I've had several kings ... two of which came in my front door, several gopher snakes, three of which came in the back door. One whip snake that came in the side door. One teeeeny tiny black headed snake that got in somehow, and many corns, pythons and boas that were bought. I tried to make their environment as close to their natural habitat as possible, except the black headed snake. I let it go as soon as I rescued it from a clue trap it got stuck on. And the whip snake that I let go after I finally was able to catch the dang thing.



As for Wally, I put a lot of substrate in his enclosure because I knew he was a burrower even though he loved to lay out in the open a lot. I didn't even use an above light once I saw that he avoided it. I mainly used it when my heater went out or the AC got the house too cold. He still didn't like it. He was never a problem eater as long as it was lizards. Just this recent episode got me concerned. I think that with his eating more than usual this winter, and it being colder sooner than usual, may have thrown his digestion off track. Anyway, I hope that's it. Have you ever kept a snake until it died of old age? If so, do they start acting different, like old dogs and such? Thank you for your advice.

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