My Egg-Eating Snake :d

[Tongue_Flicker]

Just wanted to share one of many reasons why my username is what it is

My 2nd favorite pet snake, Oligodon ancorus, that i named Genghis.

Having his momentary sunbath (they rarely if not never bask, so it was absolutely unnecessary lol)

Having his weekly favorite dish, raw egg yolks

In case your wondering, despite his small size and the thick calluses on your hand, they can inflict a very nasty bite due to their specialized teeth used to slit open eggshells

 

[sawickib]

Wow very beautiful snake, do you always feed just the yoke part?
 

 

[KieranBoyne]

wow!! That is a nice snake!! Has he taken a munch out of your hand yet?

 

[Tongue_Flicker]

Wow very beautiful snake, do you always feed just the yoke part?

I think in the wild it would eat it but mine would regurgitate if you give it the white part haha!

wow!! That is a nice snake!! Has he taken a munch out of your hand yet?

Thankfully not yet. A friend of mine did though much to his surprise haha

 

[DiddleBug]

He's very handsome!  

 

[KieranBoyne]

Lol. How big will he get?

 

[Tongue_Flicker]

More or less 30 inches. They don't get any longer than that and is about as thick as my thumb well females get a bit stouter

He's very handsome!

Thanks!

 

[508]

He looks lovely! Haven't seen a snake like this before, what species is it?

 

[Tongue_Flicker]

He looks lovely! Haven't seen a snake like this before, what species is it?

Thanks! He's a northern short-headed kukri (Oligodon ancorus), blame the scientists for the common name lol

 

[KieranBoyne]

COOL!!!

 

[Tongue_Flicker]

COOL!!!

The right reaction should be: they could have given it a cooler common name like egg-eatig tiger or egg tiger Haha

 

[KieranBoyne]

Lolz

 

[Tongue_Flicker]

Wow he just snapped at me. Almost got bit lol

 

[DerpPH]

yaay! a fellow exotic pet lover! nice snake by the way

 

[Tongue_Flicker]

Yeah you guys have a lot of interestingly, untapped species of snakes