Category: Snake Care

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How To Choose And Care For A Corn Snake

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

Pine Snake Care And Natural History

Despite the fact that some can be feisty, pine snakes have increased in popularity. [...]
Rubber Boa Care Tips

Rubber Boa Care Tips

This native North American differs from other snakes in some interesting ways. [...]
IBD – The Twisted Tale of Inclusion Body Disease

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

Herp Queries With Bill Love: Prey Debate

Should you feed your snake rodents that are dead or alive? [...]
Honduran Milksnake History And Care Tips

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

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

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 [...]
Is Diet Diversity Important To Your Snake?

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, 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

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

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

Top 20 Popular Herps

Which one of these reptiles and amphibians is right for you? [...]
The Ever-Popular And Wonderfully Colored Ball Python

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

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

5 Great Beginner Pet Snakes

Here we present you five beginner friendly snakes, in no particular order. [...]
The Garter Snake: A North American Icon

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

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 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

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

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

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

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. [...]
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