Snakes thread

[Milzy]

Hey,

I've bought a baby ball python. It's a fire morph. Do we have any other snake keepers on c.c?

 

[Levo-Lon]

I think @Fnaar has a trouser snake?

 

[Tanis8472]

Used to keep Mexican black king snake, collared lizards, chameleon and a tree snake.

Got too costly in electric bills

 

[gbb]

My son had a green snake, oriental version of our grass snake I think so no big deal, relatively small in size.
Now, some funny recollections....Alan who used to live opposite had a Burmese Python, probably 6ft when he got it, he fabricated a floor to ceiling cage in one corner of his living room for it...it was great, the snake had a large branch he put in there to climb on, plenty of room etc etc.
Feeding time....he used to say, it doesn't matter how hard you try to prepare for it....it startled him every time he offered a dead rat to it...the snake would taste the air with its tongue, wait...then BOOOM, it'd strike and frighten the clappers out of him .

Once he came running in my house....Col, i need a saw to get the floorboards up '
I thought he'd got a water leak in that instant, it turned out the lighting ceiling rose was inside the cage area and snake had climbed the branch, somehow got wrapped round the cable, pulled it all down....and disappeared into the void between the two floors. Took him an afternoon to get it out.

During the summer months he used to put it out on his front lawn and let it get some sun. There's a large public path between us. He's in his garden, I'm talking to him from mine as a guy on a bike come up the path..,,he spots the now 14ft snake on the lawn...., nearly closed control of his bike and wobbles off into the distance . He obviously didn't expect that out on his way to the shops.

Often his daughter would come round...'Colin....can you give us a hand, the snakes got out again....and off I'd go trying to wrestle 14ft and probably 20 kilos of snake Into its cage

 

[Welsh wheels]

My son had a green snake, oriental version of our grass snake I think so no big deal, relatively small in size.
Now, some funny recollections....Alan who used to live opposite had a Burmese Python, probably 6ft when he got it, he fabricated a floor to ceiling cage in one corner of his living room for it...it was great, snake had a large branch he put in there to climb on, plenty of room etc etc.
Feeding time....he used to say, it doesn't matter how hard you try to prepare for it....it startled him every time he offered a dead rat to it...the snake would taste the air with its tongue, wait...the BOOOM, it'd strike and frighten the clappers out of him .

Once he came running in my house....Col, i need a saw to get the floorboards up '
I thought he'd got a water leak in that instant, it turned out the lighting ceiling rose was inside the cage area and snake had climbed the branch, somehow got wrapped round the cable, pulled it all down....and disappeared into the void between the two floors. Took him an afternoon to get it out.

During the summer months he used to put it out on his front lawn and let it get some sun. There's a large public path between us. He's in his garden, I'm talking to him from mine as a guy on a bike come up the path..,,he spot the now 14ft snake on the lawn...., nearly closed control of his bike and wobbles off into the distance . He obviously didn't expect that out on his way to the shops.

Often his daughter would come round...'Colin....can you give us a hand, the snakes got out again....and off I'd go trying to wrestle 14ft and probably 20 kilos of snake Into its cage

Not many people would be good enough to help their neighbour recapture a python!

 

[Tanis8472]

I would as long as I knew it wasn't a psycosnake lol

 

[Accy cyclist]

Unfortunately snakes and other pets aren't allowed in Hyndburn Home's sheltered accommodations. I could picture a snake on the loose in here.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Any of you remember Ramsbottom the snake with a Yorkshire accent,on the Sooty Show?

"By 'eck lad"!

 

[Heltor Chasca]

In the past I've had a brown house snake, eastern grass snake, horned night adder and for a very short time a cobra. It was a lovely animal, but buying the antivenom was a logistical nightmare. I also had Bell's hinged tortoises and leopard tortoises. I'm now down to a spur thighed tortoise. A surprisingly engaging reptile. Chickens are my thing really.

Once I've finished refurbishing my house, I quite like the idea of some bearded dragons. Well, the kids do.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I once owned a pair of shoes similar to these.

I hope they weren't the real thing? I thought they looked pretty when worn with my white chinos.
Looking back,i wouldn't say so now.

 

[Accy cyclist]

 

[Accy cyclist]

I think @Fnaar has a trouser snake?

And he gets Miss Goodbody to rub this on it.

 

[Milzy]

My son had a green snake, oriental version of our grass snake I think so no big deal, relatively small in size.
Now, some funny recollections....Alan who used to live opposite had a Burmese Python, probably 6ft when he got it, he fabricated a floor to ceiling cage in one corner of his living room for it...it was great, the snake had a large branch he put in there to climb on, plenty of room etc etc.
Feeding time....he used to say, it doesn't matter how hard you try to prepare for it....it startled him every time he offered a dead rat to it...the snake would taste the air with its tongue, wait...then BOOOM, it'd strike and frighten the clappers out of him .

Once he came running in my house....Col, i need a saw to get the floorboards up '
I thought he'd got a water leak in that instant, it turned out the lighting ceiling rose was inside the cage area and snake had climbed the branch, somehow got wrapped round the cable, pulled it all down....and disappeared into the void between the two floors. Took him an afternoon to get it out.

During the summer months he used to put it out on his front lawn and let it get some sun. There's a large public path between us. He's in his garden, I'm talking to him from mine as a guy on a bike come up the path..,,he spots the now 14ft snake on the lawn...., nearly closed control of his bike and wobbles off into the distance . He obviously didn't expect that out on his way to the shops.

Often his daughter would come round...'Colin....can you give us a hand, the snakes got out again....and off I'd go trying to wrestle 14ft and probably 20 kilos of snake Into its cage

LOL I wouldn't own a Burmese or recticulated. Too big. My baby ball makes you jump enough striking dinner. Almost bought a hognose but I'm deffo a royal python man.

 

[numbnuts]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4916004/Python-near-dead-owner-investigation.html

 

[Accy cyclist]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4916004/Python-near-dead-owner-investigation.html

How stupid to have something like that living in your home.