanks in advance for helping me out!  

* But really, the snakes from that time, if not extinct, should still be around the same place.. right?

I am hopeless, I like snakes but I have no knowledge on them ^^

I just wanted to share my newest addition, a Jurassic Milk Snake that I just happened to see in a local pet store. I'm not big on adopting animals from pet stores, but I just had to get this little guy.

I know some people are strongly against hybrids, but he's an awesome little snake. He's extremely docile and a terrific eater.

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Took a few pictures of my lot yesterday, despite their best efforts otherwise.

Antares, my adult male children's python who never stops moving. This was the only remotely usable shot in a batch of fifty.



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I got a new snake yesterday! :D

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Hey guys. I have a couple really old tanks that are still in great shape, including my 11 year old corn snake's tank. Some local pet stores sell new tanks, but my tank is still just fine. All it needs is a new lid. Could be a sliding lid or a hinge top, either way's fine with me. You guys have any recommendation for online tank or tank lid stores?

Thanks in advance.

My partner and I brought a male burmese python home from Daytona last year-- a rescue from a not very good situation. He was thin, covered in mites, and being fed chicks instead of appropriately sized rodents. He was also behaving very aggressively with his owner, but we chalked that up at the time to inappropriately small prey items.

We brought him home with us and got him into a nice 4' x 2' cage and started feeding him appropriately sized prey. We started with small rats and he is now up to medium rats. He has bulked up since and is now a bit over 4' long and of a healthy looking weight, he will be 3 this year so is definatly undersized for a berm.

The problem is that since we moved him into the 4' x 2' from the 20 long quarantine tank, he has become VERY aggressive. He hisses if you so much as touch him with the hook. He thrashes and snaps and bit Tara when we had him out a few weeks back, drawing significant blood. I realize that bites happen, but this snake has become uncomfortably aggressive at this point. We'd eventually like to have children, and I for one am not going to be comfortable with a large aggressive snake in the house.

I'm not sure what to do at this point so I thought I'd seek the advice of more experienced keepers.

I've been trying to handle him regularly, but at this point it's hard even to get him out. He hisses continually when he is out, and acts this way even right after feeding. He's been eating 1 medium rat every 10 to 14 days, which seems to be in keeping with where he should be. I've been heating them up and just laying them on the substrate, as I read in a book, to discourage aggression.

We have other large snakes that are not an issue for us-- including an 8' male BCI and a 5.5-6' Hogg Island.

If anyone has any thoughts, I'd welcome them. He is a normal burm, so rehoming him will be tough, and I honestly am not sure how I feel about putting what could end up being a very bad problem off on someone else. At this point I almost wonder if we shouldn't consider putting him down... this world is pretty much at capacity for normal male burms-- an aggressive normal male burm just doesn't seem to fit anywhere.

Any thoughts will be much appreciated... I'm really just thinking out loud/ venting here.

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That's Alchemy the Honduran milksnake, Leuca the ball python, Abhaya the hybrid San Luis Potosi/Ruthven's kingsnake, Gulliver the reverse Okeetee corn snake and Godric the motley sunglow corn snake. They are all healthy and eating well. Alchemy is taming down so much compared to how jittery she was when I got her in October. I think she'll be quite easy to work with as an adult.

I just bought her 2.5 weeks ago and the pet store had been feeding her pinkies(live btw). They said she was eating and she's healthy, however I've bought a mouse last week on thurs(Thats when they feed her) and tried. She didnt touch it at all. Shes in a separate bin compared to in her tank(I dont want my fingers to get bit) however she doesnt do anything to the pinkie. I have no idea what to do! Shes still a baby, about 7.5 inches long. Could anyone help me out?

So, as some of you might remember, my ball python Aloysius* is a rescue that came to me when he was two and a half. He's severely undersized for a male, and can't even eat large mice (I used to feed him medium mice, until one of them was larger than average and his jaw and neck stretched well beyond what they should have, and he spent the next two days "yawning" his jaws before he could return to normal).

I've taken to feeding him multiple small mice (three every two weeks). He still hasn't grown more than an inch or so in the time that I've had him, and hasn't gained much girth (though he is perfectly healthy in every other way). This week I tried four small mice, hoping that this might make up for his limited swallowing capacity. I waited several minutes between each mouse, and he struck at all of them with vigor. He didn't have a larger than average bulge in his midsection; I checked before I gave him the last mouse.


My question is: How do you know if you're feeding your snake too much? Will they stop eating when they're full? Could I be doing more harm than good?

I really want to do what's best for him, and make up for the years of neglect he suffered. If he stays the size of a yearling, so be it. As long as he is healthy, I'm happy.


* It's pronounced aloe-wish-us, for those that are curious.

 I usually feed my hognose once a week 2 pinkie mice and he eats these no problem. For the last month now he hasn't eaten anything he just gets VERY mad. I was just wondering if it might be because he's of breeding age and size and he has went off food because of that or if something could be wrong. I haven't changed anything about the process in which I feed him so I don't know what could be up with him. I'm a little worried at this point. 

