So I got a Python....
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Topic: So I got a Python....
Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Subject: So I got a Python....
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:18pm
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Yeah that's right. With my trip down to Myrtle Beach i stumbled apon a
Pet Store and they had a HUGE snake selection. They also had moniters,
and other assortments of lizards, scorpions, and terranchillas (sp) In the end I picked out a beautiful female Ball Python. The guy who worked in the reptile area said she was 3, but my friend and I beg to differ, we think 2ish. I didn't buy a baby one because they can get sick easilly....ect. She's around 2.5 feet long right now, i'll get a more accurate measurement tomorow. She's in a 10 gallon terririum right now, that was just for traveling from the beach back home and tomorow after school i'm going out and getting a 25 gallon one and getting a half log, and some other goodies for her. She's very friendly, and loves to be out of her cage.  Theres a pic of her chillin in the terrirrium i'll get better pics when she's in her new habitat tomorow. ------------- 
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:21pm
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n00dz or shens j/k snakes are cool, I'm gonna get one eventually, just don't have the tiem right now with football going on... ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:21pm
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Why would you get an animal that could kill you? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors"> 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:23pm
In case no-one understands him and he wants to end it all. |
DBibeau855 wrote:Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:24pm
Anything could kill me, why not increase the chances. -------------
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:25pm
Ok... Do you play russian rullete every day? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:26pm
Common sense? |
Posted By: chronic future
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:26pm
| deadly yet awesome |
Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:27pm
Everyone does. It can't kill me at its size, unless i'm asleep and it somehow gets gets out of its terrerium and goes around my neck. -------------
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:28pm
Its not like it wont grow. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:29pm
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Like i said, it will get to around 4.5 feet at adult size, and by then
i'll be in college. And you know the cool thing to do is have a snake
at college.
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:30pm
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You will be basicaly, the creepy anti social kid with the ball python in his room... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: paintbusta
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:33pm
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sweet dude can i feed it
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Posted By: pbdude985
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:36pm
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sweet snake bro. What does it eat? ------------- 
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:40pm
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It eats small mice. When i baught her the guy said she's fine until friday, which is when i shall feed her. If its possible, i will get VIDEO of the snake chowing down on the poor little mouse. -------------
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Posted By: 98God
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 9:41pm
| My friend has the same snake. They are fun to watch eat. |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 10:00pm
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what'd you name it?
please don't say monty... |
Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 10:04pm
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Not exactly sure yet on the name, i need help with that. If the snake was a guy i'd name it Jim, after the great Jim Morrison, but she's a girl..... So my family and I thought of Gem, like a rock, which is pronounced like Jim but.....more lady like? Not sure if i like Gem or not, that's what everyone is calling her though..... ANy suggestions? -------------
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 10:10pm
| Gertrude |
Posted By: DracoPlasm
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 10:11pm
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A ball python wont kill you it wont constrict you unless it wanted to eat you which your to big even a new born infant is to big for an adult ball python and its not venomous so 100 bites wont kill you
And at 2.5 feet she should be on bigger then small mice my 3.5 foot male ball is eating medium rats You seem to know what your doin with the snake not keeping it in the 10 gallon shows that but ball pythons can be problem feeders and are known for giving new snake owners trouble so if you have any questions feel free to ask ive dealt with 1 for 3 years ------------- 
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Posted By: bl@nd
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 10:14pm
Dear God, please stop, that stopped being funny a long time ago ------------- 
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Posted By: Cacowroth
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 10:22pm
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I want an unconventional pet too. I might get piranhas, or a centipede. I tried brine shrimp already, those things were boring as hell. The piranhas and the centipede would be boring too, wouldn't they? YOU SHOULD NAME HER CACOWROTH! OR SHENLONG! OR SCHLONG! ------------- My name is Geoduck. Password: "dsvbgfnmmngbzvbgnhjkj" Penis was here tom was here |
Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 10:23pm
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I want a racoon and duck for my pool. ------------- 
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Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 11:18pm
Along with quite a few other things, that doesn't mean they stopped. ------------- |
Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 11:24pm
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Posted By: The American
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 11:40pm
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Since you wanted to name it after Jim Morrison, but you can't how bout "Janis" like Janis Joplin... Pretty cool that your parents would let you have a snake, let alone a snake thats 2.5 ft. long ------------- 
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Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 1:57am
Hades can aslo help you with your new mail-man slayer. 
