Himitsu no Reptiles - Vol. 2 Ch. 11 - Species #11 - Since I can’t take the world's time...Snakes raising snakes?!

[MangaDex]

 

[Tamerlane]

DANGER NOODLES

 

[ElBichoRaro]

Nope ropes!

 

[AutoRedux]

As a reptile handler, twice a week is far too often. Once a week, even as a baby, it's enough. As a snake grow larger their metabolism starts slowing down. A ball python, for instance, will eat once a week as a baby and then as little as once every three weeks as an adult.

DO NOT feed a snake just because it looks hungry. They are opportunistic feeders and will easily become obese, developing liver and heart problems.

Furthermore, the enclosure depicted is far too small. A rule of thumb is two adjacent walls should equal the length of the snake. More clutter for non desert species to allow the snake to feel less exposed would also be good.

 

[justforthelulz]

Stealing another man's food, especially fast food, is grounds for serious beef.

 

[Celiohogane]

It's a snek, a friendly noodle, a rope of friendship.

 

[nanoyachan]

@AutoRedux thank you for the information! The disclaimer at the front of the manga really is needed because you certainly cannot trust all the info in here. It makes me wonder if the standards for keeping reptiles are really so much less in Japan...

 

[Memnon]

Asclepius is not so bad a choice. Makes more sense than Gungnir at least.

 

[HiraOmnibus]

They really go waaay too minimalist with these cage setups, their suggestion is more like what I use just for feeding/holding during cleaning. Maybe it has to do with most Japanese having smaller, tighter homes? At any rate, snakes are good pets, personally I like corn snakes best; they're pretty friendly and easy to have. Ball pythons are ok, when they roll up into their balls it's pretty cute but they're grumpy a lot of the time and can be a pain in the butt to feed. Milk snakes are like corn snakes but not as friendly and they can run away pretty fast so escapees are a problem. Don't have a lot of experience with hognose pythons but I've heard they're not as crabby as ball pythons and do look very cute.

 

[Mogima]

was looking for a snake a few years back.
canceled that plan because family won't approve

 

[randomdice101]

@Autoredux Think what the author meant but it was hard to convey in the translation is about feeding the snake more than once with the small size food then go up maybe? I've never kept snakes or any reptiels so I'm not speaking from experience at all. Would be interesting to know however. Thanks for the corrections. For the caresheets the basic habitat may be for ease of drawing? Showcasing the snake better ?

 

[ragnarok04]

FLAT IS JUSTICE

 

[FourteenResident]

Snek

 

[unimortis]

flat is justice, and that's why Taito is also my type. (... what? cutest character after Shizu, right?)

anyway, I do love corn snakes

 

[mirp448]

Taito is so cute aw :') i love the lil white snek uwu

also glad i don't have to critique nothin this chapter since yall comments already got it covered lol
i really love this series and all the different animals it shows but it still pains me every time to see how awfully small enclosures they recommend 😬

 

[Kaarme]

@AutoRedux

Furthermore, the enclosure depicted is far too small.

Watching Youtube videos showing the wonders of ultra small Japanese apartments, I though the same: Homo sapiens isn't meant to live in such a tiny enclosure.