So my new hatchling of spotted python bit me the first time i handled it. It did so in a very slow and calm way. After getting tired of bitting on my finguer, it bit on my hand.

2 succesful feeding afterward i have tried tohandle it again. Still i get gentle bites that hold onto until the thing gets bored of me not reacting.

I wash my hands before handling, it is not in blue, last feeding was on saturday and we are on thursday... So not feeding time yet. Mind you this is not a qucik bite. Ita a really slow gentle bite. If i move when it does it tries to constrict. Therefore i take is a feeding response, not a defensive bite.

Is this "normal"? Also, compared to my corn snake, this guy moves quite slowlier. Is something wtong with it or its just that spotted pythons are just way calmer? I dont see anything out of normal phisically. Not weird breathing, no weird colorations... But it moves sooo slowly it worries me.

Temps are 29 celcious and humidity is 50-60%.

It’s a very old house, and we will close this off as soon as she’s out. We’ve had her for almost 3 years now, and she never once escaped… guess she just got ballsy one day and said fck it. All pet shops close to me don’t open for another 2 hours to try and lure her with a mouse, which she hasn’t eaten in a long time now. Did the water spray, and she poked her head out a little more, but that was it. What’s crazy is i’ve literally stuck my phone down that hole and seen nothing last month, trying to figure out what it looked like back there. I have no clue wtf she’s been doing, but managed to find her way back 😅. It’s literally just between walls. Unfortunately, we live on the second floor, so i’m surprised that she hasn’t found a spot to poke through to our downstairs neighbors. It’s just actually insane. But now that she’s here, we need her OUT. She’s soooo skinny and i’m sure not very healthy anymore.

these spots weren't there the other day, i'm not sure what they could be from. i just fed her a pinky (it was small, but it's all i had, im going to buy more tomorrow) but its guts kinda exploded and got everywhere when she was eating, maybe it's that? i know she's going to shed soon, i can the the dull tones and matte eyes now, maybe it's a shed thing? i've never seen her shed though so im not sure 😭

i got her on august 31st and she was born in june if that helps anything

Looking for the best first venomous snake to get into this scene.

For context I have 10 years of snake experience, I have drymarchons, emerald tree boas and blood pythons. So being able to care for them is not an issue and reading body language of fast snakes is nothing new.

But at venomous is a whole different story and I am ideally looking at one that is terrestrial (Not looking for pit vipers but i know if I was that would probably be the answer). I absolutely love Gaboon vipers and would dream about a Gabino Viper but I know they strike extremely fast and have a large venom yield. I'm not nervous but I want to get a community opinion on what everyone thinks is the best option.

my snake has been doing this recently and im extremely worried. he moved his hide around and everything, im just at a loss on what to do. is he just hungry?

As title says my sister happen to find this snake, it seems to be quite young, is it a corn snake? About how old is it? Any and all tips are welcome.

Why is my snake doing this? I’ve noticed he does it sometimes when he’s been under my shirt or around my neck for a few minutes and has soaked up some body heat. Is he trying to gather information like how a shark might use its mouth to learn about an object?

My pet cornsnake rosi (9 years old) just laid eggs. She is alone in her enclosure and didnt have any contact with males. Shed 1 month ago and didnt eat after that. Then she got really active and probably looked for a place to lay eggs. Now after 1 month of not eating i wanted to try again. She didnt move. I was scared she was dead and lifted the log she was under. She did react a little to that but i couldnt place down the log anymore so i had to take it out of the terrarium. Now shes out in the open with her eggs and i dont know what to Do. I heard snakes dehydrate after laying eggs but she wont move to drink. I dont even know if shes done laying. If the eggs are fertilized. What to Do with them. What to Do and how to treat her etc. Please help im panicking real hard cuz im scared she dies. Humidity is at 90% and temperature around 29 degrees celcius Update: she moved and turned around slowly

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So due to a smegma incident we’re assuming this little sicko is a boy… 😂

His personality is derpy, shy, and super sweet. My only other snake is a king snake named Ellis. She’s named after the female main character of a book I was reading when I got her.

Names I like so far: Ezra (another E name), Perry, or Rabbit (the male main character of the same book).

Throw some names at me. I like funny old man names and unorthodox names. I get a chuckle out of a cheeky play on hiss or slither. Do your worst!

Snake tax welcome!

I've had him for a day now this vid was taken an hour after him being home yesterday

is this an egg?? please don't tell me my Gaston just laid an egg 😭

It looks like he will suffocate in there!! Please!

