How to keep a snake at home?

People's relationship to snakes is very diverse andsometimes contradictory. They evoke a sense of fear and a sense of admiration at the same time. No one is left indifferent by a snake crawling along the sands or hanging from the branches of a tree. Terrariums with snakes at home - the phenomenon is not so rare.

But content of snakes - the case is more responsible than the case withfamiliar pets. When a puppy runs away from the house, a kitten, a guinea pig, a wavy parrot leaves - it's all very bad, but not dangerous. And if the cobra "accidentally" crawled away? Reports of boas and poisonous snakes in sewer systems have become common. The content of such dangerous animals for humans in the US and Germany is regulated by special laws.

At home, it is better to refrain from keeping poisonous snakes. Most often people prefer a beautifulnon-poisonous snakes, horrors, boas, royal, tiger pythons and albino pythons. Of course, this requires an impressive investment - both the purchase of the snake itself, and the purchase for it of everything necessary. After all, the wrong content and unbalanced feeding can lead to a number of diseases.

The future owners of snakes must understand that these reptiles are predators and They need to be fed alive mice, rats, frogs, fish, etc. So immediately you should think about whether you can provide all this to your pets. Adult snakes may not have a few months, and in rare cases even up to 2 years are completely without food. During the moult, snakes also barely need food. Usually, Adult snakes are fed at least once a week.

If snakes do not digest food, but regurgitate it, then the temperature in the terrarium is not warm enough.

Contain these exotic animals better in special terrariums with heating. It is also necessary that the boas have access towater - it can be swimming pools or drinking bowls of any shape and size. It is necessary to consider the habitat conditions of the snake species you have chosen. For example, wood snakes need a high terrarium with a lot of branches and fragments of trees, through which the snakes will climb.

If you chose snakes digging in the ground, you can notuse gravel with sharp edges. It is important that the terrarium has a place where your pet could hide, so you should put the plants and roots in the terrarium.

To maintain all boas, high humidity is needed - up to 90%, for its maintenance the terrarium must be sprayed twice a day. The temperature regime of the content should vary from 26-28 ° С in the daytime up to 23 ° С at night. The source of heating is best placed above one of the branches, where the snakes could warm themselves. The heating temperature should be up to 35 ° C.

Try constantly monitor hygiene inside the terrarium. Do not forget to change the daily drinking water, anda bathing tank - immediately after the appearance of excrement. Soil must also be periodically changed, and stones and fragments of trees must be disinfected or replaced with new ones.

You'll have to Learn to understand the behavior and mood of your snake. Before molting, the snake usually lapses into apathy,so if she began to move less, do not rush to sound the alarm. As a rule, the reptile lies, curled and, as if listening to its inner sensations. Its appearance changes markedly - the skin becomes faded, dull, wrinkles appear on it, it wrinkles, it dries up. And now comes the moment when the snake simply crawls out of its skins in a new "dress".