I already know that Id like to go to the University of veterinary medicine in Vienna and I also already checked if the student dorms around it allow pets and most do allow almost everything that is not considered a concern for the students health, like venomous snakes.
And thanks for the compliment:)
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I already thought about the new caledonian geckos but i know that they are able to drop their tail and Im not really confident in my gecko- handling skills (ive never handled a single gecko in my entire life), so I dont want to be the reason why one of these cute fellas drops their tail and has to live without it.
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Yeah, cant find most of them in germany or its at least going to be really hard again.
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Cresteds can drop their tails without human interference involved at all. This is a common occurrence in nature. One of mine dropped her tail about a year after I got her and became a little frog butt. Adorable…….
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Do you know if this also counts for gargoyles and chahouas?
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It doesn’t. They are usually a bit more confident than cresties. However, I have had my crested gecko for around a year and a half now and have not had a single issue. In that time, I have had extremely bad thunderstorms that shook the house because of how loud they were, had barking dogs barge into my room while holding him, along with some other things. But a bit plus to gargs and chewies is that they will regrow their tail.
It doesn’t really seem that Nee Cal geckos are for you though as they are pretty much exclusively nocturnal.
Have you checked MorphMarket to see what is for sale in your country?
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Interesting thread. Lots of great species to consider, for sure. I’d like to counter one thing
Individuals are just that; individual. Many of my corns are out and about in the daytime regularly. The majority will rest out where they’re visible. They’re pretty much all active in the early evening. There have been a very few over the years whom I’ve dubbed “inviso-snakes,” who simply preferred to chill in their hides. I’ve had a lot of corns as classroom pets, intentionally choosing those who were more “daytime personalities.”
With any species, if personality is important to you, consider buying an animal who is past the baby stage. One who is accustomed to handling, since you want to do that, is also going to be a plus.
Best of luck to you in every way. The world needs more veterinarians!
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@hakennase Not that I am aware of. My gargoyle is not nearly as tame as my Cresteds are but there have been no tail issues and he is quite wiggly. As far as the chahouas, I cannot confirm one way or another as I have no experience with them. However I have to say that once my first crestie lost her tail it took a bit of “weight” off my shoulders because I was not worried about her tail anymore and I thought she was so much more adorable, imho of course. And every now and then I see a little frog butt for sale on MM……adorable, no tail, no worries. But then again you may not like that look……
You might also want to check out the “Beaked” snakes as well. These snakes are not as common as others but supposedly they are actually intelligent, as someone here mentioned that their’s was “laser trained.” I would imagine that snakes such as these would tend to have a curious nature and there by be somewhat social? Active maybe?
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@hakennase Actually imho of course, a corn snake would easily fit your criteria for a second snake perfectly. They come in a variety of colorful morphs, their husbandry is not complicated, they don’t get too large, feeding them won’t break your wallet, and they have great demeanors. You can always get a juvenile but if fed correctly, babies will grow quickly and during that time you can bond with them as they grow. This is from personal experience……
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So what I could get are
Snakes:
Hognose (already have on tho)
Corns
African house snake
Nuevo leon kingsnake
BP‘s
BCI
Texas rat snake
Mandarin rat snake
Stimsons python
Carpet python
Gopher snake
Stuart‘s milksnake
Arizona mountain kingsnake
Eastern black kingsnake
Carpet python
Mexican night snake
Ridleys cave racer
Mexican black kingsnake
There would probably still be a few more but I got bored after 1500 of 3000 snakes and most of the snakes I listed would have to be imported from the uk (which im not sure I wanna do), mostly the colubrids aside the corns and house snakes
Im also gonna check other german pages and update the list as well as make one for lizards, but thats for later because my homie just told me to hop on warzone.
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I don’t have a ton of experience with a wide variety of herps, but I can attest that my African House Snake youngster (boaedon capensis) is a friendly, easy handler, and quite a bright, beautiful orange colour. She’s less than a year old, so I expect she’ll get even bolder and chiller as time goes on: she’s quite active when I’m handling her.
I don’t know how much she’s out and about: I give her a lot of cover in her terrarium so she’d really have to go out of her way to be seen by me. But in terms of handling, beauty, size economy, and ease of husbandry I highly suggest AHS.
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Yes absolutely agree with this. My little Apricot is a brown morph but he has an iridescent glow in the sun. He possesses all the other wonderful qualities that you mentioned in your post as well
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These guys are actually already 2nd on my list right after the rhino rat snake which I dont think I‘ll be able to get that easily in germany so this might be the snake for me if I decide on a snake and not on something like the emerald tree skink or the scorpion tailed gecko.
How big of an enclosure would you say is good for one of these?
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I think it depends quite a bit on locality and sex – if you get a male, particularly a fuliginosus (black house snake) rather than a capensis (brown house snake), they can stay quite small and I imagine could remain comfortable in a 36x18x18 or thereabouts.
The sexual dimorphism is significant: male capensis cap out at like 2.5, where females can hit 4 feet if they’re big. So you can kind of choose based on your space availability!
edited to add further thoughts
I like giving my herps a lot of space so I’m going to have my female capensis in a 4x2x1 or so, but I don’t think many go that big. And they start out so small that it’s arguably better to house them in a gasket-sealed (ventilated of course) plastic bin when they’re young and growing out, because they can be so small as to be escape artists. So that’s even more space economy, for the first year or so.
I really love house snakes. They’ve become a special interest for me. I think they’re a deeply underrated herp, and a hidden gem of a species. I don’t think you’d regret getting one.
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Based on your information I think I would go with a female capensis because im looking for a snake that is bigger than my female hognose (she’s 65cm or 2‘1 long) if I happen to decide on a snake (there‘s also a few lizards im considering). A 4x2x2 wouldn‘t be a problem as my hognose has an enclosure of the same size (I know it could be considered big for a hognose, but I got it from a friend and don‘t think my little princess deserves any less) and could stack them. I would also get an adult one from a reptile shelter so them being escape artists at a young age wouln‘t be a problem either.
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Does anybody by any chance keep scorpion tailed geckos or emerald tree skinks and would be willing to share their experience with these species?
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This honestly sounds like a great plan. Are there a lot of house snake breeders in your area? I’ve never seen one come through our local rescues, but I’m in Canada and they’re not very common here yet.
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Not really, but you can still find one every now and then that needs a new home and I think that’s exactly what im gonna do, although Im stille going to take some time to consider everything thoroughly.
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Quick update:
My plans have changed a bit and AHS wont be my next pet because I suddenly got the opportunity to decide between my two favorites: the rhino rat snake and the emrald tree skink, which I thought wouldn’t be able to get where I live. So the decision is now between two rhino rat snakes from France or to be exact from Lyon, which is about 1000 Kilometres from where I live and a pair of two adult Emerald tree skink males from a breeder that has too many males and is forced to reduce his collection.
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