i just love snakes a lot

this is my sideblog for loving snakes! main is @sockhating sapphic :)

[antiqueanimals]

"She jumped she struck at the snake with her strong hind claws." Patten Wilson.

[antiqueanimals]

A Closer Look at Grasslands. Written by Catherine Horton. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson. 1979.

[antiqueanimals]

The Young children's Encyclopedia: Volume 14. 1970s.

[antiqueanimals]

Snake Secrets, written/illustrated by J. M. Roever, 1979.

[kirstielol]

Maya! 💖

[fellowshipofthenoodles]

Tippex decided to snooze right up against the glass so I hung out with him a little bit. What a sweet boy 🥺

[fellowshipofthenoodles]

what if I climbed into your hair. what then.

[antiqueanimals]

Reptiles, written by Bertha Morris Parker and illustrated by Arnold W. Ryan, 1942.

[omg-snakes]

[kedreeva]

I visited a friend yesterday and got to visit with Cookie here for a while. He's a very sweet, high-white Solomon Islands ground boa. The species as a whole is unusual in the hobby, and not a lot has been well established with them, so she and her family have been pulling together research and working with them for a few years now in the hopes of increasing general knowledge of the various subspecies as well as improving husbandry knowledge overall.

This is actually the family my excess mice from breeding go to, and this is one of the snakes they feed! I'm very in love with their project, and I like being able to see these fascinating creatures up close. Unlike many pet-trade species of snakes, their back scales are rough, a little like very smooth pavement. I always enjoy petting snakes, but there's something a little extra magical about touching these ones that sets off my "this is what touching a dragon feels like" sense.

[headspace-hotel]

Slightly weirdly related but I know there’s a mutation/morph of ball pythons that are deliberately bred even though they have neurological conditions, and it’s just like. Why would you do this to a creature.

I recently took in a rehome of that morph and poor baby can’t tell up from down, struggles to eat because she can’t aim to strike her food, has to be kept in absolute perfect conditions otherwise her conditions get worse… she’s beautiful, but it’s so sad to see what peoples need for aesthetics do. There’s so many pretty morphs that don’t have this in them - it’s infuriating that people just don’t care about the animals suffering.

Don’t breed spider morph ball pythons, folks.

Anyway! Sorry. Rant over, I’m just mad. Have a good night!

I've heard about those from some people I follow who are into reptiles, it's really sad. That shit is just selfish

[i-m-snek]

Him dig

[mahnisreptiles]

Norman 💛

[i-m-snek]

Another shed locket done! This one is for myself, of Navi :)

[fuckyeah-snakes]

"Snake's poison is life to the snake; it is in relation to man that it means death." — Rumi

Dedicatory — tattoo design by Cecilia Gomez on inkbox!

[crispysnakes]

Tropical Breeze - Sunglow Keywest Arabesque (Boa imperator)

[crispysnakes]

Amaretto - MAXX Pink line, Argentine boa (Boa c. occidentalis)