Snake Care Advice for Beginners!
The milk snake is a visually stunning species of the Lampropeltis genus. The distinct banding and vivid colors make milk snakes stand out. This has led to the unnecessary demise of many milk snakes. These harmless snakes were mistaken for the highly venomous, yet docile, coral snake. Milk snakes are […]
A wild ball python’s diet will vary from what a captive ball python eats. However, we can replicate the wild snake’s diet using feeder rodents. As strict carnivores, there is no alternative diet for a ball python. The ball python is an ambush predator. It will eat whatever happens to […]
By combining different types of genes, you can produce beautiful snake morphs such as bumblebee ball pythons. Also known as pastel spiders, they are bright yellow with black markings. The bumblebee ball python morph is a combination of the pastel and spider morphs. These traits are codominant, so they can […]
If you are new to snakes, knowing how to handle a ball python for the first time is essential information. There are occasions when you shouldn’t handle a snake, and times when it is really important to do so. Picking up a ball python for the first time should be […]
Knowing when to start feeding a baby corn snake is key in ensuring that it gets a good start in life. Baby corns are usually good eaters and will consume frozen-thawed pinkies. This is not always the case, though. Baby corn snakes can be fed a pinkie shortly after hatching. […]
It can be hard to tell when snakes are asleep or awake. Snakes don’t have eyelids, so we assume that snakes don’t sleep at all. However, snakes do sleep, but we don’t always realize when it’s happening. The sleeping habits of snakes have been little studied. We know that snakes […]