#snake supplies

[is-the-snake-video-cute]

sorry if you’ve already answered this but I’ve been considering getting a corn snake for a long while now so I was wondering around how much it costs to get all the stuff for the tank set up and whatnot, as I can’t really find a concrete answer online :) many thanks!

Hi there! Corns are awesome snakes, I'm so excited that you're considering one!

The reason you haven't been able to find a concrete answer, I'm afraid, is because it will vary very heavily based on where you live, the choices you make, and what's available to you. Here's a cornsnake shopping list that might be helpful, and in general I recommend budgeting no less than about 300 USD for initial setup.

A breakdown of that (specific to the US but hopefully you'll get the idea):

Enclosure! The cost of this will vary wildly. Adult cornsnakes need an enclosure that's at least 4 feet long and ideally 4 feet high, and bigger is always better. For baby snakes, you might very well want a smaller enclosure. It all depends on how old the snake is and your preferences, but I recommend no smaller than a 20 gallon for even babies, and you should be aware that you will need to upgrade. Depending on where you look you could spend 50 dollars here, or you could spend 500.

Depending on where you get it and the style of enclosure you choose, you might need to buy the lid separately, and they can be surprisingly expensive (anywhere from 20-75 dollars depending on size).

Heat and lights plus necessary accessories! You'll need, at the absolute minimum, a lamp, a thermostat, and the bulb itself. Ceramic heat emitters are no-frills options that'll last a good long while but cost in the realm of 30-50 dollars depending on where you find them, you can expect to pay about 20-40 dollars for the dome, and thermostats are another area where you can buy a cheap option (I have a 20 dollar one linked in the shopping list!) or you can buy a thousand-dollar one.

Hides! You can go as expensive as you like here, but my honest recommendation is to buy a soldering iron (~15 dollars) and cut doors into plastic containers.

Substrate! This will depend on what you choose and the enclosure size. Corns are very versatile here and you have lots of options, pretty much anything they sell in the reptile aisle will work just fine.

Decor and clutter! Again, you could go as expensive as you like, but at minimum you'll want climbing branches and clutter to give your snake things to explore for encrichment and provide hiding spots. On a budget, things like cardboard tubes, crumpled paper towels, and sticks and branches taken from nature (sanitized first!) are great options.

The nice thing about snakes is that, once you've got the enclosure set up, you can expect to budget about 20 dollars a month at most to keep your snake fed. But the intial setup can be pricey! I recommend making out a shopping list and checking the websites of your local pet stores so you can plan your budget.

[izharmilgram]

sssnake tommy for jenny's birthday :p

[tapefish]

dont worry about me, got all the luck I need

[rudjedet]

Got a new desk, twice the space, only 10% of the original amount of junk on there 😂

[fisheito]

yakuya in MY swamp? in MY ecosystem? no . i am still in disbelief. i hope you all know that my particles are bouncing off the everything. i am using periods as punctuation but the state of my mind is naught neareth final.

[ineffable-xenanigans]

Whisper

Go on... this apple will give you...

...my contribution to week 7 of the Ineffable Prompt-A-Thon by @ineffablyruined.

Edited to add: I thought of a lil limerick to go along with it lol

There once was a Garden of Eden where an apple ought not to be eaten. "Taste it, my dear", into her ear whispered Crawly the slithering demon.

Anyways! This was my first time using halftone brushes, and there was definitely a learning curve, but I really love how it turned out!

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[brehaaorgana]

People joke about ADHD all the time, even swear up and down they totally think they also have it, but then if you ask for an accommodation, to please please please provide things in fucking writing, EXACTLY what they want and need, you will even work it out WITH them, like they promised they would do — repeatedly over and over, and then you don't get it people really will fucking be like:

I am using the incorrect bathroom (TM) to place my shelving and store my things. Homegirl literally removed various sundries and toiletries from a CLOSED CABINET and SHELF because she's interested in boundaries and accountability for my mess.

