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10-08-2010, 10:15 PM
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Well its been a few years since i had a snake, and i talked mom into letting me get another one. So on monday i went down checked out the store, then again on thursday and once more on friday which is tonight still i guess at time of posting.
Tonight they got more i guess stock in of snakes, so i was gonna pick up this baby ball and with the newly arrived snakes there was one that stood out. So long story short i walked out with both.
The bigger one is the female, and the smaller one is a male. The bigger one is lil, and the little guy is phil (phil and lil from rugrats...). The little guy is no more then i think 3 months, and the big girl i think is around 6-8 somewhere in that range.
Will have more pics soon, there still settling in and the tank isn't fully setup yet.
Tonight they got more i guess stock in of snakes, so i was gonna pick up this baby ball and with the newly arrived snakes there was one that stood out. So long story short i walked out with both.
The bigger one is the female, and the smaller one is a male. The bigger one is lil, and the little guy is phil (phil and lil from rugrats...). The little guy is no more then i think 3 months, and the big girl i think is around 6-8 somewhere in that range.
Will have more pics soon, there still settling in and the tank isn't fully setup yet.
10-08-2010, 10:44 PM
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thats cool, they make great pets, i myself have a 2yr old female boa and a 2+ year old ball python. the boas starting to get big, about 5.5feet and 8.5lbs, the python is on a 10 day diet and is a little bit bigger than your male.
im going to say they are both over a year old, they grow slow, the girl looks chunky, make sure you feed them no more than once every 7-10days.
im going to say they are both over a year old, they grow slow, the girl looks chunky, make sure you feed them no more than once every 7-10days.
10-08-2010, 10:58 PM
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I had a python about 20 years ago 8 ft. and thought I better get rid of it before it got rid of me. Not to mention I couldn't stand watching it kill cute rabbits I had to buy at the pet store.
Cool pets, I guess...
Cool pets, I guess...
10-09-2010, 10:16 PM
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I had a python about 20 years ago 8 ft. and thought I better get rid of it before it got rid of me. Not to mention I couldn't stand watching it kill cute rabbits I had to buy at the pet store.
Cool pets, I guess...
I had a python about 20 years ago 8 ft. and thought I better get rid of it before it got rid of me. Not to mention I couldn't stand watching it kill cute rabbits I had to buy at the pet store.
Cool pets, I guess...
10-10-2010, 07:50 AM
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Good to see the insulating properties of legos being put to great use...
They're perrrrty...
They're perrrrty...
10-12-2010, 07:50 AM
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LOL...point taken.
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Until a 15 footer gets around your neck while you are sleeping. J/K...
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hence they make great pets.
hence they make great pets.
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10-12-2010, 12:59 PM
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nice snakes. i have a 10 year old ball python that i rescued from the neighbor.
i'm a dog person but for a reptile ball's can't be beat. mine will not eat frozen/pre killed rats. i knock'em out and give them to him.
i'm a dog person but for a reptile ball's can't be beat. mine will not eat frozen/pre killed rats. i knock'em out and give them to him.
10-13-2010, 01:36 AM
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i knock'em out and give them to him.
i knock'em out and give them to him.
The other day me and my brother were walking down a sidewalk and I said, what the hell are you doing?, he replied with, what do you mean? I said you walked on an ant and don't do it again.
I can't even kill an ant, because I wouldn't want it done to me.
It may seem far fetched, but things change with time and it doesn't apply to all.
10-13-2010, 06:51 PM
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I can't even do that. Years ago I raised Mourning Doves and had to slam their heads aganist a wooden post to kill them and couldn't stand it, not to mention the blood splatter on my face. When I had a snake I would put the rabbits in the snake cage alive and right off the bat I could see they were like, OH CRAP.
The other day me and my brother were walking down a sidewalk and I said, what the hell are you doing?, he replied with, what do you mean? I said you walked on an ant and don't do it again.
I can't even kill an ant, because I wouldn't want it done to me.
It may seem far fetched, but things change with time and it doesn't apply to all.
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i knock'em out and give them to him.
i knock'em out and give them to him.
I can't even do that. Years ago I raised Mourning Doves and had to slam their heads aganist a wooden post to kill them and couldn't stand it, not to mention the blood splatter on my face. When I had a snake I would put the rabbits in the snake cage alive and right off the bat I could see they were like, OH CRAP.
The other day me and my brother were walking down a sidewalk and I said, what the hell are you doing?, he replied with, what do you mean? I said you walked on an ant and don't do it again.
