Does anyone else own an exotic pet (reptiles, inverterbrate etc.)?

How long can you keep snakes in those containers? I'd love some snakes but most of the cost involved is with the vivarium (especially glass vivariums).

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I'm not sure. The pet shop I bought my king snake say it's fine to keep them in RUBs forever, as long as you get the larger ones. You can get RUBs that aren't very tall but cover a fair amount of ground.

The place I bought my corn snake said to move to a viv after 1-2 years.

Currently the corn is in a larger RUB, and I'm not sure what I'll do as he grows larger. Haven't worked it out yet! Might depend on the size he ends up as. :/

Omg I hate Spiders. If that was in my house I'd probably burn my house down!

How long can you keep snakes in those containers? I'd love some snakes but most of the cost involved is with the vivarium (especially glass vivariums).



Thanks she's even more vibrant in real life, she has a velvet black thorax and legs and a scarlet abdomen (which is why I named her Scarlett :P), the picture really doesn't do her justice. It's hard to get a good one of her though because she's always in her burrow!

Ok thanks! I should be able to save up money for a proper viv over a year or two, so I'll really consider a snake, there are some lovely little corn snakes in the local reptile shop, there are also some really nice African house snakes.

I bet she's stunning to look at! I have wanted one for ages but my family isn't really warming to the idea of it but they said I could get one if I look after it etc. haha I guess this would be prime time to ask, are they actually good pets? how hard are they to keep? do they become loyal to you because that's really my main concern they'll try to run off haha

Corns are insanely easy to look after. It's almost enough to make one believe in a deity, because they seem to have been put on this planet solely for the purpose of become a pet.

They don't bite, eat once a week (but if it comes down to it, they'll be fine for much longer - my corn got unwell when he was young and went 6 weeks without food, and adults can go longer than babies), are hardy, non-aggressive, small....

Don't handle them 48 hours after they've eaten, and be aware that after this time they can and will poo on you - best time to handle is after they've pooed and before they get fed.

Get a corn! They are wonderful. There's lots of varieties, so make sure you have a look before you get one. Mine was called 'black corn snake' in the shop, but I think its technical name is anerythristic. I hate the orangey colour that most corns have.

I think they're great pets, mainly because they're so interesting to watch and study - they're really intelligent and behave in ways you've never seen animals behave before. They're very easy to care for - put a cricket in their tank twice a week and they'll be fine, most species will live at room temperature, they don't require attention, they don't need cleaning, they're very hardy... the only thing you have to watch for is when they molt, some species like to randomly fast too which can be annoying. Care information is easy to find on the internet though.

As for loyalty, they don't really have 'emotions' as we know them, they'll probably never love you like a dog would, unfortunately... but you don't have to worry about them escaping unless you're silly enough to leave the lid off.

I'd love to be able to just look and stare at it for hours on end! I think it would be so interesting. oh wow that does sound quite easy! I thought they'd be very hard to look after, cleaning the tank once a day, monitoring the temperature of tank etc. what would you say would be the best tank to get?

Does your mexican red rump molt a lot? because that seems like such a beautiful spider! I am actually really keen on getting one now!

Thannks for all this info btw

Snakes are cool and its nice to see all the pictures. But its difficult to get an idea of how big they are and for someone deciding what type to get its important t know. I mean generally big snakes are better but if youve only go a tight space then one getting too big means its not comfortable. So how big are your snakes?

Oh wow she's beautiful. I can't wait for my crestie to be fully grown, it's only a few months old and it's tiny at the minute, this is a picture for size comparison

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I'd like to get a leopard gecko, their patterns are so cool (although I like the crests on cresties too)

I've got three fire bellied newts and a bearded dragon living with me. I'd love to adopt a snake but I don't have the time or money for it at the moment.

I've got a few fish as well. Depends what you class as 'exotic' really.

Thank you! She's a little character, she loves to come out of her viv and walk up and down my arm!

Your crestie is so tiny and cute. I definitely want a crestie next.

I also love the look of Tokay geckos but don't have the balls to own one unless it was tame as hell! Lol!