| Before you make that trip to the pet
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| | care list along with a small potted
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| store, ask yourself "Why do I want a
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| | plant, whether fake or real, and a
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| snake?" Is it because you're trying to
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| | shallow dish of water for soaking.
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| impress your friends? Is it because you
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| | As snakes are cold blooded, their body
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| saw a killer anaconda in a popular film,
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| | temperatures depend directly upon the
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| and you'd like something along those
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| | temperature in their environment. Snakes
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| lines to show people when they come over?
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| | have no self-cooling or heating systems.
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| Do you want to shock or scare your
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| | They simply move into and out of the
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| parents and other relatives during
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| | heat. It's imperative, then, that you
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| holiday gatherings? Thanks to a nearly
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| | maintain a daytime temperature of between
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| age-old role in mythology, folklore,
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| | 80 and 85 degrees and a nighttime
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| religion, and, more recently, horror
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| | temperature between 65 and 75 degrees in
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| films and music videos, snakes are in
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| | your snake's tank. An adhesive
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| high demand as pets. Unfortunately, many
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| | thermometer and a heat lamp or cage
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| people want a snake for all the wrong
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| | heater that goes beneath the cage will
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| reasons and fail to properly educate
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| | help you accomplish these things. A snake
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| themselves about pet snake care before
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| | that is even a few degrees below its
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| giving in to the impulse to accept a
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| | optimal body temperature will often stop
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| snake from a friend or buy one at the
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| | eating.
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| store. A snake is not a fashion
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| | Speaking of eating, you should probably
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| accessory, party trick, or practical
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| | reconsider owning a snake unless you're
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| joke. Snakes are highly sensitive and,
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| | 100% sure that you can handle feeding
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| for the most part, wild creatures who
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| | live or dead mammals to your pet. Smaller
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| should only be kept as pets for the sheer
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| | snakes will eat baby mice (called
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| pleasure keeping and observing a snake
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| | "pinkies") and medium to large snakes
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| can bring. If you fit the profile of a
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| | will eat either pinkies or adult mice.
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| true snake fancier, then you've no doubt
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| | Larger snakes may require larger meals in
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| studied up a bit already. If you're still
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| | the form of baby chicks or baby rabbits.
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| deciding whether or not a snake is the
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| | Figuring out what your snake wants out of
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| pet for you, learn more with the
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| | his meal may take some doing. Some snakes
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| following information.
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| | are terrified of live food and will only
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| Snakes, like all pets, have their own
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| | eat a mouse after its neck has been
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| unique set of requirements when it comes
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| | humanely broken (this kills the mouse
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| to temperature, housing, and dietary
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| | instantly). Some snakes enjoy hunting and
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| needs. The size of your snake's enclosure
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| | will not eat food that has already been
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| depends, of course, on the size of the
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| | killed, and some snakes don't care either
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| snake you plan on owning. A good way to
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| | way. While most snakes can live for weeks
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| judge the amount of space your snake will
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| | without food, it's best to feed an adult
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| need is to allow ½ square foot of floor
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| | snake once a week or every ten days. Baby
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| space for every foot of snake, provided
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| | snakes should be fed more often to
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| the snake is under 6 feet long. For
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| | support their growing bodies. Check with
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| snakes over 6 feet in length, ¾ a square
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| | a specific care guide for your snake to
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| foot of floor space is adequate. Snakes
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| | figure out how much food to offer your
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| need to feel secure in their new home, as
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| | pet per feeding.
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| they will spend a lot of time basking or
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| | Once you've ascertained that your
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| hiding. A good solution is to get an
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| | motivations for snake ownership are
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| adequately sized aquarium and secure the
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| | driven only by your love for these
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| top with a pegboard to allow for proper
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| | creatures, use your newfound patience to
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| ventilation. Mesh should not be used as a
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| | spend time searching for a variety of
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| curious snake can rub his nose rose on
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| | snake that fits your budget and your
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| such material. The furnishings in a snake
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| | personality. Only buy a snake from a
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| cage can be relatively simple. Line the
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| | reputable source, and make sure you've
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| cage bottom with aspen shavings, reptile
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| | either got an excellent book on pet snake
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| carpet (or Astro turf), or pea gravel.
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| | care handy or an expert snake keeping
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| Add a hiding place such as a pre-made
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| | acquaintance who can address any
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| "cave," or a cave you make yourself out
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| | questions you may have and help you on
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| of various sized rocks to your pet snake
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| | the road to blissful snake ownership.
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