So this is a group picture of me and some of my snakes. Barbossa the boa on the bottom step, Topkapy the ball python on my lap, Damascus the ball python climbing the stair in the back and Odin, my feisty corn snake in my hands.

My ball python is about a year and a half old. He's always been a very good eater with a great appetite. He's been eating small rats for a while now, and about three or so months ago, I started feeding him two small rats (at once) every two weeks. He seemed to do well on that schedule.

Lately, though, he's refused to take the second rat every time I feed him. As soon as he finishes eating the first, he tries to get out of the container I feed him in. Any idea why he's suddenly started doing this? Should I be concerned?

Also, how often should a ball python his age eat?

Awwww, look, Cardassia is all curled up in her water dish isn't that cute - OMFG SHE SHIT IN IT.

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And check out today's XKCD you people.

http://syndicated.livejournal.com/xkcd_rss/217226.html

It's snake related.

 Hi all. This is my first time posting here, I have a question and I was hoping you'd be able to provide a bit of insight.



I have a female ball python who was born last May, but I've had her since December. Up until about three weeks ago she'd been a pretty good eater (though she did skip a week now and then) but  she has abruptly stopped. I've checked the cage temps and they seem fine, but I moved a few of her hides around to try to give her a greater variety of warmth options. I've left her alone to try to cut back on her stress, and have been trying to feed her every few days, but to no avail.



Normally I fed her in a Tupperware container, but I've since tried to feed her in her cage to make her more comfortable. Tonight I tried braining her rat, and it's in her cage now, but she doesn't seem interested in coming out of her hide.



It seems to me like she's intimidated/scared of her food. 



Which strikes me as odd, as it's already very, very dead.



Like, she won't go near it until it cools down, and when that happens she doesn't seem to recognize it as something she could eat. I'm not sure if I'm reading the signs wrong, or if this is perhaps a sign of increased anxiety in general, or if it's something about the dead/thawed rats that unnerves her. Either way, it's got me really worried, and I'm going to make a vet appointment tomorrow morning.



I was just wondering if anyone has experienced anything like this, and if there are any additional feeding tips out there that might work for her. I'm sort of at a loss, and getting really scared...


::EDIT:: So, I wonder if I've found the reason she's not eating. About three weeks ago I added a couple new features to her cage (a new hide and another bridge-thingy for climbing on. Could this potentially stress her into not eating? I'm worried that if this is the case, then I've inadvertently aggravated it by changing her cage around further, in an attempt to get the temps right...

Crap =(

It's been cold and snowing here, and that has raised an important question for me:

What should I do with my snake should the power ever fail?

My general idea was to put him in a pillowcase and have him on and/or near me to keep him warm. I also have the temporary solution of putting him in his feed-box (an extra-large rubbermaid tub with air-holes, cleaned after each feeding) and keeping him in the room with my wood-burning fireplace with his thermometer inside to make sure he is warm, but not too hot.

I'd really like to hear more ideas, as well as recommendations from more experienced snake owners on this subject. It's better to know now, while everything is fine, than to be stuck attempting to implement strategies to save my pet during an emergency.

Hey everyone, if I could just have a minute of your time.
I have recently put together a petition to stop rattlesnake roundups in Sweetwater, Texas and I am in need of signatures. If you would just take a second and hop over to 
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/sto...nake-roundups/ it would truly help.
A little about the roundups: every year, while the rattlesnakes are hibernating, Texans gas their dens to drive them out and capture them. They take them to convention centers and are tortured, skinned and fried for the people who are watching. It's a whole day of "festivities" with a Rattlesnake Queen crowned, while slaughter goes on behind her. None of the rattlesnakes who enter the centers leave with their lives. Please help stop this massacre which not only puts a strain on the food chain by getting rid of an apex predator, but is also an incredibly cruel act against animals.

Thanks for reading.

I was wondering if people had suggestions as to good quality snake hooks.  I was eyeing the Big Apple Herp ones since being made out of Carbon Fiber sounded attractive but I don't really know what's out there. 

Hog baby was up in his branches basking and I thought he looked especially purdy so I snapped a few pictures of him. :)

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Almost a year late but my 30th birthday present from my best friend (and fellow snake owner who got me into snakes) finally arrived.

It didn't take him long to build it from scratch but he's a bit of a procrastinator and it's been taking up a chunk of his kitchen for a while.



