Canadian Ophidiophile

05/10/2022

Help my Tokays are broken 🤣🤦‍♂️

Taming sessions are making progress lol

03/10/2022

😍😲Last chance to snag some beauts at our sale prices today!

Take a peek at what's left https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/availability/

01/10/2022

6' male Bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer sayi) catching the day's last rays. He got upset cos I got in his sun. 😝

01/10/2022

😍 A couple of gorgeous Nosy Faly X Ambilobe Panther Chameleon females showing off. A couple of natural beauts!

On sale this weekend at https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/availability/

30/09/2022

🟠🟠🟠Happy Truth & Reconciliation day!🟠🟠🟠

To celebrate Canada's recognition of our First Nation brothers and sisters, and to start making amends towards a better future for everyone. 💪👍

Take a peek at our selection of animals here. https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/availability/

28/09/2022

Offering up my communal group of juvenile Socotra Island Blue Baboon Tarantulas. 💙 🕸

A very unique species that exhibits social recognition and even maternal behavior with caring for their spiderlings.

More details under the Tarantula category at https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/availability/

21/09/2022

A couple of racks looking for new homes. 😝

Located in Redcliff, AB. Pickup only. Msg us for more details.

20/09/2022

🐲Dragons!🐉

17/09/2022

*Graphic image*
🥺Yet one that needs to be shared to remind everyone that our native snakes are on the move still and to be wary on the usual marked crossings.

DOA Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)

16/09/2022

The rain has brought out our local amphibians in full force. ❤️

Plains spadefoot toadlets (Spea bombifrons)
Great Plains toadlets (Anaxyrus cognatus)
Blotched Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium)

14/09/2022

We ❤️ offering variety in diet with all our animals. A single prey source is not a nutritionally complete diet for the majority of species of reptiles.

Chicks are a great source of easily digestible calcium with a lower fat content to rodents. Perfect for our females after egg laying!

For more info on feeding, check out the article https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/how-to-feed-my-snake/

13/09/2022

A couple of "love taps" from our female King Baboon tarantula (Pelinobius muticus) showing us that she doesn't approve of her cage maintenance. You can hear her stridulating hairs with each strike! 😲

King Baboons are magnificent spiders reaching sizes that rival Goliath birdeaters. With a potent enough venom and, very strong and powerful bodies, P. muticus are better recommended for intermediate to advanced keepers.

10/09/2022

06/09/2022

Most snakes under 200 for our crazy anniversary sale! Be sure to stop by and take a peek. Prices valid until Friday!

https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/availability/

Yellow Mosaic FL king
Erythristic FL king

05/09/2022

Happy Labour Day!

We're almost there with our article on the Ptyas mucosa that's being featured in the German magazine, Reptilia!

Can't wait to see what you guys think. 😘🙏

Don't forget about our Anniversary/Labour Day sale going on right now still! https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/anniversary-sale/

01/09/2022

🎉Weee!! It's our store's first birthday and we are so excited to be on this journey with you that we've slashed all the prices for a week!

Are we crazy?!... um... have you met us? 😉😜😅

Opening shop amidst the pandemic has come with its own trials and tribulations, but we are thankful for still being able to do what we do.

01/09/2022

🎂It's our birthday and I'll cry if I want to. Cry if I want to. 🤣

Can't believe it's been a year since we moved into our space and Reptiles West came into being. It hasn't been an easy ride to say the least, but the journey has been amazing.

To everyone who has been instrumental in any form or way to our success, this toast is to you too. 🍾🎉🎊❤️

27/08/2022

Love how this shot turned out. Playing with blacklight photography and our dearest "Klondike", a Leucistic Ball python.

Left is the UNedited blacklit pic.

Don't forget about our weekend sale that's on until Monday. Check out our crazy prices on some cool critters right here https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/availability/

26/08/2022

Once again it's time for Field Herping Friday, where we highlight epic finds in the field by our members and followers!

This week's highlight is a Western pygmy (Sistrurus miliarius streckeri) found swallowing a frog by Kyle Hutchison (Instagram: ) in Eastern Oklahoma.
Pygmy rattlesnakes are known for preying on frogs & toads, but Kyle is lucky to have seen one in the act of eating its prey!

26/08/2022

A luscious Lavender California king, looking longingly for a loving lodge to live life...

OK maybe alliterations are not our fortè but thankfully reptiles are. 😅

Weekend sale on now until Monday 6pm mst. Check the animals out here https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/availability/

24/08/2022

Starting to lose hairs here. 😅

Fiji Island Tree Boa (Candoia australis). C'mon CB babies!

22/08/2022

22/08/2022

This is a beautiful photograph of a King that was rescued and relocated to a safer location in India.
Photo by Joe Wasilewski

18/08/2022

17/08/2022

Baby season is coming up for rattlesnakes! Have you heard that a bite from a juvenile venomous snakes is more dangerous or toxic than adults, because they can't control how much venom they inject? We have heard this myth many times and it has been passed down through the generations. But, for every myth, there is sometimes a sliver of truth.

Venom is extremely biologically expensive for snakes and consumes energy every time they use it for a prey item, which is why biting a human or pet is usually a last line of defense when the snake feels it has no other option. Even if a younger snake injected the entire amount of venom they have stored, the volume of venom injected compared to an adult is significantly less.

However, often younger snakes have different venom than adults. Juveniles do not necessarily have more toxic venom than adults, but they have different venom and undergo a shift in venom around sexual maturity. The differences in venom between adults and juveniles may not result in higher toxicity to humans, but may be more toxic to the prey items they eat. The changes are likely due to the prey differences of snakes at that age and venom components may be more efficient in incapacitating prey items at that size. In most cases, these venom components do not pose more risk to humans, even if may be more toxic, due to the volume injected, as mentioned above.

The Rattlesnake Conservancy always recommends seeking medical treatment for a venomous snake bite, regardless of whether or not you think it was a juvenile, or may have been a "dry bite", where no venom is injected.

Mojave rattlesnake image by Travis W. Reeder on iNaturalist

10/08/2022

It's that time for the next batch to get some of that hands on lovin'. ❤️

09/08/2022

✨NEWLY AVAILABLE
2022 Malagasy Cat Eye Snake babies are eating well on frozen thawed prey and ready to go to their new homes!

Madagascarophis colubrinus are fast becoming a popular choice for enthusiasts and keepers that like something a bit more uncommon, while still being hardy and having very manageable husbandry needs.

Details: https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/available-animal-category/other-snakes/

Care info: https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/malagasy-cat-eyed-snake-care-sheet/