Everyone wants to have a pet at home.But, strange as it may sound, not everyone can afford a dog or cat content.For the most part the cause is allergic to fur and saliva, but there are other reasons.
less and less people are trying to start parrots, hamsters and fish.Life expectancy they are not too high and not having completely attached to pet already has to say goodbye to him forever.
Exotic home
Recently, in a fashion trend to keep in the home of exotic or wild animals: snakes, ferrets, tarantulas or tarantulas.Many people do it unconsciously yielding to the impulse, the desire to stand out or simply to demonstrate their extravagance.In fact, it makes such animals in the apartment - a serious and very important step.These "little animals" are not designed for the home environment, and the future owners will have to not only create an atmosphere of comfort for life pet, but also face a number of surprises that are sure to arise in the course content of the animal.After start at home of exotic predators, insects and reptiles has become fashionable recently, so not all the habits of life in captivity have been studied and warned.
snake in the house
Still, the most popular exotic pet can rightly be called a snake.Those who dare to make such a pet, should examine eating habits and behavior of snakes, their living conditions, consult with experts serpentologami-about features of the nature and content of each kind and very carefully weigh the pros and cons before you go for this important step.Pets live snake over 10 years, so you need to be completely sure that the reptiles will be provided with due care until the end of her days.
for house maintenance specialists recommended by the non-poisonous reptiles fairly small size.Perhaps someone may seem courageous act to have at home a poisonous snake to produce a furor among friends.But to do so is prohibited.Without a compelling reason, no kennel will not provide the personal use of a snake as a pet, especially a person who previously dealt with snakes, I do not know how to look, and does not know how to handle them."Beginners" recommended by the "safe" animals small size - up to 150 cm in length.Such domestic snake rather quickly become tame, being born and growing up in captivity.
snakes in the home are still predators.So you do not have to feed them with fruits and vegetables, and meat, and most of all - fresh or alive.This is one of the main reasons why people refuse to make the idea of a snake.Not everyone is ready to feed in cold blood pet rodent carcasses, even killings, which could also be someone's pet.
most unpretentious kind of a special nervous
perfectly suited garter snake or garden snakes . They can not feed mice and fish, worms and insects, most importantly, to accustom to this the cub.They are unpretentious.Usually snakes require additional heating system in winter, but this species may do without artificial heat.Recognize garter snakes in color scales is difficult, because the color options there are so many, it can only make a specialist serpentolog.Length of representatives of such varieties can range from 50 to 150 cm.
Beautiful and dangerous snakes
For those who are attracted to dangerous snakes, there is a remarkable alternative - king snake . It responds poorly to domestication, but domesticate it is still possible, if grown in captivity zmeёnysha.His predatory bright coloration, it resembles a poisonous coral snake, forbidden to hold the house.The main red tone arranged black and white wide stripes.Bands coral snakes are yellow instead of white spaces.Feed royal snake should rodents: mice and rats.Carcasses may be either frozen or fresh.His long king snake can reach 100 cm.
Another double venomous coral snake - a snake milk . But she, like the King, is not poisonous.The differences are in the colors: milk snake coloring darker, more burgundy than red stripes are located less.This snake feeds on small reptiles and amphibians, and rodents.Food prefers to swallow alive, so home is better to feed it with tweezers.Length breast snake ranges from 50 to 150 cm.
most popular variety
Climbing snakes - another kind of snake, from which experts recommend to start the domestication of reptiles.In total there are more than 11 species, but life at home is best suited corn snake or corn snake and patterned runner.Snakes are also called rat snakes, as their main diet consists precisely of rodents.This is the most popular variety of snakes for home detention.Polozov easy to tame and easy to care for them.The colors of a wide variety of reptiles.Due to a genetic disorder, it is possible to cross species and display zmeёnyshey incredible colors.Mutations can also provoke these snakes albinism that looks stunning, although a negative impact on the health of the reptile.Natural color corn snake - bright red, scales patterned runner has a greenish white color.All other colors - the result of crossing.Runners eat small animals, birds, amphibians, eggs, swallow whole.Among patterned snakes found cannibalism.The average length of these snakes around 120 cm.
Council wishes to have a snake
- Terrarium for the snake must be equipped with a special coating, cache, in which the snake can hide, as well as tunnels for traveling.In it must be more light and heating system.The temperature should not be too high or too low, so as not to provoke burns or hypothermia.This information should be clarified with the acquisition of snake breeders.Some species rely vertical terrarium other - horizontal.
- Home snakes, like other animals, need regular veterinary inspection.The doctor examines your eyes, teeth, scales, breathing and heartbeat.
- snake is better not to acquire a pet store, and breeders.They also clarify the individual characteristics and care of reptiles.
- Although domestic snakes are not poisonous, they are dangerous for their strong and muscular body that can easily suffocate a person.
- better feed the snake frozen carcasses instead of live rodents, which are carriers of disease.By the way, do snakes may carry salmonella, so you need to wash your hands after every contact with the pet.
- on pets such as domestic snakes, the price ranges from 3,000 to 30,000 rubles.
