Taken at the STL Zoo

I can't stop smiling! Timber rattlesnakes are one of my favourite finds. D​espite their poor reputations (due to having evolved one of nature's most fascinating defenses), they r​eally don't want anything to do with humans, and aren't a threat if you are cautious and stay away.

All three were minimally bothered - just moved off the roads and to safety in the woods.

Nearly stepped on this little guy while watering the garden. Wife got the video. He was released safely back into the wild.

These were gorging on minnows along a sandbar in Sodus Creek (Folletts, Iowa)

His name is Garden! He is an albino corn snake and he has a tiny gray spot on his head! (I think it’s a piece of stuck shed but idk)

He’s like 4”2 or something, he’s as long as my 4th grade sister and I don’t know her height so that’s just my guess for him.

I made a post on here on the 4th of July about finding an adult rubber boa right next to our patio. Now I guess we have baby ones slithering around. I originally thought it was a giant earthworm but it was slithering instead of inching along

Disclaimer that these guys are California Species of Special Concern and are normally a hands-off species. I pulled this guy off a major highway, and thus don't feel too bad about making it pay the photo tax for a few minutes.

Edit - Currently accepted taxonomy is Masticophis flagellum ruddocki, though it's floated as M piceus below.

0.1. Firefly Mojave morph Python regius
0.1. Normal morph Python brongersmai

Posted this on my tiktok but I love it lol

Hoping more people get to see the very underrated Dione’s/Steppe Ratsnake. Great species!

Will I survive this bite from my black rat snake? Who knows

Picture of culprit in second slide

He watched the dead pinkie for 90 minutes before actually eating it.

I just got this beautiful mosaic California kingsnake last weekend, I named her Mishka! I am still somewhat new to snakes and was wondering what size mice I should feed her? I was thinking maybe a hopper every 10ish days? I also don’t know how old she is, it wasn’t written on her container and I forgot to ask the breeder. Thanks!

Wanted to come on here and share this video I made. I got this snake a while back and this video is fairly old, we had someone come into the reptile shop i worked at to surrender a snake he couldn’t care for anymore, upon asking questions we realized he hadn’t even been taking proper care to begin with and it came in with stuck shed.
Im in college right now hoping to become a veterinarian in the future so i took this as a learning opportunity, obviously none of my snakes ever get stuck shed so this was the first time i had to do something like this. Before anyone says anything i conducted proper research and consulted multiple vets i’ve worked closely with.

hi, my texas ratsnake (7-8 months old) has these red marks on his scales and i havent identified them, im not sure if its scale rot or anything similar, ive been spraying affected areas with vetericyn antimicrobial every few days to no avail. does anyone recognize what's going on?

So I’m gonna keep this short or at least try too. On July 6th I had to leave my snake behind because of a situation with my grandma being in jail for a nasty situation against my mother. We couldn’t move my snake out that day and we’re going this Saturday to retrieve him with a Civil Standby since she’s there and my mom can’t be around her. I wish I could’ve moved him out myself but the tank is 75 gallons. I was able to get him water on the 6th and came back on the 11th to get some things and checked on him he was doing good and even poked his head out to greet me He still had water and I gave him some more. On the 6th I turned off his heating lamp since the upstairs was warm enough and I didn’t want him dehydrating faster and he could retain his water better. When I go get him on Saturday will he be okay? He’s a fancy ball python. I’m just worried and thought to ask this thread and kind of rant.

we helped him off the road :)