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[lovesnuffles]

Lol, I dunno if I like the name Satan because of the whole bad reputation snakes get with him :/ Since he supposedly appeared to Adam and Eve as a serpent and now everyone thinks snakes are evil and whatnot. Idiots.

Especially Satan for a female :O

[gordon21]

lmao yea idk i dont really pick out names for reptiles so any suggestions ?

[TylerAlmighty]

Here's some i can think of that can swing both ways for female or male, just incase ;)

Sid
Deon
Cheyenne (shy-ann)
Hayden
Kayden
Carson

Im really creative at thinking of names. If you want more pm me i can go all day :D

[gordon21]

lol yea i think ill go with hayden

[DodoBird27]

Those are some nice names, I like Hayden too. And Sid xD I'm gonna add that to my list of crested gecko names (yea, I have a list, don't make fun of me!:p)

[gordon21]

lol thats a good thing to have a list

[TylerAlmighty]

Nothing wrong with being prepared. ;)

[TylerAlmighty]

Koda just went into shed today. Here he is :D

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i123/Tyty156/kodaa001.jpg

[NASAAN101]

Tyler,
He is tiny.. What kind of snake is he? Hes cute, but werid looken, but a a cool way?!
Nikki

[lovesnuffles]

He looks yellow!!

[DodoBird27]

Hes so cute!

Nikki, thats a Kenyan Sand Boa. A beautiful lookin one too!!

[TylerAlmighty]

lol He's a kenyan sand boa. They normally only get 3-4 feet as adults. And hes camera shy, i can never get a pic of him without him burying his face into my fingers. The camera did good justice on his colors on this one, hes a yellow-ish orange i suppose heh. Heres his feeding vid i just made today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtZce-XPKIY

[lovesnuffles]

He's one awesome looking little dude. He's YELLOW! .... That trips me out :/ Never seen a yellow one before :P

Poor mousy. I don't think it even felt that bite, did it? :P

[TylerAlmighty]

I dont think so either, i think the mouse was more like "wtf?" about it at first lol. His first live pinky he struck it fast and double coiled it, but he might have been nervouse becaus he just shed and hes 4 days late for feeding..?

[NASAAN101]

Tyler,
hes cute, what is his name? is this a beginner snake or no? i watched the video, and the mistake he made was biting the mice on the butt.. but that just what i saw..
Nikki

[lovesnuffles]

They are good beginner snakes Nikki. No, he didn't make a mistake in eating the mouse. The only mistake he could have made would have been to try to eat it belly first. My snakes try that sometimes.

[DodoBird27]

Lol PJ has eaten one belly first before xD He totally bent the poor thing in half, I didn't think it would fit down his throat!
KSBs are good beginnger snakes, but they can be nippy sometimes.

[raptor667]

Good Vid, good lighting and a very pretty snake.....but come on, there's no reason for you to feed it live rodents. It's getting to the point now that the RSPCA are actually prosecuting some people who feed live vertebrate food items to snakes.

Do the right thing and switch to frozen or at least prekill the mouse first, there's no reason for it to suffer like that.

Also newly proven, frozen is better for the snake....because freezing the mouse/rat/gerbil kills almost all parasites in the food item.

[NASAAN101]

guys,
like i said, im new at keeping snake, so I'm trying to learn as much as i can before i really my a choose on what kind of snake i should get!!
Nikki

[DodoBird27]

You say that in every post, we understand lol
He was talking to Tyler though...

[NASAAN101]

Tyler,
how long have you had her? or is it a he?
Nikki

[TylerAlmighty]

Its a he, and he is 3 months old ive had him for one month. He is 9 inches long so far, has never even thought about striking me, fun to handle. Best of all, he was cheap ;)

[lovesnuffles]

I don't think Koda is a normal. I think he's a flame kenyan. I saw some at the show today. They're yellow like that.

[TylerAlmighty]

Very possible.

