White Lotus - House of Serpents

09/06/2024

2022 ➡️ 2024

Keith is a little on the chunkier side now, it's been a while since I've gotten him out. 😅 But this boy has grown so much with us, he's such a good baby. 🥹❤️

09/04/2024

Meme: Daniel Pinkston, Serpent Encounters

09/03/2024

We're working towards a lot of really big things over here in the House of Serpents! We will have our first season of breeding 🐍 coming up soon! We have been moving towards this for a while, super exciting that we're almost there.

If you're new here, we are ethical in our care & breeding for our snakes. Our animals never see a rack system, besides the hatchlings which will be in one for their first 3-4 feeds to ensure they're healthy before going to new homes. All of our snakes are treated with respect and thoroughly loved.

We will not breed a lot of snakes, we will never be mass producers. We focus on quality of the animals and their quality of life, over quantities. Our breeders will never be overbred, and all of our animals are slow-grown until they're of proper size as nature intended. No power feeding, EVER.

~ S & G, White Lotus Fan 🐍❤️

09/03/2024

These are my favorite garters 🔥🔥

A beauty in red and blue! ❤️💙 California red sided garter snake owned by Brian Fantana. TRR is made possible by Reptile Basics

09/02/2024

Throwback to this picture of Rosie, I think it's one of my favorite photos I've taken of her. She's stunning 😍😍!

09/02/2024

Stop 🛑 I need to see your best snake pic RIGHT NOW 🖐🏻🖐🏻

08/28/2024

“In a study, scientists used a fake leg to simulate a person stepping on a rattlesnake. Out of 175 snakes that were physically "stepped on" by the booted foot, only six bit the leg. The rest tried to get away, froze in place, or wriggled in surprise but didn't react aggressively. It's actually really hard to get bitten by a rattlesnake. They just want to be left alone.

Rattlesnakes also don't rattle before striking. A rattle doesn't mean aggression, it's an "excuse me, I'm down here." They rattle to tell you, or other large animals, that you are about to step on them, since they blend in very well with their surroundings and they'd rather you didn't smush them accidentally. Strikes are generally noise-free acts of last ditch desperation.

Only about 1% of rattlesnake bites are deadly, and those that are generally happen in situations where medical care was delayed. A quarter of rattlesnake bites don't actually involve any venom at all, they are "dry bites" intended as a warning only. As long as you get to a hospital in a reasonable amount of time, you will probably be fine. This is not a situation where minutes count, just move promptly towards medical care. The deadly bites generally happen in very remote areas, when people are hiking alone, or when drugs and alcohol are involved, since all of these can increase the amount of time it takes someone to get to help or result in poor decision-making. First aid for a bite? Just get the person to a hospital, promptly, but safely. There is nothing else you need to do, and anything you might think about doing is just wasting time getting the person to a hospital and potentially complicating things by rubbing germs into the wound or further stressing the currently stressed tissue in the area. Don't ice it, tourniquet it, or suck on it, just call 911 or start hiking back to the trailhead.

The anti-venom products ERs use are combination formulas, which work for multiple North American venomous snake species. One works for multiple species of rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, and copperheads. A second anti-venom product works for various rattlers if you know you heard a rattle but aren't sure of the exact species. Coral snake bites can be identified by looking at the bite itself by hospital staff because the venom works on the body differently and there is a separate antivenom product that works for them. All of this means you don't need to try to take a closeup picture of the snake that bit you, coax it into a box to bring with you, or kill it to bring in and show to the doctors. In the case of rattlers, copperheads, and cottonmouths, they have what they need to treat a bite without knowing exactly what species of snake it was, and in the case of coral snakes, can figure out that one bit you without seeing the snake. Don't waste time or risk a second bite messing with a snake that is already very upset.
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Here is an about the study:”. Don Womack

https://news.wgcu.org/2024-05-17/lessons-from-rattlesnake-class-in-the-american-southwest?_amp=truearyicle

08/26/2024

Took some pictures of a small friend I found today ❤️

08/24/2024

Loretta Lynn, our female yellowtail cribo, showing off her little threat display by puffing up he neck and hissing. She wasn't overly threatened, but she was uncomfortable. She briefly tried to nibble, but realized we're too big for the menu. 😂

08/24/2024

Conway Twitty, our male Yellowtail Cribo, showing off his tail coloration. 💛 These guys are growing like CRAZY!

08/18/2024

If this ain't the truth 😂😂😂

08/17/2024

TW: F/T rodent feeding

Reason 437295 why I think Pituophis are some of the BEST snakes to own. The term "feeding strike" doesn't apply. I didn't even know this guy was this deep in blue when I went to feed, and guess what? He still wanted his rat. He ALWAYS wants his rat. Such a pleasure to own and work with.

08/17/2024

If you're going to the National Breeder Expo in Daytona this weekend...SHOW US YOUR PICS! 👀

08/17/2024

Little Yzma got an upgrade! She has, admittedly, been in a 10gal for a WHILE. She's a leucistic Texas Rat Snake and was a tiny hatchling when we got her, and an unreliable eater at first....so it took a WHILE for her to outgrow it. 😂

We also decided to use this enclosure as a test run for a full bioactive (minus isopods because I forgot, but they're coming). I think there's entirely too many plants in there, but hubby insisted on using them all. 😂 So, we will probably be repotting some if/when they all start growing. It looks nice for now though!

08/11/2024

Mad Moxxi is going into blue for us. Crazy how not that long ago she was so small, and now she's probably close to 4ft. 🥹

08/08/2024

What’s the coolest reptile you have come across just out and about?
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07/31/2024

We apologize for the lack of content on the page. A lot going on with our personal lives and work changes so we should be back to normal posting soon!

07/15/2024

Have you ever been told that coral snakes are rear-fanged venomous?

Well, they're not! They're absolutely front-fanged!

Coral snakes are part of the family Elapidae, which includes cobras, mambas, and some other pretty spicy sneks. One of the things they all have in common is.🥁..🥁.short fixed FRONT FANGS! 🤯

Oh and since we're on the subject of corals, don't use the rhyme when identifying! It's inaccurate. :)

07/14/2024

Such a scary creature 😂. Loretta said she'd like to talk to you about your cars extended warranty.

06/28/2024

If I had a dollar for every time someone told me that baby venomous snakes can't control their venom output....I'd be a millionaire. 😂

Bigger snake = bigger venom glands = higher venom yield.

06/27/2024

Mad Moxxi wants to know if you like her dirt hat? 🥹👉🏻👈🏻

06/23/2024

The CUTEST relocation that we've done. Look at this little water snake!!! He found his way into someone's apartment. 😂 I'm glad we were able to get him out!

06/20/2024

Softshell turtle that my husband saw at work today. I absolutely love getting pics like this from him! These guys are SO cute!!!

06/16/2024

This needs to be said again, so say it with me:

Just because a pet store does it, doesn't mean it's okay.

Petco/Smart/Supermarket/whatever keeps multiple leopard geckos in the same enclosure? Okay, well you're not supposed to do that. Stop doing that.

They said you can keep multiple Ball Pythons/Boas/KINGSNAKES together? NO. HEAVY emphasis on that last one. But no, the workers generally don't have much experience with the animals so don't do that.

We're talking about businesses that sell harmful animal products and expecting them to have the animal's best interest at heart. Is it the employee's faults? No, they are usually doing the best with what they can, it's the business at fault.

DO. YOUR. OWN. RESEARCH. Please. 🙏🏻 Thanks.

06/10/2024

Lil Randy Butternubs! ❤️ He hopes everyone had a great Monday!!!