new snakes

[stevetastic]

i just picked up a pair (m/f) of African house snakes. they are tiny and adorable! what an underrated snake! The only thing is i have been told that they are not great eaters. has anyone tried these guys with trout worms or red wigglers? any other suggestions on a good meal? the guy i got them from was feeding mouse tails but they didn't seem to be into it.

with them i got a snow corn snake because it was $25 for the trio... ugh! it is so freaking ugly! I think normal corn snakes are gorgeous but this pinkish white, red eyed abomination it a fart in the face of nature. (sorry to all who like snow corns). I do plan on keeping it because i'm sure the pinkish color will appeal to girls while doing my animal demonstrations but jeez! every time i look at its like watching a horrible car accident.

pics if i remember to after they settle in. Definitely will eventually be up on my website.

 

[Mack&Cass]

We've got a snow corn thats about 1.5' now...he gets more yellow with each shed. I think you'll grow to like the little guy, they're fantastic eaters.

 

[stevetastic]

 

[dtknow]

Mouse tails? Why not live small pinkies? I hear these guys have an incredible feeding response hope it all works out! They sure are pretty.

 

[BorisTheSpider]

Feeding mouse tails to a snake is one of the strangest things that I've heard in a long time . You can't go wrong with pinkies .

 

[anna_babyxox]

...Why wasn't he just feeding pinkies? That seems strange to me...that and I'm not too sure how much nutritional value just the tail of the mouse posesses. Anyway, I saw the pictures and I am squee-ing with joy. I can never get enough of teeny baby snakes. So cute! And just so you know, you can ship that snow corn over here anytime. LOL

 

[pitbulllady]

I've never seen a House Snake hatchling so small that it could not eat a pinkie mouse. I know that breeders of Eyelash Vipers have to feed neonates pinkie mouse tails, but they are WAY smaller than House Snake babies! I've had a few House Snakes of different species, and every one of them had the feeding response of a Reticulated Python! These are definitely rodent-feeders, so I highly doubt one would even recognize an earthworm or other invertebrate as food. Try live pinkies if they won't take frozen-thawed, and use forceps to wiggle the pinkie to simulate live prey. You might also try placing the snake and the pinkie in a deli cup with no substrate overnight in a secluded place, since these snakes often are nocturnal.

pitbulllady

 

[stevetastic]

i tried them overnight in deli cups. the corn had a split brain pinkie and the 2 house snakes each had half a pinkie and no go! I really can't see the house snake eating a full pinkie. they are just so slender. a pinkie is about 4-5 times the diameter of the thickest part of there body. I have a few other ideas in mind though. And only one of them seems to be a little skinny. the other 2 are in decent body condition. you can even see through the corn snake if you hold him up to the light and you can see a little poo inside him. its gross. snakes should not be transparent!

 

[sharpfang]

snake in house - house snake

They have red and albino phases........I hear one of the easyist snakes to breed.....up to 10 clutches!.............Jason
Is that a "New River" pitbull lady?

 

[pitbulllady]

They have red and albino phases........I hear one of the easyist snakes to breed.....up to 10 clutches!.............Jason
Is that a "New River" pitbull lady?

You mean my avatar? As far as I know, she's a plain ole' Aphonopelma chalcodes from AZ. I suspect that a lot of these "new" types of Aphonopelmas that are showing up in the pet trade now are just subspecies or regional variants of A. chalcodes, but that's neither here nor there.

pitbulllady

 

[Tleilaxu]

Give them time to settle in, snakes can go awhile without food, so I would not worry yet.

 

[stevetastic]

I'm not too worried yet. the corn and one of the house snakes are in really good body condition. the other house snake is borderline skinny because the guy i adopted them from couldn't get it to eat either so i would like to get him to eat a little soonish.