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So I lost my 5ft Python and found her at GC..

#108
58kites said:
That is true, but their striking range is very short compared to a six or seven footer.
I can catch a small one in a empty drywall mud bucket pretty easily, don't really want to try that trick with a big one.
When the dog circles a big one and starts barking, the dog is within striking range.
I use a pole type tree trimmer to take care of them, can clip their heads off from 10 feet away.
Still makes me nervous because it's usually night time when they turn up, harder to do the job when visibility is poor.
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Great advice on the pole trimmer! I'm in the hills of Los Angeles, and it looks like there will be a lot of them this year - two sightings on my street last week, when we usually see one every few years.
 
#110
So do you have to keep it in an enclosure or can or just have it roaming freely around the house? Can you pet/play with it? Having a pet snake always seemed so cool and fun, but it being in a glass box all the time was a huge turn down for me
 
#111
Roaming freely around the house, a snake will always find a way into something that is going to be a problem, like the stove or furnace, or inside your couch, or to escape to the outdoors and die, or worse yet, prosper like in Florida.
You can handle a snake, but petting a snake or playing with a snake...
snakes don't play, their brain is tiny, reptiles are far away from a relatively intelligent mammal, this is why I don't understand them as a pet, there is no interaction.
The term reptilian brain makes reference to the fact that reptiles work on a much simpler mental system than mammals, no affection, no real interaction.
They are interesting to look at, but past that, I don't know if there is anything there.....and I don't think it's kind to cage an animal that you care about.
If a pet can't live with a human in a way that includes a benefit for both parties, then it is a selfish endeavor.
 
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#112
58kites said:
Roaming freely around the house, a snake will always find a way into something that is going to be a problem, like the stove or furnace, or inside your couch, or to escape to the outdoors and die, or worse yet, prosper like in Florida.
You can handle a snake, but petting a snake or playing with a snake...
snakes don't play, their brain is tiny, reptiles are far away from a relatively intelligent mammal, this is why I don't understand them as a pet, there is no interaction.
The term reptilian brain makes reference to the fact that reptiles work on a much simpler mental system than mammals, no affection, no real interaction.
They are interesting to look at, but past that, I don't know if there is anything there.....and I don't think it's kind to cage an animal that you care about.
If a pet can't live with a human in a way that includes a benefit for both parties, then it is a selfish endeavor.
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Agreed.
While I will never say you should get rid of your pet snake, I've always felt that the only reason someone should keep one is if they're studying herpetology.
 
#113
58kites said:
Roaming freely around the house, a snake will always find a way into something that is going to be a problem, like the stove or furnace, or inside your couch, or to escape to the outdoors and die, or worse yet, prosper like in Florida.
You can handle a snake, but petting a snake or playing with a snake...
snakes don't play, their brain is tiny, reptiles are far away from a relatively intelligent mammal, this is why I don't understand them as a pet, there is no interaction.
The term reptilian brain makes reference to the fact that reptiles work on a much simpler mental system than mammals, no affection, no real interaction.
They are interesting to look at, but past that, I don't know if there is anything there.....and I don't think it's kind to cage an animal that you care about.
If a pet can't live with a human in a way that includes a benefit for both parties, then it is a selfish endeavor.
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I knew a veterinarian who kept snakes precisely because they couldn't be anthromorphized - she figured it provided strong insight into nature as it is for all of the non-mammal world.
 
#114
Savagehenry said:
Not to be difficult, but cats should then be banned also. They are left to run free by irresponsible owners and become feral quite easily, are born hunters, and do real damage to the local indigenous animal population. Luckily, snakes movements are governed by climate. Cats live through most any conditions and breed like crazy. Don't get me wrong, I love just about any pet, and have had all kinds of "exotics". I just wish owners would donate them to a zoo, or a herpetlogical society.
I've owned several boa's, raised from babies, each reaching the 7-8 foot range, which I rarely caged once they hit 3 feet or so. When I couldn't find them, in the winter, I would shut down the heat and put a little heater in a steel milk crate. Never took long before they showed themselves. Summertime, crank up the a/c and do the same. A caged bird always works, and then they get a treat, too.
Sometimes I didn't have to do anything but have some people over. You'd always hear the initial scream.
DISCLAIMER! Everyone who came to my house knew I had them. I would NEVER try to freak the living s/!t out of anyone when snakes are such a common and instinctual fear for the public in general.
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That I did not know! However, I'd much more prefer to cross over a cat than a boa while I'm out in the woods ;)
 
#119
58kites said:
Roaming freely around the house, a snake will always find a way into something that is going to be a problem, like the stove or furnace, or inside your couch, or to escape to the outdoors and die, or worse yet, prosper like in Florida.
You can handle a snake, but petting a snake or playing with a snake...
snakes don't play, their brain is tiny, reptiles are far away from a relatively intelligent mammal, this is why I don't understand them as a pet, there is no interaction.
The term reptilian brain makes reference to the fact that reptiles work on a much simpler mental system than mammals, no affection, no real interaction.
They are interesting to look at, but past that, I don't know if there is anything there.....and I don't think it's kind to cage an animal that you care about.
If a pet can't live with a human in a way that includes a benefit for both parties, then it is a selfish endeavor.
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Thanks for the info. I share your opinion. No snakes for me then...
 

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