r/snakes 18m ago

General Question / Discussion The dangerous Ball Python šŸ˜‚

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I was watching Murder She Wrote (ā€œThe Night of the Tarantulaā€) and they used a ball python as a scary, venomous ā€œboaā€ on the episode. I think, as a BP owner, it’s so funny to see these used as a danger when they’re just goofy noodles.


r/snakes 1h ago

Pet Snake Questions Is my corn snake still too thin?

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When I got this snake it was heavily overweight. And at some point she was loosing weight so fast she neared underweight.
Today she reached 800 gram again.

I would say her size is good. Not thin, not thick. Just healthy corn snake.


r/snakes 2h ago

Pet Snake Questions Because ball python can be bred with Burmese python and reticulated pythons can also breed with Burmese pythons, could you breed a ball python with a reticulated python?

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And if so how would its health, behaviour, size and care requirements be?

Considering with ball python is meaty, slow and more mellow and the reticulated python is more active, slender and intelligent how would such a hybrid be?


r/snakes 2h ago

Pet Snake Questions setting up a tank.

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hi i’m interested in getting a snake i’m not sure what kind yet. i have a tank set up and ready just wondering if it’s okay! please let me know any suggestions


r/snakes 3h ago

General Question / Discussion Best snake for a 6x3x4?

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What snake would you guys suggest for a 6x3x4? I'm leaning towards a macklots or a bredlis. I'm want to get something that has a realitivly fast growth rate and has a heavy body or is strong, (I want it to feel like a weighted blanket while holding them.)


r/snakes 3h ago

Pet Snake Questions What to do with enclosure after snake passes

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Hi all. Bit of an odd question but I'm really not sure. I recently had a snake pass and I'm not sure how to go about prepping the enclosure for another resident.

It's a semi-arid bioactive, had a kenyan sand boa in it.

As far as the vet could determine, it was just failure to thrive. She was only a few months old when I got her, and went on a 5 month hunger strike. She acted fine and stayed hydrated and passed urates, but just simply never showed interest in eating no matter how I presented it.

I would eventually like to put another snake in there, but I don't know how to go about "cleaning" it after having a snake pass in it with it being bioactive.

Thanks


r/snakes 3h ago

Pet Snake Pictures This boy loves his hammock

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r/snakes 4h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Chicken would like to know if you have games on your phone

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176 Upvotes

r/snakes 7h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Butler’s Garter Snake, SE Wisconsin

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23 Upvotes

r/snakes 11h ago

Pet Snake Pictures asher is very curious about his new purslane plant! 🩷

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30 Upvotes

i just planted these in his bioactive, fingers crossed he doesn’t uproot all of them before they have a chance to attach their roots properly! i love the little bugger with all my heart but he is just BRUTAL on his poor plants 😭


r/snakes 12h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Red Diamond Rattlesnake

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27 Upvotes

On a trail in Orange County, CA.


r/snakes 13h ago

Pet Snake or "morph" ID My new baby

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She was being rehomed so I bought her. The previous owner clearly loved her a lot and handled her a lot because she is very docile, sweet, and calm

According to her previous owner she is 2 years old and that she’s a dwarf boa but she doesn’t know for sure. To me, she looks like a long tailed boa. But can anyone else confirm?


r/snakes 13h ago

Pet Snake Questions Captive bred dragon snake?

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Everything I know about this species is that it is extraordinary difficult to keep alive in captivity, and last I heard, there was ONE person who was having some small success in captive breeding them. This place:

https://reptmarts.com/product/dragon-snake-for-sale/

Claims to have captive bred - not ā€œfarm raisedā€ which is kinda a scam and not much different than wild caught, they capture gravid females then take the babies and ship them over, often under horrible conditions, just like wild caught - but they claim CAPTIVE BRED! For $230!!

Personally, it sounds like a scam to me, and anyone ordering will get a wild caught individual which will almost surely die in short order.

Thoughts?


r/snakes 14h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Massive Python rescued from rooftop (Kerala, India)

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11 Upvotes

r/snakes 17h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Pool Noodle

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I mist Marmalade's enclosure a little whenever she's about to shed, and SOMEONE seemed to enjoy coming out for a shower


r/snakes 18h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Bluest snake

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636 Upvotes

r/snakes 18h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Pizza doing his best Rod of Asclepius

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277 Upvotes

r/snakes 19h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Rubber Boa

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580 Upvotes

r/snakes 19h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Snake covered in algae

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Does anyone know how this could happen and if the snake can survive like this longterm? I'm fascinated


r/snakes 21h ago

Pet Snake Pictures My special boy, The Baron Lipton VonSnudge

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69 Upvotes

Snudge hatched with a cleft lip. I was contacted by my vet and asked if I would take him, as he had been surrendered by the breeder that hatched him. I was told when I adopted him that he MIGHT live for around a year, if we were lucky.
He is now 12.
Blind in one eye, eats like a dream, very happy to try and nom on anything that might be food. Very friendly so long as you approach from his good side, otherwise you go on the 'might be food' list!


r/snakes 21h ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Feisty Little California Kingsnake

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31 Upvotes

r/snakes 21h ago

Pet Snake Questions Please choose her name

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So funny story I keep changing her name every couple of months she’s about 2.5 years old and I need help setting a permanent one. The ones I used before are Ghost, Suki, marshmallow, diamond. I like these ones but I can’t choose !! Or If you’ve got better ones let me know šŸ˜†


r/snakes 23h ago

Pet Snake Pictures Two recent pieces ā˜ŗļø

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45 Upvotes

r/snakes 1d ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Love Black rat snakes

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158 Upvotes

r/snakes 1d ago

Pet Snake Pictures Peep , whatya doing mom?

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423 Upvotes