Snakes and my new racks

[coppercapisgay]

@juroxzg3 my first snake was a rough green snake

[rrredzzz]

i love these pythons

[juroxzg3]

What Would be a Good Begginer Snake??

[harimaugoblok]

nice collection you have there!

[elinfoot]

Hi my name is Bernadette I started with snakes this year in january at the age of 58 years, I have 3 corn snakes called Luigi Sidney and Juanita and 1 normal african house snake calles Toumani after an african musician I really like your videos hope to see some more thanks

[shadowhexx23]

HOW U KEEP THEM WARM???

[Dudgi66]

3:19 creeper nose lol

[thewarhammerstuff]

How long do they usualy get will a 32 intch by 20 intch do them for thare life

[ErikPaterson]

housies?

aye, they can live in 2ft x 1fts throughout adulthood

[afcwinners]

nice big cage make a vid on that will u

[sethgoesboom09]

what kind of snakes r they

[0chrisn15]

u hav a nice rack, lol, but erm i was thinking of building a rack 4 my beardy and going 2 buy another 1 any tips on the rack

[ErikPaterson]

lol, thanks haha

no tips really, just, plan it and all should be fine lol

[lizardboy119796]

thinking about getting one? Would you get a house or a corn

[ErikPaterson]

House Snake every time

[lizardboy119796]

ok thanks and do you ship those snakes?

[ErikPaterson]

i can do throughout mainland UK, no further

[lizardboy119796]

ohh that sucks....whenever you get time can you make a house snake care vid?? i cant find any good care sheets or vids

[ErikPaterson]

the "how to set up a house snake viv" video that i had done a while back details care information

[lizardboy119796]

thanks ill check it out..we are having qiute the chat hear eh?? lol i cant wait till i find my camera and can get some vids up

[ErikPaterson]

indeed lol

youtubes a good place to share things haha

[lizardboy119796]

haha also how do you make your incubaters for your house snakes?

[ErikPaterson]

i use a hovabator it is a store bought incubator, nice and simple

[lizardboy119796]

how much for one of those?

[ErikPaterson]

mine cost me £50 second hand like 3/4 years ago

[zepeterinma]

How many reptiles u have? i counted u have a beardie, a water dragon, 2 leopard geckos, and a 4+ snakes, and what is ur favorite 1 ?

[ErikPaterson]

in my permenant collection:

a beardie, a pair of CWD 2 leos & 9 House snakes

dont have a favourite

[repex99]

oh. im very sorry about botherin u then but i thought u used to have em before for some od reason lol

[repex99]

juts a quick question- in your opinion is a 75gallon reptile tank okay to breed 2 adult females and 1 adult male corn? and whats a goodf size for 2 to breed in- thanks alot :)

[ErikPaterson]

i have no idea as i don't keep corns

[ferdidude123456789]

how do you clean that big viv

[ErikPaterson]

with great difficulty haha

[m2a0n0s7i]

have you got ur new stuff yet

[ErikPaterson]

no, not yet - the guy i am getting them from has been busy bat work so, not heard from him in a bit

[m2a0n0s7i]

ok i was wondering if the largest flat exo terra faunarium could house a single leopard gecko???

[ErikPaterson]

as a temporary enlcosure for a few weeks yes but not as a permenant home no

[m2a0n0s7i]

ok what would be big enough to house a single leo

[ErikPaterson]

2 ft x 1 ft viv/tub minimum

[m2a0n0s7i]

thanks

[Herper666]

'this is just a....ermmmm....video' lol

[repex99]

ey man.ill have a vid up tomorow of me new 2 hatchling regs and like 5 day old blizz and their setups.(the regs let me hold em and they only one day old..) wierd huh?

[m2a0n0s7i]

hey you should check my update vid theres a shoutout in it lol

[ikermalli]

how tall are you?

[ErikPaterson]

i am 6'5"

[ikermalli]

WHOA thats so tall! I am 6'0 im supposed to be 6'4-6'5 when I'm older

[ErikPaterson]

lol, i cannae mind what the estimates were for me, i think when i was young, they estimated around 6'-6'3 max... how wrong they were haha

[Herper666]

also yours are lamprophis fuligenus? <---probs mispelt

[ErikPaterson]

nope, their not L. fuliginosus mine are L. capensis

[Herper666]

awesome beo - nice snakes, cool rack. i am back now so will be on msn

[ErikPaterson]

thanks dude, yea man, george said you were back today, i ran out of credit, shame we never managed to meet up :(

[Herper666]

yea i know man. its a shame. on the way home i saw a sign saying 'east kilride 10miles' lol

i might have to do what dan did haha

[ErikPaterson]

lol yea man, or if we do go to hamm next march, that would be cool, but i dunno if i will make it, getting annoyed lol

[jka101]

Kizzie looks awesome like always. Setups looks really neat.

