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This video covers several tips on how to safely handle snakes.

A lot of people are afraid of snakes unnecessarily, and if you know how to properly handle them, they’re no more dangerous - probably safer - than a pet dog.

Just added some new articles today.

I just put up an article on choosing a snake if you’re new to the world of pet snakes, an article on what to do if your snake won’t eat, and article on how to keep your snake healthy, and an article on hibernating your snake.

And remember, if you have any questions, pop into the Boatips forum and ask away.

If you’re a regular visitor, you’ll notice that the homepage of Boatips has changed.  I’ve added a new video to the page to explain to the newcomer all the features of this site.

I’ve also made it easier for everyone to sign up for our newsletter (you’ve signed up, right?).

The other new video is on caring for a sick snake.  I explained the methods I used to nurse a rainbow boa back to health after it had been ill.

I’ve also added a page that answers all the questions I get about feeding your snake.  So if you have any questions about feeding, be sure to check that page out.  As always, if you have questions or would like to share your expertise or experiences, I encourage you to join our snake community.

Just finished adding a few more snake pictures to the photo gallery.  This time I added some very high resolution photos, so they’re not as grainy as the earlier ones I added. 

I added pictures of a woma, another taipan (a really cool picture of one), a twig snake, another centralian python, collette’s snake, and a mottled rock rattlesnake.

So make sure you check out the new pictures and be sure to vote for your favorites.

I just finished adding 24 new pages of information to the site. I’ve added 20 snake specific pages to help you learn about different kinds of potential pet snakes. I’ve tried to make sure to mention how good of a pet each type of snake will make. Some of the recommendations are based on my own experiences and some are based on extensive research and talking to others since I haven’t personally kept some as pets.

For example, for the boa contrictor page, the only downside to the snake is that it gets to be rather big. However, everyone I know who’s ever owned one has said they’re extremely calm and make excellent pets.

On the other hand, I’ve read a lot of reports of rainbow boas making poor pets, since they have a tendency to bite. I currently have a brazilian rainbow boa and have never seen it bite anyone. Sometimes I have to question the things other people read, though, since many times I’ve seen people mention this snake likes to climb on branches. These snakes like to dig, I’ve only ever seen them dig - give them a place to burrow and they’ll be very happy - expect them to climb on branches and you’ll be disappointed.

So be sure to spend some time looking around at all the new pages. I’m currently working on the new videos for each page. I hope to finish a few of them this weekend, but most of them will probably have to wait until I get back from Ireland to be edited and published.

Oh, and if you haven’t done so already - register yourself in the forum and say hi.

I just finished adding some new pictures to the photo gallery.  I’ll try to get names added to the snakes soon, so you can tell which is which. I’ve even got some pictures of my Brazilian Rainbow Boa up. 

A special thanks to Lawren Graf of Zooshots.com for providing the photos.

Welcome to the BoaTips.com snake blog.  On this blog, I’ll be posting tips about caring for your pet snake, snake trivia, and stories about my experiences with pet snakes.  I’ll also post about updates to other parts of the website, like when new photos are added, and new articles are added.

Gary Ruplinger - Webmaster - Boatips.com