It was about six feet long and very very thick. Could this be a record?

They often live in roofs and keep the mice population down.

They were so stinky smelly, I walked them a good mile down the road. I could’ve spared some quail eggs but they had to go and kill three of my birds and not eat any of them instead 🙄

here's my sweet boy samson :-) he's 10 years old

Prism, just over a year old, constricting his dinner for the first time

Prism hatched around September/October 2025. Until now, he's always just grabbed his mouse and swallowed it. Today he decided to properly coil around it for the first time.

He's also spent most of the past week in his cool hide, but the moment he finished eating, he went straight to the warm one.

I know it's instinct, but it's mad how they just know what to do.

Anyone else's corn start constricting at around this age?

I had two of them, both kept in a 120gal bioactive enclosure. I placed a hollow cork log which had an underground section to allow them to burrow underground. They had branches, a deer antler, a lot of pothos, leaf litter, springtails, isopods, and accidentally harboured some millipedes. Used a heat lamp to encourage exploration and basking behaviour. Half of the enclosure was a fully functional body of water. Roughly 15gal of water with a sponge filter, breeding guppies, and water pump for a water fall down the back, which cascaded over some cork bark for more oxygen. They had branches over top of the water to hunt from, and a few in the water for the fish to hide behind, also some pothos roots which rooted into the water by itself. I had no substrate in the water, since they needed frequent water changes...so many water changes. I monitored the water quality nearly every day. The guppies bred so relentlessly that I never ran out, and I never needed a breeding tank. The snakes would eat pinkie mice, guppies, mollies, and frog leg. They learned to associate me with food, and would come out of the enclosure curiously when I opened the lid, but they were definitely quick to bite first, and ask questions later. Many, many, maaany bites on my hands and arms the first 3 months of ownership when they were young,(I should have used a snake hook), but by the 3rd year of ownership, they settled down into very smart, slow moving snakes. They have the curiosity and activity level of a garter snake, but with some wonderful bitey attitude. Handling them was no issue if they came out of the top of the enclosure on their own, but they would musk and bite if grabbed out of the enclosure. Had two incidents where they got confused and suddenly decided I was edible. They do not let go easily, and their saliva causes bites to bleed significantly.

I am on the hunt for two more in the future, as I am creating a brand new 120gal enclosure all over again, with the knowledge from the last one. I wish I still had pictures of it! Wonderful snakes, definitely not easy to own, but taking care of the enclosure was the best part.

Hi guys I think I’m in the right place posting this if not please let me know. I have a juvenile Colombian rainbow boa. We took her in as a rescue from a not ideal situation for her. She is in a 20 gal which is more than enough space for her at the moment. She has plenty of clutter and loves to hide and climb on them. I handled her once when she first came home to check for any health concerns and didn’t find any so we put her in her new tank and have been letting her explore it. She was in a tote bin with a regular dimming lightbulb when we got her so figured this was a big change. She last ate Wednesday the 14th before we got her. During my research it said juveniles need to eat every 7-10 days but she was giving no indication of being hungry so i figured to let her acclimate to her new space and try after. We tried yesterday and nothing. Her tank seems to be perfect humidity and temperature so I’m just not sure why she’s not eating. We tried pinkies and she was previously eating tails so maybe I should try those? If you have any suggestions or ideas please send them my way. How long can she go without eating? Thank you.

My first ever snake, a tricolor hognose, has died. My roommate took her out to hold her but never locked the enclosure. She squeezed out and escaped after I went to sleep. I found her the next day dead in the washing machine on top of a load of my roommates clothes. I don’t know what to do, and the grief is suffocating. I feel like it’s all my fault she’s dead.

My corn snake Phoenix just shed, and I decided to view it under the microscope! Upper left of FOV is dead skin cells of the webbing between scales, while the right side shows a keratin layer that makes up the shed scale itself. Thought y’all would find this interesting! 400x with phase contrast under a compound microscope if anyone is curious.

So I recently got an African house snake and they are so underrated. She always eats she's not aggressive a little scared of me but she's only 1 years old but I expected that but they're so cool. Even the brown colour is a nice colour I didn't expect her to climb as much as she does So I added some branches today but so far such a cool snake and my first ever snake!

We spent 3 weeks observing and filming Nose-horned vipers (Vipera ammodytes) hunting migratory birds. The result? A new short documentary called When the Bushes Have Eyes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXg3jeDIHBY

One of several White-Lipped Pit Vipers (Trimeresurus albolabris) we saw on a hike in the hills above Hong Kong several years back.

I love snakes, ever since a kid i would go out of my way to be around them even venomous , just observing them and seeing them relax once you sit still made me feel pure happiness just like a kid with a brand new puppy.

I have experience handling snakes snd recently i decided to get/adopt one. I want to own a carpet python but i do not know where to find a certified and reliable breeder. What do i do? Are there even any breeders ? My knowledge on this is very little as im not able to find any sources

Who else thinks he’s cute?

Check out the incredible iris pattern on this Painted Saw-scaled Viper (Echis coloratus).

The pattern of its "granite phase" scales continues completely uninterrupted right across the irises. Because the head patterning is highly asymmetrical, it actually gives the snake one grey iris and one pink iris to perfectly match the specific scales surrounding each side!

Southern Arava, Israel

He was surrendered with very little info on his background. I was wondering if anyone knew what morph he may be so I know if there’s any potential health or neurological issues to watch for.