It looks like TC also wants an video.

[ErikPaterson]

thanks dude, she's gravid again i reckon, so once shed popped em out i'll a proper vid of her

[nocturnlbyn8chr]

hey eric this may be the first time i have ever told a guy he has a nice rack!

[ErikPaterson]

LOL, thanks haha

[mazzasp]

great, very nice....

[ErikPaterson]

thanks

[garyorner]

Nice rack and cage my friend!

[ErikPaterson]

why Thank you Mr. Orner =]

[kksnakes]

nice vid

[m2a0n0s7i]

are you going to the reptile show in doncaster on september 7th

[ErikPaterson]

i would like to yes, but i highly doubt i will manage to make it there...

[m2a0n0s7i]

ok ill try and get a vid but ill prob just do a slideshow, when are you gonna show your new inhabitants for your rack and my dads warming up to the idea of getting that leucistic leo but its probably gonna be a couple of weeks

[ErikPaterson]

cool

when i get them, they are due in around a week to 10 days from now.

oh, that was you, all righty then, cool

[Juggalo5144]

wow i love this breed of snake.

great vids man keep up the good work!

[ErikPaterson]

thanks

[ikermalli]

what's in the tank under the rack?

[ErikPaterson]

my pair of CWD

[repex99]

hello-i was wondering if u could do a vid on corn snakes(if u already have one plz tell me)...i had my first baby leo hatch!

[ErikPaterson]

err, since i don't have any corns - i'm afriad i cannot and congrats on the leo!

[repex99]

o srry man..and thanks for the leo thing(2 more babys in like and week and 4 more just laid). im going to a reptile show and am trying to decide what kinda snakes,any suggestions.i got 2 corns and am getting 3 more or maybe other types of corns.and do u know the average price of like shtcb and stuff like that(leos)

[ErikPaterson]

awesome dude, good news!

i reccoment African house Snakes, their really cool snakes

and nope, prives vary dependant on the quality, who you buy them from, where you come from, where you go to buy them, so its basically just a case of going with ya money & hoping for the best haha

[repex99]

ok thanks..i think i might just stick to corn cause sorry but i think house snakes are kinda dull and me dad doesnt want big snakes(i understand why) so tyvm and ill make a vid of after the show :)

[ErikPaterson]

no worries, although housies don't grow as large as corns haha

let me know when the vid is up

[repex99]

yes..that is one thing i like about them :)... but corns dont get too large i guesse. i have 3 vids and the after expo one will be up in like a month(hoping to get lotsa leos and 3 more corns.(my baby somehow got out of his container and i found him in a tank underneath it!!!) luckily he wasnt hurt

[smetlogik]

impressive, nice job on the racking system. sorry about calling in the middle of your vid. -r

[ErikPaterson]

lol, you had better be :P haha

cheers Rob!

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Lol awesome video man, I love the really tiny one you brought out, so you hatched that one youself right?

[ErikPaterson]

yea man, the last 2 i brought out i hatched out myself.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Awesome man, are all those really small tubs for newborns?

[ErikPaterson]

yup, there are many of them lol

[xxxHERPERxxx]

I see, we have one at out petstore that's very beautiful, it's all orange with faint red markings.

[ErikPaterson]

sounds really cool dude, housies are a joy to keep

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Yeah man, right now I'm into western hoggies, I want to be a hognose breeder some day, I just think people need to see more of their cute personalities, you should get one, they are so amazing.

[ErikPaterson]

yea, hoggies are cool, never held one or ought though haha

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Aww man you gotta try it they are so ccol

[ErikPaterson]

yea, i have been told that, i might see about getting one..

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Yeah man think about it, they are awesome, haha cant believe that was Rob that called.

[ErikPaterson]

haha, yea, he has a habit of doing that... lol

[xxxHERPERxxx]

haha that's funny.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Hey dude do you listen to any Nirvana?

[ErikPaterson]

nope, only reggae/hip hop etc really, nothing rock-ish etc

[Ailurus27]

i love hoggies i have 3. just thought i would join in lol.

great viv erik, only just found it lol. great rack, i like how it fits on top of the cwds. how is it attached?

[ErikPaterson]

lol, i know you do Tommo haha

its not attatched to the WD viv, but to itself screws and jenga blocks haha

[Ailurus27]

lols. jenga blocks. everyone loves hoggies, especially mine!! my males gone grumpy though lol, he struck at me the other day, i mean a hoggie striking!?! wtf? lol

[ErikPaterson]

haha gutted

[turtleboy5001]

cool stuff erik.

i might need to come up with one because my rosy popped today! i'm happy :]

also happy i don't have as many babies as you! haha

[ErikPaterson]

lol, congrats dude!

and LOL i have 14 eggs in the inc and the 2 females (i think) are about to pop :( lol

[turtleboy5001]

thanks!

so this will make how many housies to my 7 rosy boas? haha

[ErikPaterson]

err, 28 i think haha

[turtleboy5001]

well let me just bid you a good luck. lol

jk you know what you're doing.

how you gonna get rid of some of these guys?