Oh yeah and raptor, koda just wont eat F/T. Ill try pre-killing this weekend, but how should i do it? sounds like a brutal buisness o_O

[raptor667]

Tyler...slide your fingers around the neck of the mouse with one hand and make sure you can feel the bones in the skull and jaw. the grip the body with the other hand and give it a sharp tug with both hands and you should hear a crack as the neck breaks.

Or whack it over the back of the head with the handle of a screwdriver. Depending on how hard and where you hit it will determine that it's either brained of stunned.

Hopefully once you have changed over to prekilled you should have no probs going to frozen.

[Lucid_Existence]

Very possible.

Oh yeah and raptor, koda just wont eat F/T. Ill try pre-killing this weekend, but how should i do it? sounds like a brutal buisness o_O

It doesn't take much to kill a rodent. I used to hit them in the head with some blunt object, but that can get bloody. Now I just hold them by the tail and slam them up against the walll, depending on how hard they hit, it will either stun them, knock them out, or kill them. I'm sure there are easier methods, but that's just what I do. My boa is spoiled and I hand feed her, so I try to avoid the mess of blood shed if I can.

[Lucid_Existence]

Yeah, I can't break their necks with my hands...
I wear thick leather gloves, and even so, I have a hard time holding them by the tail... Disgusting little creatures! And usually by the time I get them home and the snakes ready to eat, the damn vermin have already poo'd and urinated all over themselves.

[TylerAlmighty]

I dont think i could kill a pinky with any of those methods... I cant even kill a worm...

I think il just try F/T again and maybe thaw it out in a hot cup of water with chicken ramen noodle flavoring. i heard that works sometimes...

[Mika85]

FINALLY got my snake lol took forever but i got him. His name is Marley

[NASAAN101]

Guys,
Those are my to kids, but there living with a friend Right now! Nicky is a 2-mouth old female and Micky is a year-old male! Let me know what you guys thing!
Nikki

[lovesnuffles]

Mika, nice stripe action going on yours!! And nice sleeve! Lol

Nikki, they're cute!

[NASAAN101]

lovesnuffles,
Ya they are cute, Nicky is about two mouths old now, and she loves being out, so dose Micki! i'm going up this weekend to see my kids, so ill take some know photos of both of them!
Nikki

[Mika85]

Thanks Lovesnuffles!! yea hes getting way more comfortable with me and hes so active! more so then most I've been around lol

[lovesnuffles]

Lol, they all have different personalities Mika. My two are night and day. In the cage my female is way active, and out with me she just sits there. My male just sits there in the cage and when he's out he's super active! Lol! He'll be more comfortable with you when you're more comfortable with him though. Animals seem to sense that stuff somehow ..... :/ Even when you're not aware of it yourself.

[NASAAN101]

lovesnuffles
I'll speck for that, that how my two kids are, to! Mika, how are are your snakes?
Nikki

[DodoBird27]

They are both beautiful!
Nice tat Mika :cool::D

[Mika85]

Marley is doing alright, the only thing is he has not defecated since i have had him... i last fed him 4 weeks ago and have been holding off not knowing if i should wait. i am trying warm soaks to see how that goes. i am guessing i will need to feed him regardless by the end of the week... but other than that he is still active :)

[lovesnuffles]

Try soaking him. Merlot only goes when he soaks. Luke warm water.

[Mika85]

thanks snuffles that is what i am trying... hopefully he will go soon, how long should i wait until it becomes a problem? and should i feed him before he goes? i know they can go awhile without eating but i hate that its been 4 weeks already..

[DodoBird27]

I say go ahead and feed him one more time, then stop until he goes. Sometimes my snake doesn't go after every feeding either.
Feel around at the base of his tail first and make sure you don't feel any lumps, that would be impaction. I doubt he has it, but anything can happen.

[Mika85]

thanks! i think ill feed him this week and see how it goes. i know the mouse i fed him was a little small so thought that may be have been the problem.

[brendar7639]

Hi, I am a new member of forum. Would a newcomer be warmly welcome here? Good day you guys!!!

