Any other snake lovers??

tricksterpup said:
Hmmm I wonder what you mean by that.. My iguana can be a pain, well cause he is about the size of our cats with a 3 foot tail and he goes where he wants to go. He is pretty narrow minded that way.
Geckos are pretty simple and easy, its just all the crickets and Waxworms they go through.
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It's the feeding and the cleaning and the feeding and the cleaning I was referring to.

The two beardies we had were messy as all get out and ate like pigs. I got tired of all the silkworms. Yah, I know people usually feed crickets and silkworms are more expensive, but they're better for them. I feed my dogs expensive food -- Natural Balance and Neura -- and tend to feed all my animals like that. Chopping up all the veggies. Scooping poop. Actually, didn't mind scooping the poop, it was when they'd poop on the logs and rocks and stuff. Can't scoop that.

Compared to my other animals, they were very care intensive that way.

Roan
 
they were very care intensive
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All lizards are a PITA to maintain.

It is easier to maintain 10 snakes than 2 lizards IME.

Snakes eat once a week and their messes are easily cleaned up.

Lizards eat everyday, make a mess everyday, and always need maintenance.
 
swreefer said:
All lizards are a PITA to maintain.

It is easier to maintain 10 snakes than 2 lizards IME.

Snakes eat once a week and their messes are easily cleaned up.

Lizards eat everyday, make a mess everyday, and always need maintenance.
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Yeah but the leos are just so cute. :)

Well I went and did it, I got myself (personal X-mas gift to myself) a Bull Snake. This is a cute little guy and pretty active and looks very healthy. I got him from a very good reptile shop here in the twin cities. My girl saw a few corns and called me over at the shop while i was looking at geckos. Well, they were right next to the spiders, which I blacked out mentally, we looked at the candy corns. And the owner of the shop let us handle the snakes. Very nice looking corns and i was very impressed with them. Then I saw that they had cb bulls. I wanted to look at them, these were snakes I wanted since I was a teenager, next to the indigo. I got to hold them and so did my girl. We both liked these snakes and then the owner told me I was holding the one that would eat dead mice. I was sold. I will have to post a picture this week.
 
Roan Art said:
It's the feeding and the cleaning and the feeding and the cleaning I was referring to.

The two beardies we had were messy as all get out and ate like pigs. I got tired of all the silkworms. Yah, I know people usually feed crickets and silkworms are more expensive, but they're better for them. I feed my dogs expensive food -- Natural Balance and Neura -- and tend to feed all my animals like that. Chopping up all the veggies. Scooping poop. Actually, didn't mind scooping the poop, it was when they'd poop on the logs and rocks and stuff. Can't scoop that.

Compared to my other animals, they were very care intensive that way.

Roan
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Roan, good food is the only way to go. I tend to only buy the best for my critters. I even found myself a site that sold Silkworms.
 
Here are all my reptiles:

the two males:
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Momma snake (she got eggbound this spring so she stays separate frome the males for the time being):
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Miss. map and my e. painted:
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My ally snapper:
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My basement is filled with reptiles:
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Momma snake is in her own tank off to the left that you can't see. My next herp will probably be a softshell turtle though, I've been intrigued with those lately.
 
swreefer said:
Ahhh. One of the LOUDEST snakes that likes to DISPLAY that there is.

LOL. Just you wait. LOL. :dance2:
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LOL, yep, this one has already hissed and made all sorts of fuss when my girlfriend held him, but quiet up when he was in my hands. :) I guess he knows whose snake he is. ;)
 
Yeah, 200 bucks later...she was alright. Thats why I separated her, because if shes going to breed I'm going to get her fat and string first, then have a plan, instead of running around like crazy trying to keep her healthy. Last year it just kind of happened (who'd of thought, right).
 
tricksterpup said:
Roan, good food is the only way to go. I tend to only buy the best for my critters. I even found myself a site that sold Silkworms.
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I was buying from two different ones, SilkWormsToGo.com and SilkWormFarm.com 'cause one of them was always out of the sizes I wanted. I even ordered cactii pads, but neither of the dragons liked them :rolleyes: Now, THAT was a waste of money.

Heh, I was outside talking to my neighbour about this stupid "tree" that kept popping up in our fence line -- grew half on his and half on my property -- and I was telling him how I'd chopped it down SEVERAL times, dumped stump killer on it, you name it but the dang thing wouldn't die. He told me he'd done the same. Then he said, "Yah, mulberry trees are almost impossible to get rid of once they get growing." MULBERRY?? I almost croaked. Here I am paying like $20 a pound for powdered silkworm food and there's a bloody mulberry tree (more like a weed) in my own back yard. ROFL!

How come 98% of those Silkworm farms are in CA? Shipping is nuts to the East Coast.

That reminds me, I've got about 3 or 4 ½ or 1 pound packages of powder lying around that we are not going to use. If anyone is interested, send me a PM. I'll probably let it go for $5 a pound + shipping.

Roan
 
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