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Raffle Question: How many snakes will I find in my basement this winter? This is number 10, 11 and 12 and winter is not ...
27/10/2024

Raffle Question: How many snakes will I find in my basement this winter? This is number 10, 11 and 12 and winter is not yet arrived!

The Death watch continues... will it hit 50,000?
20/10/2024

The Death watch continues... will it hit 50,000?

Ive found that while misting and fogging is not needed (and can actually be harmful), a couple other things are importan...
20/10/2024

Ive found that while misting and fogging is not needed (and can actually be harmful), a couple other things are important:

The most important is a deep (4+ inch deep) Miracle-gro potting mix substrate that is kept just barely damp by adding water every month or so. This raises and stabilizes humidity over time.

Also, a very gentle incandescent overhead warming lamp. Higher intensity incandescents quickly produce shedding issues and result in patchy sheds or worse.

Of course ventilation is important for any living thing, but if the viv is in a dry location the vents need to be closed down to allow humidity to be maintained.

The advantage of 4 or 5inches of Miracle-gro potting mix substrate for humidity. You can see in the graph where I spraye...
15/10/2024

The advantage of 4 or 5inches of Miracle-gro potting mix substrate for humidity. You can see in the graph where I sprayed down the cage and it produced a spike of humidity on Wed. And even with limited ventilation the humidity simply spiked and went away. I added the potting mix this Tuesday - a big, steady and continual increase in humidity, even though I used it right out of the bag and added no water.
I will re-charge the substrate with water when the humidity levels start to drop.

Glamour boy :-) He's the prettiest of my imported emerald tree boas. Bright green and lots of white.
14/10/2024

Glamour boy :-) He's the prettiest of my imported emerald tree boas. Bright green and lots of white.

My female Jayapura. She was skinny and dehydrated when she arrive 2 months ago. They bounce back fast with good care and...
13/10/2024

My female Jayapura. She was skinny and dehydrated when she arrive 2 months ago. They bounce back fast with good care and few disturbances.

There has been different theories about why the teeth are so long on emerald tree boas and green pythons. The only idea ...
02/10/2024

There has been different theories about why the teeth are so long on emerald tree boas and green pythons. The only idea that ever made sense to me was that the teeth embed deeply when the snake pulls back after the strike - using the inertia of the the preys own mass to embed the snake's teeth deeply, and making escape unlikely.
I think I can add some evidence to this theory after being bitten by a hungry Jayapura that thought it was striking at a mouse.
When the snake hit my hand it closed its teeth and pulled back hard. Ive been struck by a lot of snakes but this was the first one that demonstrated that behavior.
You can see in the photo that the 4-5 foot snake was able to sink its teeth in far enough to cause sub-dermal bruising with his top teeth, and was able to actually raise a bigger edema with his lower teeth.
Now, 45 or so minutes later the whole hand has a healthy ache!
Pretty impressive stuff for a small snake.

A young Jayapura
02/10/2024

A young Jayapura

A beautiful Aru green python. I need to learn something about hormonal blue, because she is definitely developing blue a...
01/10/2024

A beautiful Aru green python. I need to learn something about hormonal blue, because she is definitely developing blue as she grows.

Almost 2 years ild now. Born December, 2022. One of two patternless emerald tree boas. Taken with flash, so traces of pa...
01/10/2024

Almost 2 years ild now. Born December, 2022. One of two patternless emerald tree boas. Taken with flash, so traces of pattern are visible.

Jayapura
22/09/2024

Jayapura

The male of my Texas x Eastern Drymarchon cross effort. I'll put them together in a month.
21/09/2024

The male of my Texas x Eastern Drymarchon cross effort. I'll put them together in a month.

Hopefully getting close to breeding season for this guy.
21/09/2024

Hopefully getting close to breeding season for this guy.

A perfect shed from this 2022 baby. Ive had her from birth and in that time she has twice skipped sheds. Didnt even try....
11/09/2024

A perfect shed from this 2022 baby. Ive had her from birth and in that time she has twice skipped sheds. Didnt even try. Just said, fuggit. Like those people who wear their pajamas to Walmart.

Seriously girl, what are we waiting for exactly?
09/09/2024

Seriously girl, what are we waiting for exactly?

The road in front of our house. The snakes have begun their fall migration. This is a western fox snake. Elaphe vulpina.
06/09/2024

The road in front of our house. The snakes have begun their fall migration. This is a western fox snake. Elaphe vulpina.

This is a whole lotta emerald tree boa right here! She has basically been allowed to eat as often as she wants to hunt, ...
29/08/2024

This is a whole lotta emerald tree boa right here! She has basically been allowed to eat as often as she wants to hunt, as there is a resident population of small adult rats in the 16 foot x 6 ft x 5 ft enclosure. I have to be honest, I did not expect her to eat this much, and she wont be allowed to eat again till she has all that digested. But it is interesting to see just how much she wants to eat when she has the opportunity. My guess is she probably ate around a 8-10 small adult rats over the past 2 weeks. Daytime temps have been in the upper 80s to low 90s and higher. I turn on a sprinkler when temps get above 90F.

A bit rough but not bad for fresh wild caught. Jayapura GTPs
28/08/2024

A bit rough but not bad for fresh wild caught. Jayapura GTPs

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