I can't even kill an ant, because I wouldn't want it done to me.
It may seem far fetched, but things change with time and it doesn't apply to all.
]it irritates me so much when people kill bees, one- they will leave you alone sooner or later, and two, their population is dwindling.
10-13-2010, 07:06 PM
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I dont know about Il but out here in Cali we have plenty of bees. They are an extreme nuisance. You cant leave doors open for more than a minute before 20 meat bees are on the screen.
10-14-2010, 09:10 AM
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holly crap........How can you have it as a pet?.....they need to stay wild and be in the wild.
Just some pics for you guys who likes snakes...um Pythons...... By the way, its a comon snake here by me in the region we stay....what we call Bushveld...google SUN CITY on the maps and see what veld really is.... or if you wanna google more pics try this. " afrika luislange " or african python
Just some pics for you guys who likes snakes...um Pythons...... By the way, its a comon snake here by me in the region we stay....what we call Bushveld...google SUN CITY on the maps and see what veld really is.... or if you wanna google more pics try this. " afrika luislange " or african python
10-19-2010, 12:31 PM
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LOL! I dont think PythonFan has a snake that can eat him. + Big snakes are uncommon around here. Biggest I have seen in cali is a King snake.
10-19-2010, 12:41 PM
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That is most definently NOT a ball python. I saw those exact same pictures in a viral over 10 years ago.....
...claiming to have been a snake found here in Dubai near an area called Jebel Ali. It actually made it in the papers here...LOL..
Don't quote me but that may be a type of water moccasin...but I'm not sure.
Oh...and by the way, most snakes bread in captivity, wouldn't survive 2 weeks in the 'wild'.
...claiming to have been a snake found here in Dubai near an area called Jebel Ali. It actually made it in the papers here...LOL..Don't quote me but that may be a type of water moccasin...but I'm not sure.
Oh...and by the way, most snakes bread in captivity, wouldn't survive 2 weeks in the 'wild'.
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holly crap........How can you have it as a pet?.....they need to stay wild and be in the wild.
Just some pics for you guys who likes snakes...um Pythons...... By the way, its a comon snake here by me in the region we stay....what we call Bushveld...google SUN CITY on the maps and see what veld really is.... or if you wanna google more pics try this. '' afrika luislange '' or african python
holly crap........How can you have it as a pet?.....they need to stay wild and be in the wild.
Just some pics for you guys who likes snakes...um Pythons...... By the way, its a comon snake here by me in the region we stay....what we call Bushveld...google SUN CITY on the maps and see what veld really is.... or if you wanna google more pics try this. '' afrika luislange '' or african python
10-19-2010, 02:51 PM
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First off lots of bet shops get there snakes which are wild caught, (at least around here) though higher end corp owned business get there's from a licensed breeder which are captive breed obv.
Second the pic listed above is your typical burmese, which grow to 8ft +. Balls on record the longest was 7ft something, on avg a male will grow to about 4-5feet, females 5-6feet.
Personally there's only one snake i really want, i love my balls and all kinds of snakes but one truly has a place in my heart. And that would be an albino burmese python ( http://lmgtfy.com/?q=albino+burmese+python )
The babies go for quite a pretty penny, most over 2500-5000. Now you can get them cheaper as adults but most people don't want, can't afford to feed, doesn't have the room when there full grown and often let go because of this. How many people have room or money to feed a 8ft snake? Also when buying them as a adult you don't know there past owner, how much they were handled, and often times people cage feed them so they get cage aggression.
Cage aggression is basically when the snake can't tell the difference between what is food and your hand entering the cage.
Very awesome snake.
http://www.jokeroo.com/user-content/...lb.-snake.html
Second the pic listed above is your typical burmese, which grow to 8ft +. Balls on record the longest was 7ft something, on avg a male will grow to about 4-5feet, females 5-6feet.
Personally there's only one snake i really want, i love my balls and all kinds of snakes but one truly has a place in my heart. And that would be an albino burmese python ( http://lmgtfy.com/?q=albino+burmese+python )
The babies go for quite a pretty penny, most over 2500-5000. Now you can get them cheaper as adults but most people don't want, can't afford to feed, doesn't have the room when there full grown and often let go because of this. How many people have room or money to feed a 8ft snake? Also when buying them as a adult you don't know there past owner, how much they were handled, and often times people cage feed them so they get cage aggression.
Cage aggression is basically when the snake can't tell the difference between what is food and your hand entering the cage.