[lovesnuffles]

Newcomers are but bots are not >:[

[micktierney]

My new Albino King Snake but could anyone tell me what breed of king snake he or she as the case maybe derives from the guys at the pet shop had no idea, and i cant seem to fing the right name for him either anybody fancy helping lol ive been picking my brains about it since i got him on saturday
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[lovesnuffles]

It's an albino cali king snake :] And looks beautiful too

[Roy]

Serge & Ruby enjoying their new enclosure :)
http://www.boatips.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=156&pictureid=995

[Roy]

A few pix of my Bill. :D
http://www.boatips.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=158&pictureid=997

http://www.boatips.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=158&pictureid=999

[slight]

bill -
what is that that he's on?

[Roy]

It's some big weird plant thing that's growing in our front yard and Bill is coiled around this big freaky looking flower it's producing. I'm sorry, my botany skills are poor,:( I found it in the bushland behind my house.
http://www.boatips.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=158&pictureid=1002

[WiccanWolf88]

I love that pic! Natural!

[lovesnuffles]

Yeah lol, natural, but that plant is pretty funky!

[Roy]

I love that pic! Natural!

Thanks, it was taken from my phone ;)

[Roy]

Here's the goss on this weird plant :DOk, my wife Tara just checked out what this weird plat is about. It is called an Agave or a Century plant. Apparently the Mexicans use it to make Tequila?????? what it's doing in my Australian front yard I don't know, but apparently that flower is really spectacular when it blooms and it takes so much energy for it to support the flowering process that the plant itself dies after it blooms.
http://www.boatips.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=158&pictureid=1002

[DodoBird27]

Ooh yeah, Agave. My family buys agave nectar, it's a good sweetener. Nice plant, too bad it dies after flowering! Bill sure likes it lol.

[Roy]

Yeah, he's not a hard to please kind of snake :D

[Sparcky]

I finally got my snake! Well I got 2 actually. I could not decide between the two....
So here are Apollo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68119484@N08/6193138070/in/photostream/

and Apophis
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68119484@N08/6193138348/in/photostream/

They just ate so they finally held still enough for decent pics. I love my corns <3

[Sparcky]

awww.... my post did not show up :(

[lovesnuffles]

They're beautiful!! And they take me back to the days when I had my first snakes!

[Sparcky]

It was love at first sight! I can't believe they are so tiny... Apollo's head is barely the size of my fingernail and Apophis is smaller. They are so funny. I could spend hours just watching them explore. I think Apollo is a lavamel and Apophis is a fire morph... not sure though. Any insight would be appreciated..

[lovesnuffles]

Apollo kinda looks like a creamsicle to me and Apophis like an Amelanistic. But corn snake morphs are so many and many of them look so much alike that it's REALLY hard to tell what morph any corn snake is anymore.

[DodoBird27]

Congrats! They're beautiful =) When in doubt, just get 'em all. xD

[Sparcky]

Apollo chillin' in his favorite spot..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68119484@N08/6210405880/in/photostream

[lovesnuffles]

Way cool! Love the skull!!

[frankywdmn]

Cool snake!

[Thom]

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg235/Thom0108/New%20snake/Hawnandus.jpg
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg235/Thom0108/Picture011-2.jpg
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg235/Thom0108/New%20snake/100_0324.jpg
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg235/Thom0108/Today/100_0012Diego.jpg
I know I know I know he isnt a snake. Give him a break though people. He feels left out if I dont try to include him on some things too.
BOATIPS.COM ROCKS!

[lovesnuffles]

That. boa. is. AMAZING!! I love him!! He's beautiful!! Such coloring ...

And I love the pic of Hawn with her mouth open! LOL

[Thom]

I love the pic of haw like that. I just wsh it was a bit more clear so you could actually see her teeth. It almost looks like she is toothless. lol

[lovesnuffles]

Lol, yes it does :P Poor Hawn

[DodoBird27]

Lol, that's a great picture of Hawn! Cute pup too xD