Emily's Snake Thread

[ProXimuS]

Ok so I'll do it too And hopefully in the not too distant future I will have more to add!


So I wanted to start with this pic.
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This is something he likes to do pretty often. He'll go and rest his chin on the branch, the waterbowl, just any ledge. It's really cute He'll sit there for a couple hours sometimes, I think maybe he likes to sleep like that, but not sure since he doesn't have eyelids.... Does any one elses snakes rest their heads like this?

Heres another pic from the other day(the first one is from today).
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Today is also feeding day

[chris-uk]

He looks like a mellow, relaxed snake. If he's resting his chin and not moving for a while there's a good chance he's sleeping. My female radix will sleep almost anywhere and if she's really sleeping I can touch her without her waking up - it's really disconcerting.

[Eight]

He looks like a mellow, relaxed snake. If he's resting his chin and not moving for a while there's a good chance he's sleeping. My female radix will sleep almost anywhere and if she's really sleeping I can touch her without her waking up - it's really disconcerting.

I can do this with my kingsnake, I choose not to mostly though. He really does have quite the temper if startled.

Emily, you have a very nice ribbon there. I really hope to get a couple myself some day

[guidofatherof5]

He looks like a mellow, relaxed snake. If he's resting his chin and not moving for a while there's a good chance he's sleeping. My female radix will sleep almost anywhere and if she's really sleeping I can touch her without her waking up - it's really disconcerting.

They do it as a joke. Many times I've let out a "Oh, no" thinking I had lost a snake due to the fact they refuse to move. Only to reach in, touch them and have them look at me like "what's going on man, I was sleeping"
The little jerks. It's not funny. It's not funny.

[Invisible Snake]

Nice looking guy! My garters do it all the time, they constantly lay their heads on the rim of their water bowls. I think it's because they associate the water with where they find food. I sort of tested the theory by introducing a fish smell around their enclosure and as soon as they got a whiff of it they went to their water bowl and hovered over it for about 15 minutes waiting for any signs of movement inside it. A couple of them even dunked their heads in it waving side to side.

[ProXimuS]

Yea I know for sure mine associates his water with food. If it's been a little longer than normal between feedings he'll start nonchalantly passing by/over/in his waterbowl. Something he doesn't do often. At least not back and forth and back and forth

[mikem]

I've witnessed the resting on the water bowl thing too. Now that you have your own thread, you must add more pictures!

[Invisible Snake]

Hey Emily what will be the next snake you get, a garter or a ribbon?

[ProXimuS]

Hey Emily what will be the next snake you get, a garter or a ribbon?

Hmm...Lots of garters on my mind, but I'd really like to get a female T. p. orarius so they can breed. But I'd probably still want to wait even after I get a second (or more!) snake until I start breeding them...I'd also like an infernalis, a blue puget, albino checkered, radixes have really been growing on me(I love their faces)..Hmm I could go on a little, but those are the main ones that come to mind. But I really do like them all

And I will be putting up more pics

[snake man]

He looks like a nice little fella.