Just in time as Ngalyod is starting shedding again so now he has a bigger tank and a bigger bowl to soak in. Unfortunately he forgot my bigger piece of cork bark so will bring across tomorrow. Ngalyod burrowed under the substrate anyway. ;)

 So today I went and picked up a little female pastel jungle ball python. (I'll post some pics. She's so cute! lol)
I love snakes and I have several already and decided to try ball pythons (I have 2 colombian redtail boas, 3 corn snakes, and 1 western hognose) so a friend told me that I had to go check this little girl out that he knew I would fall in love with her (and I did).
Anyways, while I was waiting to get her this other couple (who had a little girl probably about 2 yrs old) bought a spider ball python and right after they bought it they handed it to their little girl. The little girl then grabbed the head and the tail and started pulling on this little baby python like you would one of those people things that the arms stretch really long on, and the parents just laughed and said "Aww she really likes her new snake". I was really shocked and when I mention this to my friend he was like "Well you have to look at this way "It's JUST an animal and so it doesn't have feelings, it's not like she was hurting another human"". I was SO upset. Is this how people really feel about animals?? I love my animals and they are treated like my children and I believe they do have feelings. My friend really couldn't believe I was getting this upset and when I got home he told my husband that I was over reacting to some stupid thing that happened. I'm sorry but this was really upsetting and I was wondering if this is how people really think about animals that they are just a thing to play with and if you kill it oh well it doesn't really have feelings... So I had an upsetting moment today to see an animal so abused by people who have no respect to living things. Sorry to vent like this but it was really on my mind.


 here's some pictures of my new pastel jungle ball python: Her name is Selene (after Cleopatra's Daughter)

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I came back from the vet today! The vet said Bumble looked pretty healthy, but noticed some blood/bleeding in her mouth. She gave me baytril anyways, and a medicine for the mouth sore. They were all very friendly and completely enamored with Bumble!

They recommended I change her bedding though, as she was on aspen and they suggested care fresh. I was happily surprised to see that the pet store had a bunch of different options of care fresh!

I have to dribble medicine in her mouth a couple times a day, it should be interesting, haha. Here's a picture for your trouble! Bumble exploring her new colorful surroundings:
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Just wanted to share a few pics of the odd little monster who calls my place home:

For those of you who saw my earlier post about being tagged by my ball python (accidentally, and because of my own stupidity), everything is fine.

I went to the doctors today, since a kind commenter reminded me that I was due for a tetanus shot anyway, and had them take a look at my hand while I was there. The doctor told me that it wasn't infected, it was already healing beautifully, and "You couldn't have cleaned the wound better, unless you just chopped your finger off." I love having doctors with the same sick sense of humor as me.

So I am infection-free, and won't have to worry about tetanus for the next ten years. I even got a Garfield bandaid.

Thank you to everyone for the advice and reassurance!

In over a year of owning Aloysius (a ball python adopted/rescued from a seriously neglectful owner), he's never shown an aggressive bone in his body. I've been able to hold him, let him "snuggle" on my neck, and move him to and from the cardboard boxes that I feed him in. As a result, I haven't thought much about what to do if he bit me.

During feeding time today, after eating his first mouse*, the tongs slipped and dropped the second mouse far away from him. Like an idiot, I tried to grab it with the tongs to offer it to him again, and he tagged me right on the finger. It didn't hurt, and it bled a good bit in the few seconds it took me to scramble to rub alcohol hand sanitizer into it (now that part did hurt). I bent my finger back and forth while I rubbed it in, and then did the same as I scrubbed it with antibacterial soap. I even rubbed some lysol over the wound and rinsed it.

It's nothing more than a series of pink dots on my skin now, but I wanted to check here and see if there's anything special I need to do. Snake mouth post-mouse sounds like a pretty germ-y affair, and I'm quite fond of my hand.

Aloysius was back to his usual friendly self post-feeding, and let me carry him (in my un-bitten hand) back to his tank with no fuss. I learned my lesson about not being a frakking idiot, and I don't think we'll have a repeat of this incident.


* Due to the neglect of his former owner, he is smaller than he should be at three and a half years old. After watching him stretch his mouth to a frightening degree around a larger mouse (and have difficulty "yawning" his jaws back in to place afterwords), I decided to feed him multiple smaller mice instead.

Not too long ago my mom came into the care of a red-tailed boa. They told me the boa had belonged to a friend-of-a-friend who had kept the guy in a box on a shelf in his closet. She was able to procure a large glass tank for him that's about 48"W x 12"D x 18"H. It's a bit snug for the ~5 foot boa, and the water dish in there isn't big enough for him to get in and soak—nor is the tank really suitable for one much larger. Ideally at the very least we'd like one that's a bit deeper.

I've looked into some places online for tanks, namely custom-built ones that open in the front, though they're a bit out of their price range. But I've heard of people (here, maybe) who have constructed their own tanks so I was curious if anyone could point me in the right direction for that. My stepdad is a fair handyman so I think with the right instructions it wouldn't be a problem and (hopefully?) a fair bit cheaper than the three- to four-hundred dollar tanks I've seen.

Any help, suggestions, etc would be most sincerely appreciated. Thanks so much, in advance.

Wagler Claus wishes you a happy holiday Click here for a Merry Hiss-Mas gallery (includes a Haunukah card)

Here's my tricolored hognose snakelet, Koko, eating a pinkie.



He's about six months old, a sweetheart, and an eating machine!

(Apologies for the "western hognose" mistag, but there isn't a general hognose tag and I thought hognose fans in general might like to see him.)