Tanimbar Scrub Python

This is our Tanimbar Scrub Python (Morelia Nauta). This species of snake is very rare and hard to find in captivity, and we are lucky enough to have one. Our's is 7ft+ and is a frisky fella. Within our first day of owning him he almost bit my face and was successful at bitting my husbands hand. Tanimbar is the region that this species is found, the Tanimbar Islands in the Banda Sea. The Tanimbar is a semi aborial species that can be up to 8ft long. They are VERY slim with a wide rage of different color and patterns. They require a high level of humidity. Out of my own experience with this snake they are very curious but timid at the same time. Ours has a very hardy diet, as majority of this species does. We unfortunately do not handle this snake often due to how timid he is, the slightest movement causes him to strike. Something also very rare about this species is that they have fangs!! They do not have venom, but they certainly do have some mean fangs.

Burm

Burm is our male burmese python. He is a granite burmese python. We adopted him from a friend of ours a while ago. When we adopted him he was extremely agressive, as some juvinials are. We have luckily worked him out of his aggression and he is a pretty mellow snake now. He is younger and smaller than our female but should also be breeding size with a few years!!! I currently don't have a very good picture of him as he is going through a rough shed as well. He was affected by the mites that our female had, as we housed them together not knowing that the female had mites. So we had to give him the same treatment of mineral oil. I will hopefully be able to get some pictures posted of him soon, as he is a very beautiful snake.

As a side note I want to stress how important it is to handle your reptiles often when they are young and as they grow so that they will not be aggressive. Also it is very important to have a seperate tank or tote in order to do feedings. Reason behind this is that where a snake eats, is where they claim territory. Where a snake claims territory will tend to be where they show the most aggression.

Blyss

Blyss is an Albino Burmese Python. We have had her for a month or two and it's been a rough adjustment. We bought her from a local exotict pet store and with in the first couple days discovered that she was heavily infested with mites. We began by soaking her for long periods of time, with no avail. We resorted to covering her in mineral oil which has fortunately done the trick. She now however is going through probably the worst shed of her life as mineral oil causes a snake to shed. It's not a normal shed either... it's a shed where every single scale comes off seperately from each other. It's very messy!!! She is absolutley a beautiful snake in all ways. She is close to 6 ft long. Unfortunately we don't have a scale so I can't tell you her current weight. We also don't know her age. But we are sure that she should be breeding age with in the next year or two!!! I will add some more pictures of her to this post once she is out of her shed. I will also add some pictures to this post of her enclosure once it is fully finished.

The Burmese Python

Sceintific name of Python Molurus Bivittatus, the burmese python is one of the 6 largest snakes in the world. Full grown a burmese python can weigh upwards of 200 pounds with a length of apx 20 feet long. Females tend to be larger spanning between 13-20 feet long while the males only span 8-17 feet long. Burmese  pythons are constrictors and suffocate their prey in order to kill it. Being that they are constrictors, they do not have fangs and do not have venom. They do however have teeth. Their teeth are back curving in order to grip their prey in an intial strike. This amazing creature also does not have eye lids but has an epidermal membrane in order to protect their eyes. While on the subject of their eyes, the burmese python has poor eye sight so in turn has a few other key features that help them to prey upon their food. On the roof of the burmese pythons mouth is an organ known as the "Jacobson's Organ". This organ along with the aide of the tounge help to sense out food. The burmese python also has heat pits/holes that allow them to feel the heat of animals nearby; animals such as mammals and birds. In captivity, burmese pythons are known to eat anything from mice and rats to rabbits, pigs and goats. Another amazing feature of the burmese python is their mouths. They have stretchy mouth ligaments that allow them to swallow their prey whole. You can find burmese pythons in such locations as grasslands, marshes, swamps, rocky foothills, woodlands and river valley's. They are semi-aborial, or tree dwelling, when young and love to climb. Along with this knowledge, the burmese python is an amazing swimmer and can stay submerged for up to 30 minutes. Like many animals the burmese python can and possible will go through brumation, or in other words hibernation when it is colder than what they are use to. When not in brumation, the burmese python spends majority of its time hiding in the under brush. They are a nocturnal species and are most active at night. When it comes to breeding, females will lay between 12-36 during the spring time. The female will coil themselves around their eggs to incubate them until they are ready to hatch. A hatchling will use it's egg tooth to erupt out of it's egg, but will normally stay within their egg until after there first shed. They are apx 4 oz when first hatched. This species is a very docile snake and is one of the recommended for large snakes to be kept by reptile oweners. Me and my husband personally own 2 ourselves. On a final note the burmese python is very unique in the fact that you can determine gender by external characteristics. Males have more developed anal spurs while the females have relatively smaller heads in proportion to their body size and they can also have different coloration than a male. This is just some general information on the species. They are amazing in many ways and I personally love owning this species!!! Hopefully anyone reading this might have learned something that they did not know about this amazing species of reptile.  =]]

Starting Point

Me and my husband are reptile hobbiest/collectors!!! It has become a big hobby and learning experience for the both of us. Growing up we both always had a love for reptiles and now we are in a way making our dreams come true. We have an entire 8x12ft room dedicated just to our so called 'babies' or in other words our reptiles.
We currently have 16 snakes, 3 bearded dragons, 1 monitor, 1 caimen, 2 turtles, 1 gecko, 1 iguna and 1 frog. Through out this blog I will be dedicating one blog per each species of reptile we own and also so called sub-blogs dedicated to each reptile that we personally own. It should be an adventure and a great learning experience for myself and others who choose to read along. So lets get started on all the fun!!! Because I can garuntee that if you love reptiles as much as I do, you are going to love this!!!