Category: Snake Care
Keeping And Breeding Black-Headed Pythons
The black-headed python is costly, but its fans consider this majestic snake more than worth the investment. [...]
California Kingsnake Care, Breeding and Morphs
Captive breeding and new morphs keep this favorite pet snake fresh and exciting. [...]
How To Choose And Care For A Corn Snake
Corn snakes are still one of the most popular snakes in the hobby. [...]
Pine Snake Care And Natural History
Despite the fact that some can be feisty, pine snakes have increased in popularity. [...]
Rubber Boa Care Tips
This native North American differs from other snakes in some interesting ways. [...]
IBD – The Twisted Tale of Inclusion Body Disease
Inclusion Body Disease is devastating to the snakes that are infected by it. [...]
Herp Queries With Bill Love: Prey Debate
Should you feed your snake rodents that are dead or alive? [...]
Honduran Milksnake History And Care Tips
Found throughout Central America and northwestern South America, Honduran milksnakes are large and powerful constrictors. [...]
The Natural History And Captive Care Of The Northern Water Snake
Maintaining northern water snakes in captivity can be a rewarding experience. [...]
The Natural History and Captive Care of the Eastern Hognose Snake
A wide spread snake, the Eastern hognose snake is found throughout the eastern United States [...]
Kenyan Sand Boa Information and Care
Kenyan sand boas can make great first reptiles. [...]
Is Diet Diversity Important To Your Snake?
Several years ago I landed a job as the guy that incubates, hatches, and raises Eastern Indigo snakes (Drymarchon couperi) for a head start and releas [...]
Causes, Prevention, And Treatment Of Snake Mites, Acariasis
Causes
Ophionyssus natricis is very common in snakes and occasionally infests lizards. Trombiculid mites (chiggers). Ophionyssus acertin [...]
Stimson's Python Care And Breeding Information
The Stimson’s python (Antaresia stimsoni), also known as the large-blotched python, is a small, wide-ranging species endemic to Austra [...]
Expert Care For Amazon Tree Boas
Amazon tree boas have been a staple in the pet trade for many decades, but they are, understandably, not everyone’s cup of tea, especially when [...]
Top 20 Popular Herps
Which one of these reptiles and amphibians is right for you? [...]
The Ever-Popular And Wonderfully Colored Ball Python
About 40 years ago, the only ball pythons (Python regius) available for sale were imported, normally colored ball pythons from the countries of Ghana, [...]
Snake Health 101
The first publication on the “Diseases of Reptiles” was written by a medical doctor, not a veterinarian, and was a total of four pages lon [...]
5 Great Beginner Pet Snakes
Here we present you five beginner friendly snakes, in no particular order. [...]
The Garter Snake: A North American Icon
Garter snakes are the most commonly found, scientifically researched and widely distributed snakes in North America. An interest in reptiles was ignit [...]
Care And Breeding The Gray Rat Snake
Back in 1982, I was into collecting rat snakes and had assembled a Dream Team of specimens that was pretty impressive for the time. Back then, the acq [...]
Rough Green Snake Care Sheet
Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)
Availability
The rough green snake is readily available in the pet trade and unfortunately is one of the most [...]
Expert Care For The Emerald Tree Boa
Editor's note: Rico Walder, one of the foremost experts on green tree pythons passed away October 11, 2014. He was 49. In addition to working with [...]
Texas Rat Snake Care Sheet
Updated January 30, 2023
Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri)
Texas rat snakes are long, slender snakes found in a wide variety of habi [...]
