Hey! It's me, M.!
Hey!This blog is a sort of online diary in which I will address my experience in keeping a Vietnamese Blue Beauty (Elaphe Taeniura), hoping this logbook will be useful to someone out there. I will...
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Let me introduce you...
For now, this online notebook will have three actors: you, my VBB and me.Let me start by saying that I am glad you stopped by and hope you will find what you are looking for in here. If you don’t, feel...
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Housing a Vietnamese Beauty snake - Enclosure, requirements, tips and warnings.
You're thinking about getting a snake? Then the first think you're going to need is an enclosure. My advice is: get the enclosure before the snake. It will be extremely nervous and disoriented on its...
View ArticleSnake Stats - November 2013
People use to wonder whether or not their snakes' body length and / or weight is according to their age. As for people, there is really no such thing as normal; every snake grows at its own pace, and...
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Feeding my Vietnamese Blue Beauty - What do I feed my snake?
There are many options when it comes to feeding:Smaller preys quite often (more than once a week)Bigger preys less often (usually every 7 days for hatchlings, yearlings and sub-adults, and every 10 to...
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How to tame a Vietnamese Blue Beauty snake?
If you have a Vietnamese Blue Beauty snake or have done some research on them you know they can have a rocky attitude.No one wants to have a 2m60 monster like this [no, it's not smiling]: (source)...
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Is my Vietnamese Beauty snake in blue?
Any snake will eventually prepare for ecdysis (aka shed its skin). There are a few signs to recognize the different phases of this process. Here we go:How do I know my snake is about to shed? You'll...
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Keeping record - get your Vietnamese Blue Beauty's business straight.
As you know, I keep record of my VBB's data, and it's obviously not only to write my Snake Stats but to be able to control that everything is fine.You can do as you like best; I am quite old school and...
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Bad shed, what to do? How to manually remove un-shed skin from a Vietnamese...
After being in blue, your snake will eventually shed its skin. If everything goes well, you should end up with one piece of old skin going from the snake's nose to its tail.If your snake has had a bad...
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How to feed a Vietnamese Blue Beauty snake. Snake feeding gear.
How to feed your VBB will come down to your personal preferences. Here's what I use and why:Glass jar. As I've had some trouble getting Furia to feed on frozen/thawed mice, I had to find a way to...
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Notes on: VBB shedding (I)
The Fury has shed once a month since I've got her, and is about to do so again for the third time.Her first shed happened a few days after I first brought her home and went on like a charm. The second...
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How to get my Vietnamese Blue Beauty snake to eat frozen / thawed mice?
If you have a Blue Beauty snake or are planning on getting one AND you've done your research you've read "voracious appetite" and "amazing feeding response" over a thousand times. VBBs are said to be...
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How to measure your snake?
I'm all in for keeping record of my snakes' growth; not only to pat myself in the back and show off, but because it evidences a bunch of stuff.At first, in what seems the paleolithic, I simply measured...
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How to raise humidity in a terrarium? / How to make a moist hide
Vietnamese Blue Beauty snakes don't require any specific humidity level as long as they have access to a large (and I mean LARGE) water bowl.With that said, you may want to consider raising your...
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How to clean a terrarium? How to spot cleaning and full-on cleaning.
After you get your enclosure pimped up with all you need it will eventually be time to clean. Excrements will need to be removed swiftly, so you need to be on the lookout a couple of days after feeding...
View ArticleSnake Stats - December 2013
These are this past month's figures:LengthWeigh18 November 2013 59 cm 36 gr8 December 2013 - 45 gr26 December 2013 65 cm 47 grThe Fury is getting long and slender, she's...
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Snake Stats - January 2014
This month in figures...LengthWeigh26 December 2013 65 cm 47 gr2 February 2014 68 cm 57 grJanuary was a bit of a roller coaster. On the positive side, Furia had the...
View ArticleSnake Stats - February 2014
February in figures...LengthWeigh2 February 2014 68 cm 57 gr23 February 2014 72 gr2 March 2014 79 cm 81 grThis month has been way more stable than...
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Housing a Vietnamese Blue Beauty snake - Custom made vivarium project
Hey!One of my main concerns when I bought The Fury was setting up an appropriate environment for her. Vietnamese Blue Beauties are not exactly like Corn snakes or Ball pythons, if you know what I mean....
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Snake Stats - March 2014
Hey!Here are March stats:LengthWeigh2 March 2014 79 cm 81 gr29 March 2014 83 cm 1 April 2014 93 grAt roughly 8 months old Furia is...
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