I said months ago I wanted to improve things for her comfort level and needed a written list of what precisely that fucking looked like in order to achieve it and not miss anything she deemed important. I explained how ADHD works, why I needed a written reference. Why I had to have it laid out, and if something needed changing we needed to write it all out. I would've made the list myself, but they said they would make it for the whole house to hold up their end of things. And, thinking this was a very reasonable adult solution to keeping the house in good shape, I said okay, come up with the list of expectations and what is needed and that way we can update how we handle chores. Awesome. I will do that to uphold my end.

No list ever gets made or drafted or anything despite my bringing it up, knowing we need to do it, but I DO get berated for failing to meet expectations and boundaries that were never fucking provided or delivered and include "don't store toiletries in this particular bathroom because I don't like it."

I can't believe I am a goddamn adult who gets treated like an idiot child for expecting adult communication instead of snide ass passive aggressive bullshit and basic respect for my things.

Because when I fucking get home, my shelving has been removed and a cabinet emptied of my things and placed in the "correct" bathroom.

🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

Oh shit she solved it, this doesn't look cluttered at all!

What a vast improvement to storing things in appropriate storage!

[grelleswife]

bard is a bottom or a switch confirmed~

(Edit: Anon is talking about a spicy Bardlau drabble written by my friend and mutual @bapydemonprincess that I highly recommend!)

That’s valid! However, considering his homoerotic adventures with Lau during the sanatorium arc:

We received confirmation a while ago! 😉

[vv-ispy]

on one hand I totally understand tropes are popular but on the other hand I think Amos is a lot more compelling as a middle aged woman trying to figure out her life after a loveless relationship than a mother figure ya know

[snakesinsocks2005]

Isn't it wonderful we live on a planet with animals that feel nice to pet, with the animals knowing we can pet them real nice and the whole thing is great and healing and calming for both parties involved

[defness]

Vulture-Aid Elixir Anon

[is-the-snake-video-cute]

Viago is the nosiest snake in the entire world, I swear. Whenever I'm doing anything in the snake room he is pressed against the glass watching me

[abybweisse]

Ch196 (p5), Wavy spell

Idk what else to call it. We've seen real Ciel do this, too, back when Undertaker caught him mid-fall. Of course, Snake wants to help when he sees Doll fall.

But Doll must be embarrassed. It's not just about the fall itself, though.

Doll is making false excuses for the fall and won't turn around to look at them.

Also, that chick's name is Susan.

When she says "them", does she specifically mean Snake and Finny? Our earl and Sebastian? Or is "everyone" also "them"? And whose Hell? 🤔

But this is how real Ciel looks after his wavy spells. A dizzy spell, for sure, but it also means the onset of these darkened veins. She needs a transfusion and won't function properly again until she's had one.

Idk if Susan even knows what's happening to Doll; Susan might be completely in the dark about the blood supply operation and really thinks this is just an eccentric orphanage. How does Doll go about getting a transfusion while she's on the premises of the orphanage? Who there actually knows she's one of the beneficiaries of the facility? 🤔

[dreary-robot]

BEHOLD

(ft. wolfgang from @mickmundane)

[possets]

@arlxcchino // 💚

once the arduous venture to fontaine was made, baizhu saw no harm in prolonging the stay; to take time to study the flora of fontaine and their uses. while those easily gathered from liyue and its close neighbor of mondstadt ( sometimes even the life from sumeru that grew close to the chasm's gaping maw ) had plenty of use, there was no harm and only benefit to looking into the medicinal properties of others.

"i actually have a business deal with the fatui right now, perhaps you're aware of it?" he started humorously, recalling how he more or less swindled childe into it — all for an eternal-child's enjoyment, "i would be interested in expanding the terms of our contract, genuinely. i've found lumitoile to possess interesting qualities that could be useful for medicine, but acquiring them on my own would be difficult."

[ewamosaart]