African House Snake

Wow, that sheet I am trying to put together (I've included colubrids now) is helping me learn a lot! (I'm trying to put together a sheet that lists the scientific and common names of each boa, python, and colubrid and then lists max length difficulty in keeping and temperment - it will take quite a while) but I was reading today about the African House Snake and they are quite cool - David Beard tipped me off to them and they look sort of like a python but they are colubrids and you can get a few color morphs and they are supposed to be the easiest snakes to breed ever. Does anyone know of a breeder?
thanks!

Hey Jonah, good to see you around! A good place to check out is http://www.cherryvillereptiles.com - in fact they not only breed Af house snakes but also have various colors and even albinos! African house snakes make great pets - they are about as easy to care for as corns and resemble pythons! Good decision investigating them, I think a red lace African House Snake would make a great addition to your collection you could house it in the smallest of the animal plastics cages and it would have plenty of room even if it were a large adult! http://animalshare.wantapet.com/anim...ics/index.html

Hey thanks man!

that's what we're here for buddy - go finish that big research paper.

lack of sleep..........are you talking to yourself too??? sorry i couldn't help out....still trying to learn about bp's and bci's.....

no, he's just post whoring.

But doing it with a sense of humor. ;)

lol, i admit i laughed pretty hard.

haha I didn't really mean to post whore - I am REALLY over tired, as usual but that's par for the course this time of year. I just figured others might be curious and if I could answer at least if anyone else had a question we could just direct them to this post. :) And if any others are curious African House Snakes are sweet! I am honestly torn between and Af house snake and BCI I dropped the desire for a hognose once I found out that their saliva could cause my girlfriend to have an allergic reaction. If you haven't checked out Af house snakes do - they're an up and coming breed and they breed REALLY easily but people are just starting to develop cool morphs. Plus it was hard to find an Af house snake "specialist" so if anyone is looking to start out breeding you may be able to make a mark with some sweet af house snake morphs! Plus they're a good beginner snake.

To give credit where credit is due, David Beard is the one who suggested looking into this snake.

I've been considering them for a while now, too, Jonah, and I was glad to see you pull the info together. If I get ready to buy one I'll have at least one breeder ready to look at! :)

Here is another breeder resource. I have made up my mind unless I find a cooler morph my next snake is going to be a red lace african house snake (female).

http://www.kingsnake.com/housesnake/resource.html

some of these links are dead and some places may be sketchy but this is all i got so far. I wish I could find someone who was specializing in them - they breed so rapidly you'd think there would be far more morphs plus they are attractive looking, feed well, adapt well....

here are some pictures of African House Snakes

Here is the normal brown coloring (it is a bit like a rainbow boa in person so I've read)
https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...al%20house.jpg

Here is an albino morph from www.cherryvillereptiles.com (eyes are green and red)
https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...binohouse2.jpg

Here is a red lace Af House snake (my fav) from www.cherryvillereptiles.com
https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...useredlace.jpg

and lastly here is a solid red Af House Snake from the same site
https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...l_redhouse.jpg

these are active noctournal snakes (colubrids generally are active) from what I read they don't stink or spray you and though they have a fantastic feeding response they don't bite unless you smell like mouse. They behave much like a half python half colubrid would and males are MUCH shorter than females (a very big female tops out around 4' males 2' and these are generous estimates)

John Cherry is a great guy to buy snakes from. Top notch professional.

I think you'd love an AHS, Jonah. The Red Lace phases are my favorite as well. I saw pics of a Hypo floating around somewhere not too long ago....that was pretty sweet.

Very cool! Thanks for collecting the info and photos.

No Problem! I'm like a kid in a candy store now that I've found my next definate addition. I'm gonna get one from Cherryvillereptiles in september. Once I get situated in a definite living area (If my company fails I'll move back to Chicago, if it's going ... and it should be since we just got another loan... I'll be living here in lovely Nashville for quite some time) once I get situated I'm gonna get some cresties. I'm sticking with stricly snakes for a while though (my BP and my Ahouse) because they work more flexibly with my schedule. I'm really excited about these African House snakes (as if you couldn't tell) and I'm very surprised they don't get more publicity in forums. Thanks David for tipping me off to them! -- oh beardies are probably in my future too.. haha either them or the other dragons Marla and David talked about. No lizzards until I get settled though day to day care (other than the occasional cleaning and daily water changes) for lizzards just doesn't work for me yet until things calm down so I am being responsible and fighting my impulsive side. :)

No problem man, glad I could help. I agree that the AHS are very under-rated in the hobby. I think once some of the morphs start popping up they will become more popular. They breed like crazy and are basically like Corn Snakes in a little Python's body. :D

It's definitely a good idea to plan ahead so that you know you're really ready for whatever animal you're taking on. Heck, maybe I'll be selling cresties by the time you're ready to buy. :)