Anyone else here have a snake?

SVRDhand13

acoustic guy wrote:

I know you I am driving you nuts here lol but come on....you freeze the mice? You take them alive and put them in the freezer?
Man I feel much worse for the mice then the snake I shot.

I buy them frozen.

Here's the difference: you kill because you don't like something, I (really the person at the pet store) kill to make another thing live. It would happen in the wild and it is mandatory for survival. If you actually ate the snake I don't think what you did was wrong, seriously.

LONGRD

acoustic guy wrote:

I know you I am driving you nuts here lol but come on....you freeze the mice? You take them alive and put them in the freezer?
Man I feel much worse for the mice then the snake I shot.

like seanw said, they are already frozen in the petshops and you buy them.

baby snakes cannot swallow live mice so the owner usually thaw the frozen pinky or fuzzies out and the baby snakes eat them.

snakes only eat once a week, so owners don't have their fridge full of frozen dead mice or anything like that.

SVRDhand13

LongRd. wrote:

like seanw said, they are already frozen in the petshops and you buy them.

baby snakes cannot swallow live mice so the owner usually thaw the frozen pinky or fuzzies out and the baby snakes eat them.

snakes only eat once a week, so owners don't have their fridge full of frozen dead mice or anything like that.

But if you want to save money you can find places online to buy in bulk. Thats what I did recently because it was becoming quite expensive to drive to the pet store every so often. My parents were not too happy about them being in the freezer but they are in a ziplock bag inside a tupperware container.

LONGRD

SVRDhand13 wrote:

But if you want to save money you can find places online to buy in bulk. Thats what I did recently because it was becoming quite expensive to drive to the pet store every so often. My parents were not too happy about them being in the freezer but they are in a ziplock bag inside a tupperware container.

well, once his mouth is big enough for live mice, no need to worry about the ziplock stuff...just worry that little rodent doesn't eats his way out of the container and gets loose in your house. lol

libragirl

LongRd. wrote:

well, once his mouth is big enough for live mice, no need to worry about the ziplock stuff...just worry that little rodent doesn't eats his way out of the container and gets loose in your house. lol

Do you have a big snake?

LONGRD

libragirl wrote:

Do you have a big snake?

you'll have to pet it to see if it measures up to your standards...

libragirl

LongRd. wrote:

you'll have to pet it to see if it measures up to your standards...

hmmm

LONGRD

libragirl wrote:

hmmm

huh?

libragirl

LongRd. wrote:

huh?

I was just thinking about what you said.;)

but yeah svrdhnd that's a nice snake you go there..Eddie is a good name.

kcherub

I know this is a "snake" thread, but my 8-year old son (and I) want a chameleon...any words of widsom, tips?

They just seem so cool and chilled out.

Thanks!

ClimberInOz

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

Ever watch that Rob Bredl guy?

He catches (well...every snake) but in particular he seems to like the inland Taipans as they are the deadliest snake apparently (according top him anyways).

If you get bit, is there any point to the anti-venom?

iow... is it survivable?

Actually there is a lot of point to the antivenom and the inland taipan is very survivable.

Even though Australian snakes are very deadly, (the inland taipan for instance has enough venom in a single bite to kill 60 adults), they also don't kill many people because of their short fangs.

All Australian Elapids (venemous front fanged snakes- the dangerous ones) have short fangs and when they bite humans, the majority of the venom is injected into the lymphatic system. The venom is a majority of Neurotoxin (affects nerves), with smaller amouns of myotoxin (muscels) and haemotoxin (blood).

Snake venom is much less dangerous when in the lymphatic system. It is only when the venom transfers into the blood stream that the effects of the venom occur. This transfer can be slowed down by staying still (the lymphatic system is a muscle driven system), and applying a compression bandage.

Even with an inland taipan- correct first aid gives you 4-6 hours survival time, so if you can get picked up and taken to the hospital in that time you will survive.

We had 3 inland taipans at my last job (Australian wildlife park) and they were very placid. They do however have the most taxic venom of any snake in the world. If they had longer fangs like many overseas vipers and elapids, it would be far less likely that anyone would survive a bite.

On a side note, one of my fellow workers was bitten by a 2.5m coastal taipan (3rd most venemous in the world) and survived. He did everything perfectly in terms of first aid and was at the hospital within 20 minutes, but he still could not work properly for many months and had to give up drinking for 6 months because his liver was wrecked. The footage is floating around on discovery channel somewhere.

SVRDhand13

libragirl wrote:

I was just thinking about what you said.;)

but yeah svrdhnd that's a nice snake you go there..Eddie is a good name.

Thanks Libragirl!

I plan on naming my next one Eli because of the New York Giants .

Brisk.

How much did your snake cost you?

chadwick

SVRDhand13 wrote:

I got my first snake in October of last year and plan on getting more in the future (possible even order one by the end of the summer).

I have a Sunglow Motley corn snake and will stick with corns for a little while before moving on up to the big boys and getting a Ball Python.

Anyone else here have any snakes?

EDIT: Heres some pics of mine- http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e172/SVRDhand13/

Feel free to post some of your own and I'll put them up here at the top.

And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE no trouser snakes!!!!!!!!

corn snakes are really pretty snakes.
maybe i'll post some pics later on the reptiles i've spent some time with.
no im not talking about women;)

here's the list..

1. albino burmese python, huge fucker

1. ball python

1. columbian red talied boa constrictor

Many, many green iguanas

1. asian water monitor, huge badass

1. male 1. female western diamondback rattlesnakes
she gave birth to a clutch of ten very cranky lil fuckers
in my living room..that was interesting

and

1. iowa type tree-frog

SVRDhand13

I BrisK I wrote:

How much did your snake cost you?

$150 inc shipping.

Drop The Leash 10

always wanted one but my folks are against it :(

mattcozea

I always wanted to get a snake. I had lizards when I was younger but my mom wanted nothing to do with having a snake in the house. I actually went through a phase where I wanted to be a herpetologist, went to reptile shows and everything.

Brisk.

I actually just went on youtube to see how a corn snake actually ate a mouse. Pretty interesting. But the comments on every video is constant argument on how its cruel. Its so bullshit? humans eat meat... isn't that not cruel? Humans eat loads of animals yet feeding a snake a mouse is cruel :S:S And what exactly do mice do in the world except annoy people :S

chadwick

I BrisK I wrote:

I actually just went on youtube to see how a corn snake actually ate a mouse. Pretty interesting. But the comments on every video is constant argument on how its cruel. Its so bullshit? humans eat meat... isn't that not cruel? Humans eat loads of animals yet feeding a snake a mouse is cruel :S:S And what exactly do mice do in the world except annoy people :S

sorry mouse but you are now snake food.
it's a rough world, i am sorry.
good night and may god bless.

the end,
chadwick;)

LikeAnOcean

What do snakes do besides eat and poop?

..Not a very fun pet. Cool to look at I guess. Whatever floats your fetish..