[ErikPaterson]

lol, i need it, their millions of them and they are so reluctant to feed :@

and i'm buying something that eats snakes :P JK

nah, no idea yet, just try sell em to people haha

i also have 14 eggs lol

[turtleboy5001]

well the former would be a way... but i don't think any snake lover is up to that haha.

well congrats erik, i'm glad you've done well with your housies.

and my video with the rosy boas is going to be up within the next 24 hours, so i guess keep a look out!

[ErikPaterson]

lol, it would be a challenge indeed - i nsuppose it depends how expensive/rare the snake eater was haha

cheers mate, congrats with ya rosies too haha

and i shall have a browse tomorrow for it

[DKfansown]

couple of questions, what do you use for heating? and how many times have you been bitten by your snakes?

[ErikPaterson]

i have heat mats, they are thermostatically controlled to 30C

and by the adults, never - but when in feeding mode/heavily gravid, they occasionally strike their tubs

the babies, i have been bitten ocne, but it wasn't painful

[mattdaviestv]

kool stuff erik

also even if u think ur gangsta u look more and more like a mosher ever video lmao

lol at ur lil camp noise u make when the first tub goes bak in hahah anyways

peace homes

[ErikPaterson]

LMAO thanks matt

[raulesparza]

Excellent..Im going to switch to rack systems too..My snake collection keeps grwoing and I have to...Especially with the baby House snakes coming..One egg shrivled, but 4 look really healthy..I did shine a flash light over the eggs the other day and I could see the veins inside the eggs..:D

I see that you provide your House snakes with humidity boxes..Is it a must?

[ErikPaterson]

awesome!

good luck building it, that was my 2rd attempt - i suggest you, unlike me, plan it haha

well, i would say it was a must, mine appear to love them - one female never uses her dry hide, ever lol and when it comes to egg time - it always helps haha

[MrBleepBleep87]

HOLY SHIT SWEEEET!

[ErikPaterson]

thanks

[Ballpythondude420]

i thought you eant a different kind of rack oh well great vid anyways

[ErikPaterson]

LOL thanks

[boywithafrog]

how big do housies get roughly?

liam :D

[ErikPaterson]

3 ft - 4 ft max, males generally around 2 ft

[Reptiledan]

Nice rack mate! Lets see more of your rack soon yeh? So yeh... Whith a rack like that you must have the chicks queing down the street. Jokes aside it really is a good rack and i hope you rack doesnt break! Good luck filling that rack up! Hope your rack doesnt break!

How many times did i say rack? lol but rele how many?

[ErikPaterson]

LOL

[joefarah06]

Excellent rig mr. headless snake man. The bins are beautifully set up. Your snakes are lucky to be in such good hands. Nice set up and animals!

[ErikPaterson]

Thanks Joe, i do try with them, although i would like some more foliage in Tiny's tub

but having set that rack up & having more stuff to buy for tubs for my newbies, she can wait a while longer

thanks again

[HappySaylor]

whats the site for those tubs again

[ErikPaterson]

reallyusefulboxes [dot] c o m

you can get them from Argos for £1 cheaper lol

[xXsnooginsXx]

Cool vid I would love to have that rack!

[ErikPaterson]

thanks

[snakemanjayd]

Well done on the racks.

What plant was that in Tiny's cage?

Are you growing Weed in there, lol.

[ErikPaterson]

thanks

and yes lol, that was weed - but it is plastic

[DaveVicious]

well, that's a fine looking rack and that vivarium still catches my eyes, i wouldn't mind looking into a couple house snakes myself, nice video

[ErikPaterson]

cheers Dave

i recco ment housies, their very cool

[Moeykun]

very nice racking system you have going on, will look pretty cool when its finished and all the tubs are in place =D take care now mate ^^

[ErikPaterson]

thanks dude

[cornsnakeking]

hows the water dragon eggs doing cos if they hatch its taxed if u dont want cos im very interested

[ErikPaterson]

the WD eggs failed a while back and she doesnt appear to be gravid again - if i get any babies however, i will do vids etc

[ReptiMan113]

speaking of wd eggs my female laid 2 clutches for her first time laying. Is that common?

first clutch 6

second clutch 7

[ErikPaterson]

thats fine, infact, thats good lol

they may lay 3/4 clutches a year yes

[ReptiMan113]

ok thanks. just a little odd. that all

[RSanctary]

nice snakes and rack

[ErikPaterson]

thanks

[CaterpillarGiraffe]

Awesome house snakes (:

5 stars

[ErikPaterson]

thanks Rainey

[SNAILZILA]

aWSOME video once again keep them coming :)

[ErikPaterson]

thanks