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Thank you all for the suggestions! Sorry I haven't replied in awhile, all of this holiday stuff had me running around everywhere! Unfortunately, I haven't seen Alex around yet... I seriously doubt my cat would eat him, probably just do a little batting if she ever saw him, but he'd take off I'm sure if that happened. One day we actually came home and found her inside the aquarium with our two gerbils, who were still alive and well; she was just sitting there watching. Anyway! My brother left a mouse on the floor, which he then forgot about and proceeded to step on, bare-foot .... oOoooH grossss. Every few days I've been searching around his room to no avail. I seriously doubt I'd find the snake by looking around like that but hey, it's worth a try! The mouse remained on the floor for a few days with no bite... but I'll have to fill up Alex's water dish and tell my brother to leave it on the bedroom floor in case he feels like hydrating a little. Hopefully my brother won't step in IT too! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img] Every day he asks, "Ky, have you seen my snake?" because he seems to think that -I- lost him... absolutely nooot. He never likes to admit fault. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] Hehehe. I'm still at a loss as to how Alex got out, though. On one hand I'd like to talk my brother into getting another snake (like I did with the first one... shhh, don't tell him that!) because I miss the little guy (the snake, not brother) but I don't want to run out and replace him right away, and what would happen if Alex decides to reappear? Which brings me to two questions, both of which will most likely be indicative of my snake ignorance! One, what are the rules for keeping snakes together in a habitat? Is it pretty much wise to keep them separate? Can you keep, say, corn snakes together? If you can, does that apply in every situtation, such as, a baby and an adult, or captive bred and not captive bred, venomous with non-venomous, two not of the same clutch, etc etc? What would happen if you put a corn with a ball python? Along that same vein, out of curiosity, I've seen some pictures of biiiiig snakes on these forums. In a typical reaction from both sides (if there is one), what would happen if I held up a little mini corn snake up to one of those bigger snakes? Just wondering.. not planning on doing any of this, obviously! I'm just getting a feel for things. Well, that was like 30 questions right there... but my "second" one was, I haven't seen a particularly wonderful variety of snakes in my visits to Petco and Petsmart (who I would not buy a snake from, judging by the fact that they are overpriced, seem to be ill-educated about the snakes, and the ball my friend bought from them had mites) and a reptile shop in a neighboring city, which is where we got Alex from... okay, that was a really long sentence. Let's punctuate! Yeah, so my question is, are there any "fairly commonly" sold snakes, besides corns and ball pythons, that anyone might recommend -- ones that are good for near-beginners, or rather for people who are responsible owners and interested in learning a lot more about snakes. Please accept my apology if something in this post did not make sense.... it's 6AM and I haven't slept yet, I'm quite sick at the moment, and I ... seem to talk a lot. =D Oh, one more thing -- are there any sites with really cool snake pictures around? I was looking at rtb's 'post your pics' forum tonight and there were some great pictures on there. You guys are awesome, thanks for all the help and welcoming! Good night!
Kylee
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