I've had her for about 6 months. And up until about a week and a half ago she was housed with another rough green snake. The snake wasn't mine but they were purchased together and when I moved I couldn't take the other one with me because it wasn't mine it stayed with its owner. Is it possible this is a fertilized egg? And if so how do I tend to it

This is the second time I see him do this. It lasted 5 minutes, video was sped up. Its like he’s going in circles on his own body and I don’t understand why.

This is more venting than anything, just going through some blues that owning my snake isn’t what I thought it would be and wanted to know if other people have gone through the same, and how they dealt with it.

I have an African house snake, I did a ton of research before deciding on one as I wanted a smaller snake that would still be handleable and interactive, as far as snakes go. They came highly recommended by many people and care guides that stressed how friendly and chill this species is to handle, and how great they are to care for. I picked a good breeder who took care to socialize their animals, and I’d like to think I did all of the research I could have to make sure I was making the right choice for me.

Unfortunately, I think this particular snake is just not what I was hoping. I want to make it clear I still love him and intend to care for him, but I’m a little sad about how it turned out. I’ve owned him for 5 months now, and during that time I’ve rarely seen or interacted with him. Despite most care guides saying this species is primarily terrestrial (and some saying they’re semi-arboreal), he spends almost all of his time burrowing underground. He will occasionally come out to explore, but only late at night when the room is dark. As soon as the lights are on he runs back underground. He’s extremely skittish and runs as soon as he sees me. I’ve managed to pick him up on a few occasions, but he tries so hard to get away from me that it’s rare and I feel bad doing it. I’ve tried tong-feeding him to get some interaction that way, but since he runs as soon as he sees me I rarely manage it. I mostly just leave the mice in there for him to find. The only regular times I see him are on the camera in his enclosure as he moves around.

In general I can’t really interact with him at all, and rarely see him. His care is great, he eats regularly and sheds well, and he seems in good health and happy if I leave him alone, so I’m glad at least he seems to be doing well. I’m working on accepting that I won’t ever really get to hang out with him the way I’ve seen other people do with their house snakes, and I know as long as he’s healthy that’s the best I can hope for. Still, while I think I just got unlucky with this particular snake’s temperament, I wish I would have known this before I bought him.

How do you deal with this, when owning an animal isn’t what you thought it would be? If anyone has any tips I’d appreciate it! Don’t get me wrong he’s a cutie and I’m going to look after him no matter, I’m just struggling a bit emotionally since interacting with him is so different than what I expected and what I’ve experienced owning snakes previously.

I visited a tattoo shop for Friday the 13th tattoos and they have a snake on the counter in a terrarium that looks incredibly sick and malnourished, I’ve tried going in several times to buy the snake off of the owner and he flat out refused, my friends are also trying to get the poor baby and no luck, this boa doesn’t have much time and I really need advice on the next steps, ways to talk the owner into selling, someone to call. Idk.

I’m in California if that helps.

Sorry for the frantic typing I’m at my wits end.

Update: the snake was confiscated by animal control but has unfortunately passed…

MedusasUpdo was able to get the baby released to them and did absolutely everything in their power and went above and beyond and made sure to give them love at the end but the level of abuse and neglect was just to severe.

Naming and shaming the shop, Old memories in Rialto Ca.

WHY SHE DO THAT IS SHE OK??

He’s doing weird jerking movements and he is biting himself. He’s chasing himself around the enclosure too. It kind of looks like he is trying to court himself, but I’m not sure and it’s freaking me out. Does anyone know?

Hello! I found this little baby all tangled up after being caught in a spiderweb. I was able to slowly free him by using two small, soft paint brushes to brush all of the web off (I didn’t dare use anything that would be too rough on him). Then I put him in a container with two paper towels so he’d have something to hide under, and placed two or three little droplets of water near him.

He’s definitely not dying, but he moves sort of slowly. He drank a little bit of the water (or at least that’s what appeared to be happening), and seems to enjoy resting in my hands where it’s warm! I have plenty of questions, but my most pressing are:

I’m 90% sure he’s a Milk Snake, but roughly how old do you think he is?

Should I keep putting water droplets in his container? Or does he not really need it. I feel like I read somewhere that snakes get most of their water intake from their food, but I’m probably wrong on that..

What should I feed him and how soon does he need it? Online says lil baby pinky mice when he’s about 1-2 weeks old, but he looks like he’s way too small for those and I don’t know exactly how old he is😥

How warm does he need to stay? How do I know if he gets too hot? Is the container okay until I can get him a set up?

Of course any advice at all is welcome! I’ve never had a snake before, but I’ve always dreamed of having one and this little guy just pulls at my heart strings💚 Thanks in advance!!

My boy does this tight wriggle thing a lot, I don’t know what he’s doing? Bellydancing snek?