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 8:06am
Well. I almost did it without their approval, when i got back to where we were staying, i told my mom and she basically said no, but since my cousins and my aunt were with us, they talked her into it. The first time my mom held the snake she was FREAKING out, it was the funniest thing i've seen in a while. -------------
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Posted By: Homer J
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 8:16am
| My cousin used to have one of those. They're awesome. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 8:32am
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I had a 3rd grade teacher who used to keep snakes in the classroom. They're awesome creatures. I've wanted a snake for a while, but I'm afraid that BB gunning so many garter snakes to death would come back to bite me in the ass. I kinda like 'Gem' for a name too. ------------- ? |
Posted By: PaintballkidEPS
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 10:43am
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my ball python is around 3 and a half feet long and i have a buddy whos my age (14) and has 3 Red tail boas all at least 6 feet long
cool snake BTW |
Posted By: 636andy636
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 2:46pm
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Arg, so many people have ball pythons, You should have gotten something that everyone and there dog doesent have, or something with cool coulors like a rainbow boa or red tailed boa
nice snake tho |
Posted By: Apu
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 2:56pm
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Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 2:57pm
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In the spirit of the great Jim Morrison you could name her Pamela whcih was Jims wife.
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Posted By: The American
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 3:29pm
How bout an Anaconda? -------------
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Posted By: bluemunky
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 5:53pm
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I have 2 leopard geckos, neat little animals. I have pics if anyone wants to see them. -------------  
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 6:14pm
| this reminds me of roadtrip....."LETS SEE WHOS GOING TO DIE TOMORROW....YOU, ITS GONNA BE YOU BECAUSE YOU LOOK THE WEAKEST LITTLE RAT....somethin like that, tom green was funny in it lol |
Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 6:18pm
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Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 6:49pm
| As for unconventional pets, I have a scorpion, it is the worst pet in history besides possibly that ugly pleckostomus(sp? it's one of those ugly fish that eat slime)I had. I occasionally poke it with something just to make sure it's still alive. My mom would never allow me to buy a snake, especially one that gets big, but I had a few garter snakes for the duration of the summer and fed them frogs, which was amusing. They were anything but "problem feeders". They'd eat a good sized frog every three days, in fact, I brought one into school and fed it in front of the class. Talk about an education. Also, now that I probably could get a snake, I'd feel guilty since my sister has a pet rat, which is one of the coolest unconventional pets we've ever had. I'd have to say it's smarter than the dog and more affectionate that the cats. However it hates all other living creaures besides humans. It will attack the cats at any opportunity, then go hide in my sister's purse. It really likes beer, and peppermint schnapps. It even ate half a joint once and we thought it was going to die. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 6:57pm
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i used to have snakes. but, my mom would "feel sorry for them" and feed them something behind my back and deliberately leave the lid cracked for "more ventilation for the poor thing," and it would escape. now, reptiles are my third obsession, and i know what i was doing. now im not allowed to have snakes because mom says "they always get out." it really makes me mad... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: darkSIDEofMOON
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 9:04pm
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pets are fun. right now i have a 44gallon aquarium with about 12 fish in it and live plants. it is very good looking but i need to get a better filtration and more lighting for the plants. i also have to get a new CO2 tank for it as well. i also have an iraqi sand gecko which is really cool. about and inch and half long and every time you touch it, the damn thing squeeks and runs off. then i have two lepoard gekcos which are perhaps the best lizards. they are calm and just sit right on your hand. i have a spiny tailed iguana with the geckos too, and i am going to be building a huge cage for them outside. should be fun. i also have a california king snake and she is always hungry. i have to feed her two fuzzys at a time right now cuz she isn't big enough for hoppers. very good snake though. i really want an emerald tree boa but they cost about $700 right now. beautiful snakes though. ball pythons are not aggressive. reticulated pythons though are some aggressive species though. known to climb trees to get pray. they also grow over 10ft and i think they might be the largest of the constrictors. there is a couple of stores in Az that sell anacondas. the yellow ones though, not the green. but those snakes are perhaps the ugliest of all snakes. |
Posted By: dyedude0007
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 9:09pm
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thats a cool snake{wish i had it}. ------------- 98% of people on this forum listen to rap music, if your the other 2% put your sig. 98% of teens have tryed pot if your the other 2% put your sig. PAIN is GOOD it lets you know your ALIVE. |
Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 9:44pm
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Yeah well i got the new terreium and new play things for her, i'll be taking pics momentarily.
