First Snake on Saturday!

[Bogertophis]

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Bogertoph - Howdy! I think I've heard of that python! Isn't it called the children's python too? Or is that a different small snake?

No, but a Children's python is very similar & close relative, slightly smaller than a Spotted python. My spotted python was a rescue, actually, from a guy who didn't want a snake that WOULDN'T eat live. He was fed up with her (she was a yearling) & actually talked about euthanizing her (only not in kind terms), but I talked him into
sending her my direction instead...& she never refuses food, always f/t. She's a wonderful (easy) pet, that often likes to bask on driftwood, & is always very alert, but
not a hand-biter at all. These are captive-bred in the U.S.- you don't have to send off to Australia for one, but you may have to look a little harder as they aren't as common as BPs, corns & kings. They need a somewhat warmer cage than a corn, king or rat snake, & a humid hide* will ensure they shed well. I like that she doesn't hide all the time. *this species is apparently found in coastal areas, not desert. Mine is a "granite phase", not that it mattered one bit to me, & she has really nice iridescence too.

BTW, the name "Children's" came from the last name of the man who discovered them...it does NOT mean they are toys for children, lol...