Category: Snake Care
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
We often get questions about what is an ideal beginner pet snake for those new to the hobby. Beginner meaning fairly easy to care for with not a lot o [...]
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 [...]
The Vet Report: Inclusion Body Disease
I get a zillion e-mails and calls asking advice about herp cases. This morning, I got a frantic call from a veterinarian about a large python that was [...]
Keeping Dwarf Boas Of The Caribbean
If you want a boa that doesn’t get as big as Boa constrictor, try one of its smaller cousins. [...]
Garter Snake Care Sheet
Garter snakes are small colubrid snakes found throughout most of the United States. [...]