Herpin Hippie

Herpin Hippie Reptile Keeper in Phoenix Arizona 🌵🐍
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06/07/2026

How to use a rattlesnake’s rattle to know its age. …you can’t.
Well not exactly. While the rattle won’t tell you exactly how old a rattlesnake is it can give you an idea if the snake is a youngster or an old timer.
Younger rattlesnakes grow faster than older rattlers so their rattles will have a more dramatic taper from the base of their rattle to the tip. That is because each segment shows you how big the tip of their tail was when they shed that segment.
As rattlesnakes age those skinny segments they added in their younger years break off leaving a rattle that may not have very much or any taper to it.
That means the rattlesnake has not been growing quickly and can indicate it is an older snake or that times have been hard. If enough food is not available their growth will slow down and so will adding segments to their rattle.

06/06/2026

This is what an albino rattle looks like. From the tip of their tongue to the end of their rattle they lack black pigmentation giving them this yellow and white coloration.
When they are babies they are born pink. But don’t let the cuteness and lack of an audible rattle fool you. They are still venomous as babies even from day one.

06/06/2026

El was hungry today! She got her first treat before I thought she would. At least I got her to go for a decent chase on the second one. 🦎 Thanks for watching! ✌️

06/05/2026

As many times as I need to for you to learn trying to screw me was the biggest mistake of your life. You should spend less time worrying about me and more time worrying about the people that still claim to be your friends. They played you against me and the saddest part is I liked and respected you more than all of them.

Anyway if you want to make your score 0 for 3 be my guest. 😘
…Spot is judging you in the last clip though.

06/04/2026

Bojangles stalking and striking his frozen thawed prey. In the wild rattlesnakes are usually ambush predators which means they wait for their food to come to them.
Bojangles has a great sense of smell and no patience so he is happy to come to his food.
I feed frozen thawed prey to all my pets because it is more humane for the rodents and most importantly safer for my reptiles.

06/03/2026

Spot heading back home after a water change and cage cleaning. 🐍
You can see the moment I aborted my first attempt to tail Spot in this video. He raised his head out of the bucket and turned to the left enough that if I continued to go for the grab he could have had the opportunity to bite me.
Not that he would take the opportunity. Spot has grown very used to me over the years and would likely let me get away with it and a lot more but that is how accidents eventually happen.
People learn what their snake tolerates and that can lead to getting complacent. You start assuming the snake won’t do something because it hasn’t before but with venomous bites it only takes one time to be a life changing incident.
I make it my goal to never be in a position a bite is even possible. Sometimes that means not going for the first grab and knowing how to rethink my approach. It takes longer but it is worth it to know my safety is in my own hands and not just up to me trusting my rattlesnakes won’t bite me.
Thanks for watching. 🐍✌️

06/02/2026

Rattlesnake fang compared to my finger. 😳 🐍

06/02/2026

He’s a very hungry plant. 🐍🍃
Feeding Draco, my California King Snake.

06/02/2026

Usually I have to pull Spot out of his enclosure but today he came out all on his own. I thought maybe he would want to explore but he went straight for the bucket. I guess he was just ready for his water change and habitat cleaning. 🐍
I found a fang in his enclosure while cleaning today. I’ll post that reel tomorrow. ✌️

06/01/2026

Lucy on her way to build some Legos. Pretty impressive without hands. 🐍

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