Some of my other interests...
 

I took some pictures of the snakes the other day and thought I'd share :)

Jonas and Bunny (normal ball pythons, 9 and 6 yrs old respectively)

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...ri1980/280.jpg

Porscha (Pastel ball python, 2 yrs old) in the bath

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...PorshaBath.jpg

Porscha out of the bath

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...0/Porscha1.jpg

Papaya (amel. corn snake, 4 yrs old) with a lighter for size

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...ri1980/270.jpg

Very cool
 

Your snakes are sweet :smile:. Do the pythons all live in one tank ? are they all friends ?

So cool. What/how often do you feed them ?

The two normals live together, the pastel is in another tank, and the corn in another. I'd like to get a Boaphile tank system or something simmilar in the future.

If placed near each other none show aggression, they are pretty mellow. Jonas and Bunny are always curled up together :)

I was feeding them frozen/thawed small rats that I was breeding but they took up too much space & time so I'm trying African Soft Furred rats now, they are about 2x the size of a mouse and don't smell like rats and mice. We'll see how that goes.

I can't imagine it would be easy to breed frozen rats.. :surprise:

Nice looking snakes... even if they give me the heebee geebees.

I didn't realize you can feed snakes dead food. For some reason I thought they had to be alive. If this is the case could you feed them beef heart or whatever?
Very cool snakes by the way.

I too have also always thought it had to be live food. Beautiful snakes :biggrin:

Thanks for the compliments :)


You sure can... it just takes a while for them to warm up to each other (hardy har har har ;) ) I use C02 to euthanize them before freezing, it's quick and painless.


I don't ever feed live rodents, it's dangerous as they can bite back and even kill your snake (yes, I know this happens in the wild but... a snake in the wild can get away from a rat it doesn't want to eat while one stuck in a cage cannot. Even a small mouse can do a lot of damage on a snake that won't defend itself) and I doubt it's much fun for the rodent! :) There are some snakes that won't accept pre-killed prey but the majority will.
As for feeding "part-foods" like beef heart ....even if the snake would accept it (most wouldn't) it's not nutrionally complete, where as a frozen/thawed rodent is EVERYTHING (vitamins,minerals,protein,fat,etc) that a snake needs all in one.
You can buy frozen rodents at many pet stores if you don't want to breed them yourself...I just do it because it gets expensive to buy them with that many mouths to feed! Plus... This way, I know the rodents I keep have decent lives with fun food and enrichment before they are killed. I may be vegetarian but my pets are not!

[quote=muck;399509]I can't imagine it would be easy to breed frozen rats.. :surprise:


Maybe not, but then again Mr. Rat would never have to worry about ED or Performance Anxiety. :wink:

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lol


See how easy snakes are? you should get a couple ;)

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This would be Joan if I brought home a snake = :yell:

Do you have to soak the rodents in selcon and garlic too???

oh thank god no - they smell bad enough to begin with!!

Keri, love the Boas. Your corn looks just like mine!

Meet "Snakey":

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...00/snakey1.jpg

He/she is just under 1 year old, hard to tell the size in the pic, but much smaller than yours!

-Diana

Aww Diana she's cuuute!

The snakes dont give me the heebie geebees but feeding them the rats or mice sure would. :lol:

thats a pretty nice pastel ball. I've got 2 ball pythons as well, had them for about 7 years now. They are great snakes. Nice to see that there are some other reptile nerds on here! I've got the balls, a beardie, a ornate uro, some leopard geckos, a box turtle, some red foot tortoises, a yellow foot tortoise, some axoltls, and some veild chameleons and a new baby blue tounge as of yesterday.

Uhhh did I say boa? I did mean ball. It was late at night and there was some drinking. :D

Wowzers. Currently as far as reptiles go I only have the corn and a large male veiled chameleon. I've kept leopard geckos in the past, and we are considering adding a ball to our batch, I just LOVE the piebalds but yipes are they pricey.

oh just think of them as tiny little (hairy) steaks!


