User:Goblin166

Cola the snake:

SPECIES: Pueblan Milk snake, sometimes called Campbell's Milk Snake. (he's the apricot morph) SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lampropeltis Triangulum Campbeli SIZE: The last time Cola was measured was on march 16, 2015 and on that day he was 56cm.

Age: 2

Cola was hatched in December 2013 and was then sent to pets at home where he was bought by the Vaughan family. He was put on price at £59.99 and was finally bought on the 19th of January. Cola is coloured red, black and yellow with the tail being just black and yellow

Housing and food:

He lives in a 48*48*30cm tank with 2 hideouts, a hollowed out coconut and a hollowed out rock. We had to take out the polystyrene at the back of the tank as Cola would immediately go behind it when you put him in his tank and then he would find that he was stuck straight afterwards.

Cola feeds on fluff mice and he eats them about once every 5-6 days. We started feeing him on pinkie mice but he has grown to large for them now. I Change his water once a day because he often uses it. his water bowl is just a small metal dish, however we put in another medium sized exo-tera water dish when he is shedding because he likes to bath in it as it helps his skin to come off.

Species:

As said earlier on in the page, Cola is an Apricot Pueblan Milk Snake. This species is from Mexico and is an egg laying species of snake laying around 24 eggs. They Usually grow up to 3ft long but can sometimes grow slightly larger. Pueblan milk snakes live for roughly 25 years so Cola still has about another 24 years left! Pueblan milk snakes are one of the most widely available pet milk snakes and can usually be found in your local pet shop. However if you are going to purchase a Pueblan milk snake try to purchase a captive bred one as it will be less likely to have a parasite, it will be less aggressive and a lot calmer when handled than a wild caught one. Cola himself was a captive bred snake and you can find out if the snake you are looking to buy is captive bred by asking a staff member at your local pet shop. DO NOT handle your milk snake for about two days after you have fed them as it will interrupt their digesting process and seriously damage them inside and possibly do worse.

Shedding

When shedding it is important that you put in an extra water bowl so that your snake can bath and dampen their skin in. With cola I will sometimes hold him and put his body in his bath, but I make sure that his head is still above water level. Cola sheds roughly once every two months.

further information:

Cola is on twitter so follow him at: @Cola166

Cola has only ever bitten me once.

Cola has never been to the vet

Click the links to see pictures of Cola: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/492768076119961600/qsTlIM1i_400x400.jpeg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3815S6IEAInx2a.jpg:large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEdsYU3XIAAi6wW.jpg:large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3O1BtHCQAAvQxE.jpg:large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxWXjuUIUAADwk_.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bywv9_RIIAEUQ-K.jpg:large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByUf3kXIYAApoW1.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1SVUUzIYAAGIoP.jpg