u/TheSaltyWhore

EDIT**** bug friend said it’s a Scymninae Lady Beetle larva. It’s NOT safe to put in our tanks. It’s a predator.

I found this guy after harvesting for moss outside my apartment. What is it??

This is in my newly established tank. What the heck are these guys and are they safe or do I need to start over? They are also darker. The last picture has a pink arrow pointing it. It’s the only one I could get a clear enough picture of with my unsteady hands.

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Are they soil mites?

I’ve had The Hogman for close to a year now. The last few days, he’s taken to soaking in his water dish. I know that snake’s will do this if they need help shedding, but he shed a week or two ago already. We have been bonding since he got sick in March. I know that soaking is normal behavior for ball pythons but I haven’t heard of it in hoggies.

Is this something I should be concerned about and keep watch or is this a positive consequence to his feeling safer around me and therefore safe enough to openly soak?

I just found this lil dude in my BP tank. What is it? Is it safe?

I bought this homemade corner tank. I don’t remember the dimensions but it’s the same square footage as a 4x2x2. It is the home of my sub adult ball python, Squid.

I want to convert the doors from sliding to open but I’m not very knowledgeable about woodworking aside from some very novice stuff that allowed me to know what I need to do and/or look up, to complete the conversion to hold a tropical climate animal versus arid.

Anyway, long story short, my more knowledgeable friend bailed on me super last minute. I have zero patience when it comes to doing things I’m super excited about and I already waited 2 whole weeks for him to be ready for him to ditch me as I was on my way to him…

This has now been up a week and I hate the horrible plexiglass scratches and I don’t like how Squids body reacts when I slide open the door to do some maintenance.

So how can I convert these to doors using minimal resources and tools? The only saw I have is a hand saw that I used to cut the supporting rod in the middle.

The first is of her clutch, the second of her as a hatchling just before I took her. The rest are from last week and today. I was told Sigrid was Normal Het for Pied.

She has been displaying signs of Wobble. When I talked to the person I got her from, they said she may have Hidden Gene Woma.

I’m trying to educate myself more about Wobble and it appears that Siggi’s is mild. I’ve tried looking at Morph Market to ID myself but I’m not sure? I see some traits that look like HGW but in my ignorance, could miss the others she looks like.

One of her clutch mates passed at a few months old. They were hatched 6/30/2025 and to my knowledge, only one has passed.