Snakes And Winter Feeding
Its that time a year again with the cold weather setting in and the dark nights. Most people with sub adult & adult snakes will be experiencing there snake knocking off feeding and turning there nose up at it. Also there feeding patterns becoming irregular, I have a snake that does this every winter. She's finicky and it happens. I can remember when it first happened and it freaked me out so much.
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Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue Needs Your Help
Charles Seifert of Miami-Dade Fire & Rescue Venom Response Team has asked for our help and this is something we need to do. They provide a very important service nationwide. Read below and you'll understand. For those of you who live in Florida a link to find your Commissioner exists. For those of you like me outside the state. I am contacting the Mayor.
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Some Updates and Twitter!
I've done a few updates coding on the back end as well as adding some plugins. Ontop of that the First Aid Kit has seen an update. Pictures are now included. You can click on any item and get a quick visual representation of exactly what the item looks like!
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Home Made Mite Remedy
One of the most common issues that any snake or reptile owner faces is mites! Mites are parasites and tend to be to a certain species per mite i.e. snake mites won't affect your dog, cats etc. Below is an amazingly simple home made remedy found on Cornsnakes.com from Jay of PJCReptiles. The Information/Formula Courtesy Of: Giovanni and Paula Fagioli - "The Bean Farm" The was article was originally written by: Nathan Curtis.
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Handling Regurges
Dealing with a snake regurgitating can be a scary experience for new owner and snaky hobbyist alike. This can be used for most reptiles as well mind you as it is important to take into consideration that ectothermic (cold-blooded) animals need belly heat. There are many ways to deal with a regurgitation but from experience the best route I've found is by Kathy Love. She is a well known breeder of Corn Snakes. Below is her Regurge Care Sheet.
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