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He is indeed a Ball Python.

Not sure where to post this, but I seriously hope that they find the sickos who did this and nail THEM to a pole! http://wbztv.com/watercooler/Snake.nailed.to.2.731597.html It sounds to me like this was an act of revenge on someone. And the fact that none of Trent's vital organs were...

Am I upset? Absolutely. Am I going to beat myself up for it and make myself feel guilty? No. It accomplishes nothing and and I can only move forward. But I can at least have solace in knowing that what happened is pretty common and I've learned from my mistakes. And I'm not quite ready for...

I know it's dehydration. But I'm trying to figure out what led to it. Because he ALWAYS emerged whenever I sprayed down the enclosure.

Huh. Learn something new every day. Whenever I would give him water his abdomen always looked full and plump.

He never used the water dish, preferring to suck it off the walls. I usually sprayed it down every 1–2 weeks. And no, it wasn't mature yet. No tibial spurs. It's sounding like something was clogging his esophagus, hindering his ability to get water, which led to the dehydration.

What do you think it could be?

So today I checked on Poe, my little G. pulchra and discovered him unresponsive with a sunken-in abdomen and a white substance at his mouth. He was not on his back and I'm quite sure he's dead. Only thing is I'm not sure how he could have died. I doubt that it was dehydration because he would...

Another thing about G. rosea: Their behavior can be pretty erratic sometimes. They seem to specialize in making their guardians go insane.

I always wait a week before feeding a freshly molted T. My G. rosea molted last week and I didn't feed her until this week.

Just 2: Female G. rosea Unsexed (probably male) G. pulchra

G. pulchras are absolutely gorgeous when they get their adult colors. The color is even more stunning after a molt. My little guy is a lovely blue-black after he molts.

It's a G. rosea. If it's of any consolation, they are experts at driving their human guardians insane with their strange quirks and antics.

You can never go wrong with Easter Island heads. Good decor idea! My G. rosea has a ceramic skull and a plastic plant in her enclosure, while my little G. pulchra just has his coconut house.

Looks like a red-phase G. rosea to me. Also appears to be a male. Get him a girl ASAP! I'm jealous! You have a male red G. rosea, and my rosie's the common pink-and-brown color. I think she's still too young to reproduce, though.

My rosea does the same thing sometimes. I'm not sure why she does it with some but not others.

I use 2 different substrates for my 2 Ts. I use all-natural cactus soil for my G. rosea as it's drier and more coarse than standard potting soil, and she likes her surroundings bone dry. My G. pulchra gets Jungle Mix, which I mist every other week. He enjoys digging around in it and piling it...

A few weeks ago I changed my G. rosea's name from Artemis to Artemisa Rose, in honor of Italian painter Artemisa Gentilleschi. Because she's a confirmed female I felt that the change was appropriate.

A little quirk about the G. pulchra: The are known to be very industrious little redecorators. You'll have the enclosure set the way you want and they'll end up building a hill, digging out a hiding place, and/or burying the water dish. It's quite amusing, really. My little guy has dug out...

I got my little pulchra in summer of 2004, and he was about 2.5" back then. Now he's closer to 3" and has molted twice in my care. I'm expecting another molt sometime around March.