Hello everyone we have a Ball named Noodle she's around 6 and we are pretty sure a female. Every winter it gets cold and she goes on hunger strikes. She's always been a finicky eater but we try to offer a couple times a month. Then she's always got a full water bowl.

Lately we've noticed her acting lethargic, head barely moving and just wanting to hide. The only thing different is new bedding(ReptiChip), but she was off and not eating before this change.

I am calling vets first thing in the morning, but if anyone can give me advice on what might be going on? Also any advice for a picky eater(We have had her for 5 years) she's always been small and had weight issues due to this.

Edit: I forgot to add she eats small rats and is in a 40 gallon breeder tank.

Im new to owning snakes and i know this seems small but i wouldnt want it to melt the hard plastic

Hi there! I'm writing this post because I don't know if I should be alarmed of mishandling or if this is normal handling of snakes. I am not a fan of snakes as they scare me but because of ig I'm seeing videos of them and some of them are very cute/ beautiful. One day while scrolling I came across nickthewrangler insta. He has a bunch of poisonous and venomous snakes. He will handle them without any protection and will even kiss a king cobra on its head. He will milk the venomous snakes just to do it and record it. His overall handling of them doesn't sit right with me. Also his interaction with comments doesnt sit right with me. He comes off as he knows best and very condescending. People will tell him xyz is dangerous dont do that and he'll say he knows more and knows his snakes and trust them not to bite him. I'm a firm believer that even the most loyal pet is still an animal and can be unpredictable. So I'm no expert but I am/ will be concerned if these snakes are being mishandled. Though I might not be a fan of snakes I don't want them suffering either. Is he doing right by his snakes and I'm the one that needs to learn more?

I recently had to re-home my ball python due to her picky eating habits, and the only place near me selling live was an hour away. I've had alot of experience with king and milk snakes, but I'm looking for something new. Any suggestions of snakes that aren't too picky with eating that I should look into?

I found this snake in my house, I live in Maryland. What kind of snake does it appear to be? Any responses help, thank you.

I noticed orange discoloration on my rat snake's underside. The scales are slightly misshapen and whatever it is looks like it's not on top of the scales but underneath.

From afar I thought she had blood from a mouse on her and I took her out to wipe it off with a warm damp cloth and noticed it was odd.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you

(I promise I'm not holding her tight, just enough that I could get a clear picture. She wasn't trying to get away either)

Hello! I'm working on compiling information from any decent reptile site I can and making what's essentially a masterlist of information on reptile care. I was wondering if anyone here has a website/websites that they prefer over others from me to look into for some of these!

I was wondering if anyone has any safe silicone recommendations for sealing a Dubia Roaches enclosure to stop water leakage? I know it needs to be 100% and not have any extra stuff in it, but I don’t know what would work for the material of my enclosure. Most of the silicones I see online are for glass aquariums and I don’t know if that would work for my enclosure.

Hello!

I'm setting up new PVC units for Ball Pythons, a Corn, a Honduran Milksnake, a Mexican Black Kingsnake and a African House Snake. Is there a substrate/mixture I can do for all of them? I live in Saskatchewan Canada. I don't want to use Aspen and I don't want to do bio active.