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Keeping and breeding of unusual snakes

01/09/2026

A pretty bizarre incident just happened. While feeding, my female Antaresia maculosa swallowed the left half of her lower jaw along with the prey, and it got stuck in her throat on her own teeth. It looked nasty, but fortunately I managed to fix it within a few seconds, and she's completely fine.

23/08/2026

Some time ago, I made a post about the differences between Boaedon unicolor (the common species, often misidentified as B. fuliginosus) and Boaedon perisilvestris. Now you can see even more differences in freshly hatched babies. B. unicolor on top, B. perisilvestris on the bottom.

21/08/2026

Sounds on! Snakes of the genus Dasypeltis are masters of bluffing. When they feel threatened, they inflate their bodies, flatten their heads, rub their scales together loudly, and launch open-mouthed strikes—mimicking the behavior of venomous saw-scaled vipers of the genus Echis. In reality, however, they are completely non-venomous, have very few teeth, and feed exclusively on bird eggs.
In this case, my young pair of D. gansi simply didn't appreciate being moved into a new enclosure.

18/08/2026

Another snail-eating snake on the hunt. This time it's Sibon nebulatus from the New World. This snake has jaws that are less specialized for this diet than those of snakes in the family Pareidae, so after successfully catching a snail, it has to brace the snail's shell against a twig or thorn in order to pull the snail out and consume it. Since they are rather shy, I gave him some privacy for the rest of the process so he could successfully finish his meal.

17/08/2026

Snakes with triangular or similarly unusual body shapes, such as Limaformosa, as well as species like Bungarus and Xenodermus, have always reminded me, as a keeper, of sick or starving animals. However, after several years of keeping Limaformosa crossi, I'm finally starting to get used to their unusual appearance.

15/08/2026

So far, this has been my most effective method for getting Viperine snakes (Natrix maura) hatchlings to feed well. Group feeding encourages healthy competition among the hatchlings, while placing the food in water ensures that it moves, which attracts their attention and stimulates their hunting instinct.

09/08/2026

The F2 generation of Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia from Cameroon is already halfway there.

07/08/2026

A cute little Tiger snake (Telescopus semiannulatus).

04/08/2026

Since you (rightfully) called me out for not showing the final stage of the feeding process in the previous video, here it is! Pay special attention to the snake's massive jaw muscles. Together with the asymmetrical halves of its lower jaw (although this adaptation is less developed in P. carinatus than in some other species of the genus), which can move independently, they allow the snake to pull the snail's soft body out of its shell like a pair of tweezers.

01/08/2026

A female Pareas carinatus enjoying a hearty dinner. Although it may look a bit like a slow-motion video, it actually isn't! Even so, they're highly successful predators. When your prey is a snail, there's simply no need to rush.

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