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SnekLog is actually a pretty elaborate reptile tracking app. One might wonder why all that is necessary. After all, you feed your dog or cat every day, right? And clean up after it poops as normal? Why track that?

Well, because snakes have a slower metabolism, they only eat about once a week. And,...

We acquired Truffles, our banana spider pastel (Bumblebee banana) ball python, from a local pet store in April of 2017. It was a double purchase—one of several we made that year in our excitement to jump headfirst into the world of reptiles. I would jump at any opportunity to get a ball python—at th...

Lucy was a jungle carpet python we obtained from a local pet store in June of 2017. She was at least 6 years old when we met her, and we were told that, up until that point, she had been kept in a drawer.

We were intimidated by the idea of bringing such a large snake home—at the time, she was muc...

People come up and ask me, “Why reptiles?” My favorite quick answer to give is, “They’re quiet, and they eat and poop once a week!” And, sometimes I’ll tell them about how I was allergic to literally everything else and wanted to take a chance at something new.

But while there’s an easy answer, I...

DISCLAIMER: We are NOT renowned experts in assist-feeding. We did not have an expert come over and show us how it was done. We spoke with many veterans in assist feeding and watched multiple videos on YouTube for guidance. However, eventually it became necessary to try, and we just had to do the bes...