Very awesome snake.
http://www.jokeroo.com/user-content/...lb.-snake.html
10-19-2010, 04:51 PM
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Def NOT a Moccasin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_moccasin
Python is mostly right, its a large Reticulated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticulated_python
I have been dealing with and studying all forms of wildlife since I was 5yrs old, Although Up north We don't have snakes that largs unless in Zoo's, I have delt with/kept as pets,The most venomous We have here which is the Massasauga Rattlesnake , It is My pssion.. Besides RC
Python is mostly right, its a large Reticulated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticulated_python
I have been dealing with and studying all forms of wildlife since I was 5yrs old, Although Up north We don't have snakes that largs unless in Zoo's, I have delt with/kept as pets,The most venomous We have here which is the Massasauga Rattlesnake , It is My pssion.. Besides RC
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That is most definently NOT a ball python. I saw those exact same pictures in a viral over 10 years ago........claiming to have been a snake found here in Dubai near an area called Jebel Ali. It actually made it in the papers here...LOL..
Don't quote me but that may be a type of water moccasin...but I'm not sure.
Oh...and by the way, most snakes bread in captivity, wouldn't survive 2 weeks in the 'wild'.
That is most definently NOT a ball python. I saw those exact same pictures in a viral over 10 years ago.....
...claiming to have been a snake found here in Dubai near an area called Jebel Ali. It actually made it in the papers here...LOL..Don't quote me but that may be a type of water moccasin...but I'm not sure.
Oh...and by the way, most snakes bread in captivity, wouldn't survive 2 weeks in the 'wild'.
ORIGINAL: rasper
holly crap........How can you have it as a pet?.....they need to stay wild and be in the wild.
Just some pics for you guys who likes snakes...um Pythons...... By the way, its a comon snake here by me in the region we stay....what we call Bushveld...google SUN CITY on the maps and see what veld really is.... or if you wanna google more pics try this. '' afrika luislange '' or african python
holly crap........How can you have it as a pet?.....they need to stay wild and be in the wild.
Just some pics for you guys who likes snakes...um Pythons...... By the way, its a comon snake here by me in the region we stay....what we call Bushveld...google SUN CITY on the maps and see what veld really is.... or if you wanna google more pics try this. '' afrika luislange '' or african python
10-19-2010, 07:41 PM
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First off lots of bet shops get there snakes which are wild caught, (at least around here) though higher end corp owned business get there's from a licensed breeder which are captive breed obv.
Second the pic listed above is your typical burmese, which grow to 8ft +. Balls on record the longest was 7ft something, on avg a male will grow to about 4-5feet, females 5-6feet.
Personally there's only one snake i really want, i love my balls and all kinds of snakes but one truly has a place in my heart. And that would be an albino burmese python ( http://lmgtfy.com/?q=albino+burmese+python )
The babies go for quite a pretty penny, most over 2500-5000. Now you can get them cheaper as adults but most people don't want, can't afford to feed, doesn't have the room when there full grown and often let go because of this. How many people have room or money to feed a 8ft snake? Also when buying them as a adult you don't know there past owner, how much they were handled, and often times people cage feed them so they get cage aggression.
Cage aggression is basically when the snake can't tell the difference between what is food and your hand entering the cage.
Very awesome snake.
http://www.jokeroo.com/user-content/...lb.-snake.html
First off lots of bet shops get there snakes which are wild caught, (at least around here) though higher end corp owned business get there's from a licensed breeder which are captive breed obv.
Second the pic listed above is your typical burmese, which grow to 8ft +. Balls on record the longest was 7ft something, on avg a male will grow to about 4-5feet, females 5-6feet.
Personally there's only one snake i really want, i love my balls and all kinds of snakes but one truly has a place in my heart. And that would be an albino burmese python ( http://lmgtfy.com/?q=albino+burmese+python )
The babies go for quite a pretty penny, most over 2500-5000. Now you can get them cheaper as adults but most people don't want, can't afford to feed, doesn't have the room when there full grown and often let go because of this. How many people have room or money to feed a 8ft snake? Also when buying them as a adult you don't know there past owner, how much they were handled, and often times people cage feed them so they get cage aggression.
Cage aggression is basically when the snake can't tell the difference between what is food and your hand entering the cage.
Very awesome snake.
http://www.jokeroo.com/user-content/...lb.-snake.html
a large Boa is as big a snake i would like to own, any bigger (10ft upto 60lbs) and it would just be a chore to handle/ feed such a animal.
