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The Story Behind Hopper's Name

Sep 29, 2026 • 2 Min Read
Most of our hatchlings get cute nicknames before anything official sticks, and for a long time that was genuinely as far as naming went. Numbers on a chart, a nickname that felt right in the moment, nothing particularly planned. Last year that changed, and it happened because of a clutch that almost didn't happen at […]
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Record Keeping: The Spreadsheet That Does More Than You'd Think

Aug 25, 2026 • 6 Min Read
For a long time, we didn't track anything. With one or two snakes, feeding day just sort of happens, you remember it without trying, nothing about it feels like it needs writing down. That changed the moment we had four snakes at once for the first time, when baby Bajsa and Albi arrived alongside Hoggy […]
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Hot Summer Days: It's Okay to Turn the Heat Off

Jul 28, 2026 • 3 Min Read
Every year the summers seem to run hotter, and longer, than the year before. We have an AC unit that keeps our snake room around 24°C, and even that struggles to keep up on the worst days when it's brutally hot outside for stretch after stretch. If you've been there too, watching your AC work […]
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Cleaning Schedule: Spot-Cleaning vs. Full Clean-Out

Jul 21, 2026 • 4 Min Read
Cleaning is one of those parts of snake keeping that doesn't get talked about much, probably because it's not the most exciting topic. But it matters just as much as feeding or heating, and how you clean actually depends quite a bit on what your snake is housed on. In our case, our younger snakes […]
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Going on Vacation? Here's How to Prep Your Hognose Snakes First

Jul 7, 2026 • 5 Min Read
One of the questions we get asked most, especially by newer owners, is some version of "can I actually go on vacation with a snake at home?" The short answer is yes, absolutely. Hognose snakes are actually pretty forgiving animals to leave for a few days, as long as you understand what they actually need […]
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The Snow That Wasn't Quite White — A Story About Genetics and a Very Special Baby

Jun 6, 2026 • 7 Min Read
Three snow hatchlings emerged from the 2024 clutch, all completely white. Then one of them started turning pink. The more she grew, the more the color developed and every time we tried to photograph it, the camera refused to show what we were actually seeing.
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