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 9:45pm
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What... What sort of toys would a snake play with..
You do know this is a reptile? They lack the mental facilities to understand the concept of play.. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 9:52pm
Haha, i baught her a half log. That's her toy, she sleeps in it :p  -------------
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Posted By: Cacowroth
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 10:01pm
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Sooooo cute! Goochy goochy goo *pretends to tickle its chin* Do they
yawn? I seen them yawn on TV, to adjust their jaws after a big meal.
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 10:05pm
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Yeah she yawns a few times a day, it's very very sweet looking when she does.
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 10:08pm
You are calling a snake sweet... Idiot. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 10:10pm
You haven't had a good attitude about this thread at all, i sence some anger/fear in you dbib. -------------
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 10:15pm
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You are calling a bloody reptile sweet!
All that drives it is hunger, it feel hot, it feels cold, it acts acordingly, its hungry it hunts, it has no concept of leasure, pleasure, love. When you call it sweet, its you trying to recognize some human quality in one of the most base organisms on the planet. Its you looking for similiarities, its no different from seeing a cloud shapped like a shoe, or a rabbit or what have you. Its you making something seem real that simply isnt there in an effort to, in the words of melvile, personify a dumb brutish animal. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 10:16pm
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What's alive is alive.
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 10:18pm
Yeah... Its so sweet looking. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 10:23pm
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Hell yeah it is.
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 10:58pm
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Which it won't, since boas don't choke their prey. They are constrictors, not chokers... But otherwise I'm with dbib - your snake is barely smarter than the log "she" sleeps in. A pet that is quite literally as dumb as a log and only moves twice a day isn't very exciting. Even fish make better pets than snakes. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Cacowroth
Date Posted: 28 November 2005 at 11:05pm
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But snakes are totally badass and they go like this, "hsssssssssssssss". "Hsssssssssssssssssss... I'm going to lunge at Steve Irwin's face." ------------- My name is Geoduck. Password: "dsvbgfnmmngbzvbgnhjkj" Penis was here tom was here |
Posted By: TruePaintballer
Date Posted: 29 November 2005 at 12:09am
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kick arse...however what are the chances of an attack ------------- http://www.freewebs.com/outlawspaintball/index.htm - Outlaws *Sponsors* http://www.abrika.ca - Abrika |
Posted By: DracoPlasm
Date Posted: 29 November 2005 at 12:49am
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First of all snakes are smarter then they may appear if you read any articles before opening your mouth youd know that..
Second just because it isent fluffy and doesnt bark keeping you awake at night or use your carpet as the toilet doesnt mean its not cute And before I see any of that my dogs better then your snake or my ferrets way cooler just remember my pet (and metallicas) can eat your pet... Got any full pics of the tank? -------------
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 29 November 2005 at 12:55am
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It is a reptile, of the snake family. Therefor, its almost braindead, the reptilian brain operates on basicaly two levels, hunger and the desire to mate. Thats all there is to it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 29 November 2005 at 1:04am
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Sure, snakes are cute - so are the throwpillows my wife insists on putting on our bed. Doesn't make them good pets either.