They sure are sweet snakes, I'm jealous of your collection! especially the baby blue tongued, they are so cute! Have you heard of the BC reptile club? (are you in bc? I forgot to look) you should check it out anyhow http://www.dasnakes.com/bcrc/
You should post pics of your guys!

edit: ohhh calgary.... well, still pretty close! you should join :) there are other alberta members, including breeders


I knew what you meant ;)

I LOVE the piebalds as well and am watching the price come down.... $3k now Vs $10k a little over 2yrs ago!

*steeples fingers and waits*

Pic from the other night at dinner time, she's just finished off a mouse and is working it down (that's why her neck looks all distorted)

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...980/papaya.jpg

What a sweet looking animal...

2 more of Violet my gimpy old leopard gecko (I do love her ;) )

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...etMar30092.jpg

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...letMar3009.jpg

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...etmar30093.jpg

Thriller Lizard Dance
 

Thriller Lizard Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksowp...layer_embedded

nice snakes! here's my baby, an '08 bloodred, hemoglobin.

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...607546_926.jpg

Very nice!! That's the one from Rebecca?

I am not much of a reptile person, but Violet is amazing, so beautiful!

yup, that's the one :)

lol I've got a ball python and a corn as well. I really like the python, very relaxed and easy to handle. My corn is always looking for somewhere to go and hes kind of twitchy which makes me nervous picking him up sometimes.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...edo/pic054.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...edo/pic056.jpg

Since there are all of these "other" pets, I guess I'll share "some" of my herps.... I have too many to post them all!!

Boomy, a high orange leopard gecko:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...-Apr-08003.jpg

River, an amel cornsnake:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...-Apr-08002.jpg

Zoe, a het cinnamon poss het albino ball python (who is now three times the size!)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...-Apr-08001.jpg

Squirt, an iguana rescue:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...Lizards019.jpg

Jetsam, an albino jungle leopard gecko:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...sitions028.jpg

Titan, an amel African Fat Tail gecko:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...sitions013.jpg

Boogey, a male mali uromastyx:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...s/Stuff401.jpg

Not really my other interests but.... I thought I would share some pics of my son's 9 year old Tangerine Milk Snake. We bought him almost nine years ago and it has grown from about 8 inches to over 5 feet now.

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/q...nake2Large.jpg

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/q...nake1Large.jpg

Cheers
Lawrence

Wow, great pics!! Thanks for sharing!

Just realized I don't have any pics of the Cresties up! (they're fairly new)

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...1980/chloe.jpg

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...oshambobot.jpg

I used to have 2 100% Het Albino Boas, male and female. A female dumerill's, some pastel ball pythons, a spider ball python and some others. Now all I've got left are my two sulcatas and my chameleon (Female tamative)....but I do want another cham. Possibly a veiled, even though everyone's got one LOL

I want a green anole!

s'ok, everyone's got a dog, doesn't make them any less cool! ;)

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...oshiLilacs.jpg

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...pinkmaple2.jpg

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...ipinkmaple.jpg

used to be huge into dart frogs. One of my Cobalt pairs i had

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...7645cobalt.jpg

Sweet looking frogs, always wanted to have a terrarium with some darts but have never got around to it, where can you get them from and how much do they usually cost?

My Hobbies
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1885/p1060544.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/1885/p1060544.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1768/p1060649.jpg
7 Month Old Babies If anyone wants them there free to a good home :smile: (Or a nice looking frag :mrgreen:)
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/5396/p1060652.jpg

Levi

Wow Keri......the photo's of the cresties are just beautiful. The colors are popping out
of the picture. It looks like you could reach out and touch them :mrgreen:

If your really interested pm me. i have been delaying getting back into dart frogs for the past 5 years. But they can cost from $50 each - $250+

nice reptiles!
i absolutely looove crested geckos. got a pic of the tank their setup in? how friendly are yours when it comes to handling?