by ~Tornado~ » Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:22 am
Hello! I'm a new snake owner whos done a crap ton of research and am open for discussion to know how to better my snake caring!
I currently have three snakes I'm not going to get any for a while don't worry.
I have a albino pueblan milksnake who we don't actually know the sex of as we don't want to probe or pop it because there's no reason to and the only way we'd do it is take it to the vet, basically it doesn't matter and we call it a girl and her name is Azula. She came from a very well trusted small pet store who was sadly closing, they had two milk snakes (we were originally going for a corn because they are so well behaved and easy to care for) they had a older normal and the smaller albino, but the pet store heavily suggested the albino because of her temperament. I've heard iffy things about milks, that they're snappy and ill tempered. But Azula is such a great individual, she's never bit or hissed or anything, she's really great and calm even when she had a stuck shed and we had to help her out she didn't bite
We also have a Cinnamon Enchi ball python we got from BHB she's really great, very shy but that is the way with them, however they actually did send us the wrong snake, we ordered a yearling of the same morph with a very different coloring, but they sent us a 2017 enchi cinna so we're going to get some of our money back but we're not going to send her back or anything
Her name is Vera
And then I just got another ball python from an expo, he's a pastave bee and we need to be a bit better with our quarantine techniques so I'm really hoping there's nothing wrong with him. He doesn't seem to have any mites or RI issues he seems very healthy but we're checking him out constantly as well as Vera for any bad signs, because I'm going to admit and I'm sorry not doing a good job keeping them separate from each other ( they're not touching or in the same cage or being held at the same time none of that!)
He doesn't have a name yet, he's much more outgoing than Vera is, less shy and he's like actually my snakes as in when I move out and such I'm taking him with me
We did take a shower after the expo and washed all our clothes and such, so if there's nothing wrong with him as it appears to be now everything should be fine
He's got a bit of a spin as is with the spider gene, but he's really young and it's not bad when he's calm. But we're being careful with him but he seems very healthy. He is acting normal sticking to his hide in a loose ball not the frightened tight, head tucked behavior, he just ate before the expo and he seems to be of good build, in fact he seems a little better fed than the one from BHB.
Anything I should watch out for? I'll really need to see how he eats next week, we fed both of the other snakes on Saturday, and he ate the day before, so we'll feed him at the same time as the others next week
Yellowlight dang I am so so sorry about your snakes that's terrible!
I've heard really good thinks about Mexican black kings, but never seen one in person