How Do I Take Proper Care Of My Snake?

Have you researched what type of snake do you have?

Do you have a well built and secure terrarium for the snake?

Is the terrarium of a good size according to the size of the snake?

Is there a secure lid for the terrarium?

Do you have multiple snakes in a single terrarium?

Does the terrarium have a hidey home for the snake to crawl into?

Is the hidey home large enough for the snake to completely cover itself under?

Is the bottom of the terrarium covered with some material such as old newspaper, pine shavings or such?

Are there some rocks or climbing branches placed inside the terrarium?

The first thing to do is to get to know the species of the snake, is it a poisonous snake, a bitter or a shy snake as for every snake, the type of care is different.

A snake should most of the time be kept in a terrarium as they are comfortable in their own spaces. So, the terrarium should be built with glass and secured properly so that the glass does not fall over.

A terrarium should be large enough for the snake to fully unroll itself and move around and large enough so that it can hold other things in it as well.

A terrarium should always have a secure top lid until or unless you are handling the snake as the snake could come out of the enclosure and get lost in the house.

Purchase separate enclosures for each snake as they are not social creatures and don't like to be close to other snakes and could even lash and be aggressive as they might not be comfortable.

Most terrariums for snakes should have hidey homes that have been placed in a corner so that the snake can hide itself in the dark when it wants to rest or sleep.

The home should be large enough for the snake to fit and curl itself comfortably and small enough and not get hurt or annoyed and small enough that it can touch all sides.

The bottom surface should be covered with some material such as old newspaper, pine shavings so that the snake can rub itself and hide itself. Moreover, when it's shedding, the snake should have some type of surface to rub itself.

Snakes need to be able to climb on branches and bask on rocks. These behaviors mimic life in the wild, so they are essential to keeping your snake happy and healthy.

Keeping a snake is somewhat a difficult task as you need to control their feed, the temperature of the enclosure and much more so research before getting a snake.