I to feel your pain, as i have removed car seats and dashboards just to find a harmless house snake.It is all fun and games and one extra story to talk about around the camp fire

Hey Serpy

I am envious of you especially after seeing the mamba & the Cape Cobra how i wish i could keep them where i am.

How i miss SA there are no by laws there !!

Just stay away from the sharp end & be safe

Thanks Guys I will post some pics of how i am housing them as soon as i get a chance but they are kept very simply, in a rack unit with 4inch heat tape and they are in rubbermaid containers that measure 11inches wide by 16inches long & 6 inches tall (Sorry i dont have a tape measure that measure...

Finally after a lot of negotiations and a long wait I have finally managed to get hold of a 1.5 Group of Nephrurus amyae. Today has to go down as one of the best days of my herping career when I picked up these guys from the airport however waiting for them to arrive was a total nightmare they were ...

Hi all i have not been around for a while & for some reason i decided after a 12 hour shift to look at what is happening in the world of herps in my home country.To say the least i am shocked, i did not see this coming.I have spent all my life in KZN collecting herps in captivity and also though...

Hi BV glad to see these guys are doing well and just for the other members on the forum i can vouch for the size of these guys they are dam heavy when holding them on a hook.Thanks for that oppertunity BV and best of luck with breeding

The biggest Mamba i have ever seen was at Fitzsimons Snake Park a good couple of years ago when i was i youngster i would estimate it was about 2.7m and 10cm in girth i still thought to my self that i would die happy trying to catch a beast that size

Welcome Babrepti

I noticed you said you keep hots BEWARE of the sharp end it bites !!
Its great to have you here

If you want my opinion its not a Western Striped Bellied Sand Snake because it does not have the distict yellow/white stripe running down on it's belly.My opinion is Short-snouted sand snake (Psammophis brevirostris)

A Fasciotomy should very rarely be preformed if ever.One should check the cappillary reflexes on the points of the patients fingers to ensure that the swelling has stoped the flow of blood to the tips of the fingers if it has then one may consider an Fasciotomy. It should not be done as often as it ...

When I read this the other day I was super bleak cos thats too far away, but connections pay off... Thanks to Bill Branch's recommendation we have been asked to come with some of our beautiful animals to the one in PE in Dec!! YAY!!!

Boing do you have any details and dates for the one in PE ?

Dear Dairy

Will i ever be able to understand my girlfriend cause i am sure i can understand a black Mamba's mood swings more than hers?
Can i keep her in a cage like my B Dragons and only take her out when i want to play with her?

We are the CHAMPS

Here are some pics of them eating http://www.sareptiles.co.za/gallery/albums/userpics/10327/4_Feeding.jpg http://www.sareptiles.co.za/gallery/albums/userpics/10327/2_Feeding.jpg http://www.sareptiles.co.za/gallery/albums/userpics/10327/1_Feeding.jpg http://www.sareptiles.co.za/gallery/albums/userpic...

Who ever said keeping snakes is easy must know something i dont :!: I deciced i would feed all 26 babies, clean all there cages and take photographs of them before they eat & while they eat. I thought 4hours should be more than enough to get it all done. I was wrong it ended up taking the whole ...