And therein lies the real issue - snake owners derive some vicarious badness by possessing what they believe is a dangerous animal, despite the fact that your average cat is much more dangerous to humans than a boa. And hey - if it makes you happy to have your little pet log, go nuts. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: DracoPlasm
Date Posted: 29 November 2005 at 2:09am
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I cant expect you to understand until you own one nearly all my friends were the same thought i was crazy when i thought about gettin a snake cause all it does is "lay around" till they held it their very cool in other ways and are very unique 2 of my snakes are comfortable around anyone the other is aggressive if anyone but me holds her ones not 2 are aggressive eaters the others not..just cause it doesnt wag its tail to show when its happy or bark to let you know its hungry doesnt mean it doesnt have a personality just takes someone who actually knows what their talking about to see that -------------
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 29 November 2005 at 2:42am
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Actually, I had several snakes for pets - when I was six years old. They bored me even then. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 29 November 2005 at 7:50am
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I'll get full pics of the new tank today.
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Posted By: kuhndog599
Date Posted: 29 November 2005 at 8:29am
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cool. my bros friends had a freaking poisonus snake next door. they moved though. it was a king something. i should remember the name but i dont. it was orange and black. maybe osme yellow. ------------- model 98 - homemade handguard solid stock - opsgear mag polished internals homemade sling - paintjob operator barrel progressive barrel opsgear mag - stock |
Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 29 November 2005 at 2:53pm
| I'm going to agree that snakes, and most reptiles for that matter, are usually boring when they aren't eating something. My tiger oscar probably made a better pet and seemed to have the capacity to recognize me(it would go frantic when I entered the room, hoping I had some goldfish for it) however, boas and pythons are pretty interesting to handle, because they just chill out. At least snakes are smarter than my scorpion, but then again, my scorpion didn't cost $100. |
Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 29 November 2005 at 3:09pm
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Posted By: darkSIDEofMOON
Date Posted: 29 November 2005 at 8:43pm
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from the description you posted it sounds like 1 of 2 snakes. if it is a california king snake then it can pocess those marking which make it non-venoums. if the snake was a coral snake then that is a dangerous snake. the two snakes look almost identicle except the fact of which color starts first. reptiles have out lived every known species of animal on this planet. the only thing that comes close to being that far along is bacteria, fungi, plants and fish. they will outlive the human race...so does a animal need to be smart? |
Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 29 November 2005 at 10:17pm
| I thought the fake one was called a milk snake or something? |
Posted By: darkSIDEofMOON
Date Posted: 30 November 2005 at 11:00am
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same family as king snakes different color markings. "red touch yellow, kill a fellow; red touch black, friend of Jack" coral snake
king snake
milk/corn snake
interesting is the fact that all milk/corn snakes have similar markings as the king snake, there are some that look like coral snakes and some that are pure black |
Posted By: areios
Date Posted: 30 November 2005 at 12:53pm
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snakes are not friendly. They lack the capacity to be such...
Predatory, malicious, and irratable are better descriptives of your new pet. Enjoy, and make sure youd on't touch her when she's moulting. |
Posted By: Hitman
Date Posted: 30 November 2005 at 3:07pm
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Python... Colt Python...
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 30 November 2005 at 5:54pm
Ball pythons aren't an aggressive species accually. And she's quite "friendly" i must say. -------------
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Posted By: Homer J
Date Posted: 30 November 2005 at 6:04pm
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My cousin's python bit him when he was cleaning its cage.
It ended up dying because our water has too much chlorine in it. |
Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 30 November 2005 at 6:46pm
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Why was there chlorine in the water?
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 30 November 2005 at 7:05pm
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Clorine is in all tap water. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 30 November 2005 at 7:43pm
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Oh, okay then.
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