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Date: 9/11/2007 9:17:46 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
Pretty. I don''t mind pythons of the non-man eating size and variety.
Wow, I''ve heard they can be a bit unpredictable - but having any python from a baby tends to make them tamer (not sure I''d ever trust a rectic though!).Date: 9/11/2007 5:16:25 PM
Author: Julianna
Hey Pandora. I had a jungle carpet python for 6 years, raised him from a baby. He was a lovely guy, very friendly, never bit. Beautiful coloring, more browns and golds than the traditional black and yellow. I miss him, I gave him to our local zoo just recently (not a big zoo, more of a small animal park) when I moved because my roommate would not deal with a snake (and it''s her house).I fed him huge, thawed rats, too. I wish I had a picture to post. Pythons are the best, most low-maintenance pets ever. So sweet and smooth.
Ohhhh I have pics!Date: 9/11/2007 8:05:41 PM
Author: Pandora II
Wow, I've heard they can be a bit unpredictable - but having any python from a baby tends to make them tamer (not sure I'd ever trust a rectic though!).
Carpet pythons are beautiful - how big was yours? Shame you don't have any pics.
Date: 9/11/2007 8:05:41 PM
Author: Pandora II
Wow, I've heard they can be a bit unpredictable - but having any python from a baby tends to make them tamer (not sure I'd ever trust a rectic though!).
Yes, I did want to state that sometimes he looked at me like I was dinner. More often than not, actually.
I told FI I had pythons before I even kissed him - and that they were non-negotiable. Luckily he loves them too - his brother had a reptile shop - and a pet spectacled cayman (that bit him a few times). I'd like a burmese, but FI has said no due to cage size.
You mean, BASEMENT size? When those things hit 25 feet it's only safe to open the hatch and throw in the live chicken. Hee hee.
Here it's illegal to feed live food - thank goodness. Though some people get a bit of a surprise if they go into the bottom drawer of my freezer - it's full of ratcicles!
Yeah I kept 'em on the freezer door. The place I bought from shipped them all lined up cuddly-like in meat trays, a la hamburger. Awwww...
Tell me about low-maintenance! The hedgehogs have been a real shock to the system after an animal that poops once every few months and eats 3 times a year if I'm lucky.
Basil was eating once a month, sometimes once every two months. Hence I got monthly poos. Kept him on cage carpet though, so I just threw it in the washing machine and voila!
It's so good to find another snakey person on here. I really miss Bas but it's fun to talk about him.
I can go visit whenever I want, he''s in the Australia exhibit with the other jungle carpets.Date: 9/12/2007 7:16:43 PM
Author: Pandora II
Your Basil is beautiful - gorgeous colours, and big! Can you go and visit him at the zoo at all?
My two are just over 4ft - which is quite big for a Royal and just fit in the space between my index finger and thumb. I''d like to get Milly a bit bigger by next Spring so I can breed her. !
Scarleta, Rats are quite expensive here - $4 each, but there isn''t a big demand so the shops can charge what they want. I''m looking into mail-order, but it''s tricky as I work all day and would hate to come home to some defrosted parcel on my doorstep! It''s way cheaper than vets bills though.
My aunt swore she''d never have a snake in the house, but everytime her 10 year old son came over he spent hours playing with mine - he got a corn-snake for xmas! I used to take them into schools to teach the kids about reptiles - the parents all hated me as the kids all went home and asked for a pet snake