john - 2012-10-29 Wow do I have bad timing,thanks to hurricaine sandy I am having trouble keeping my snakes tank warm, I added another heater but the temp. keeps going down, What can I do? Right know he is in my shirt.
john - 2012-10-19 Yes! I finally got my desert kingsnake to ecxept frozen fuzzies!The problem is that I was wondering is that don't snakes need exercise? And isnt eating the only time the really burn a decent amount of calories? what I am trying to say is I don't want a fat snake and snakes dont use execise wheels so how am I going to make sure he gets exercise?
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-10-19 Snakes use an incredible about of muscles to move which burns a lot of energy and because they do not eat as often as other animals it is unlikely that it will become over weight.
john - 2012-10-14 Hi, I got a splendida phase desert king snake yesterday at a reptile expo/show and was told that he was eating live rat pinkies and mice hoppers and I was wondering if there was an easy way to get him to frozen/thawed because he is so beautiful and I don't want him to get hurt. P.S. he is about 2 feet long.
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Clarice Brough - 2012-10-14 Converting him to frozen/thawed is a great ides, and there are tons of methods used to accomplish this. Some will work for some snakes and others work for other snakes. Some of the easiest suggestions include: warming the food before its offered and then placing it in the feeding cage with tongs, put some drops of oil from a can of tuna on it before offering it, or dipping it in some chicken broth. The important thing is to be patient, it may take a while for your snake to get hungry enough to try this 'new' food.
Ken Gearhart - 2007-11-03 I run the herp aspect of a pet store in PA, and the desert kingsnake is, easily, the best snake I have ever handled or housed. They are great pets and are very beautiful.
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Jacob Zimmerman - 2012-07-18 They are easy to care for but you have to watch them they are the houdinis of the snake world
Now here's a "snake with an attitude". This guy isn't taking any guff from anybody!
And how much, what are the price ranges of the snake?
$20 to $40 for a good one, usually on the high end.
Wow do I have bad timing,thanks to hurricaine sandy I am having trouble keeping my snakes tank warm, I added another heater but the temp. keeps going down, What can I do? Right know he is in my shirt.
Yes! I finally got my desert kingsnake to ecxept frozen fuzzies!The problem is that I was wondering is that don't snakes need exercise? And isnt eating the only time the really burn a decent amount of calories? what I am trying to say is I don't want a fat snake and snakes dont use execise wheels so how am I going to make sure he gets exercise?
Snakes use an incredible about of muscles to move which burns a lot of energy and because they do not eat as often as other animals it is unlikely that it will become over weight.
Hi, I got a splendida phase desert king snake yesterday at a reptile expo/show and was told that he was eating live rat pinkies and mice hoppers and I was wondering if there was an easy way to get him to frozen/thawed because he is so beautiful and I don't want him to get hurt. P.S. he is about 2 feet long.
Converting him to frozen/thawed is a great ides, and there are tons of methods used to accomplish this. Some will work for some snakes and others work for other snakes. Some of the easiest suggestions include: warming the food before its offered and then placing it in the feeding cage with tongs, put some drops of oil from a can of tuna on it before offering it, or dipping it in some chicken broth. The important thing is to be patient, it may take a while for your snake to get hungry enough to try this 'new' food.
I run the herp aspect of a pet store in PA, and the desert kingsnake is, easily, the best snake I have ever handled or housed. They are great pets and are very beautiful.
They are easy to care for but you have to watch them they are the houdinis of the snake world
we should take care everything that has life even snakes....
I love snakes. by jude c henne
They're soooooo cool.
What type of background should be used for a california kingsnake and how big does the cage need to be?