figgy Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Feeding a fussy corn snake with your fingers after braining it, makes you jump when it strikes and gets your thumb. Wouldn't take off tongs, had to touch the food to its snout before it would be interested then wait till it got ready before winding back shaking and striking, if it got my thumb or finger it would wait a few seconds before trying again. Fascinating to watch. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooterluke Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 I have had a snow corn for 15 years got a royal python roughly a year old an i had a goliath bird eating tarantula had it for 6 months a bit scary when it charged your hand while cleaning the tank it wasn't fully grown it was a female about 9 inch broad big nasty ****** it had 4 fully grown locusts a week got rid to scary a bloke from rugby came for it for his breeding program .i now just have a brazilen white knee an a mexican red rump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Noticed most herp and arachnid folk are rather scary looking, full of piercings and grungy heavy metal types. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooterluke Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Am just a normal lad figgy lol the bloke who came looked like a slipknot kind of person if you no what a mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 if i see a snake id run a mile,cant stand them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROY Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 I love snakes but the missus say i cant have one cos the mother in law would never enter our house again! (win win i reckon).I hate spiders but a mate gave me an the wife a very aggressive Mexican red rump as a wedding present. Kept it in the bedroom but didnt sleep most of that time ended up giving it away to some young lad up north and stuck it in the post. You should have seen the look on the old girl in the post office's face when i handed over a box with urgent livestock enclosed please handle with extreme care written on it and calmy explained it was a great big spider! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southern Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Southern what spider you got a Chilean rose, Mexican red knee or salmon toe spider? pics please.My wife likes them and her friend has one but I'm not fussed. Some nice looking ones. The funnel webs make me jump when they come out fast and the Indian ornamental spiders are scary with big fangs. Figgy I've just got my original Red Knee these days. Did have a Red Leg, Costa Rican Tiger-rump, Brazilian Black, Pink Toe, and a Green Bottle Blue. Would love to get another Brazilian Black one day, he was fabulous, really busy fella. Will post some pics when I'm back on the laptop, unless anyone knows an easy way to get them from faceache onto here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooterluke Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Haha i wouldn't post the goliath it was biggest spider I've seen an the fastest an all flicking airs at me not good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooterluke Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 A wouldn't mind a king baboon but the just classed as pet holes only come out the burrow to catch they prey then as soon as its caught strait back in the burrow to eat the goliath was a good display spider but again a bit scary it was a bit off a ball ache having to get the right humidity for there molt to be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southern Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Noticed most herp and arachnid folk are rather scary looking, full of piercings and grungy heavy metal types. Figgy Have you been looking through my window? I love snakes but the missus say i cant have one cos the mother in law would never enter our house again! (win win i reckon).I hate spiders but a mate gave me an the wife a very aggressive Mexican red rump as a wedding present. Kept it in the bedroom but didnt sleep most of that time ended up giving it away to some young lad up north and stuck it in the post. You should have seen the look on the old girl in the post office's face when i handed over a box with urgent livestock enclosed please handle with extreme care written on it and calmy explained it was a great big spider! I used to get all my tarantulas through the post, freaked the postie out a bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 have a cutomer who keeps venomous,cobra,and some vipers,goliath bird eaters and an 11ft green anaconda that he describes as "grumpy" a retic that is as long as his hallway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 I used to get all my tarantulas through the post, freaked the postie out a bit... You would think the legs would come off getting bounced about like that. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAYBURN Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 I used to breed snakes years ago,, at one time had over 60 snakes.sold them to pet shops down south. also had to breed my own mice to feed them.. went on holiday to a caravan site in Yorkshire the snakes eggs hadn't hatched so I had to take then with me... once they'd hatched sent them by amtrak.. I enjoyed every bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominicrobed Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Up until late last year we had over 20 boa morphs a few Burmese Python morphs a green tree python. We sold them all apart from a large 10ft common female boa and a male and female hypo het t+ albino boas that I bred and could not let go. On Friday I picked up a stunning female super mojave ball python from a mate that bred her. Wish I knew how to post a pic of her as she is stunning ( google super mojave ) Also have some T's most evil being a king baboon makes them false widows look like puppies lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul T Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 I've got 5: A pair of Royals, a pair of albino pituophis catenifer affinis (can't remember the common name but they're some sort of gopher snake) and a single corn snake my ex wife bought me - God only knows why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Sheen Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 I have kept so many reptiles over the time, now I'm just stuck with my mother-in-law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leiopython Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) I've got/had a few: 12ft male retic Retic eating a pigeon I shot for him Scrub python Another scrub python Whitelip python Another whitelip python Another whitelip python Another whitelip python Another whitelip python I like Whitelipped pythons ;-) Thanks for looking, Helen Edited January 6, 2014 by Leiopython Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 You wouldn't appreciate pics of my tarantula then? I've never heard a woman call it that before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Iv got a 2ft 6" corn snake. Just wondered if anyone else on here keeps any? David Cameron........ Has a house full of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I just cant see why anyone woulf want snakes and spiders as pets but each to there own. I cant stand either, my farther is the same ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leiopython Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) I just cant see why anyone woulf want snakes and spiders as pets but each to there own. I cant stand either, my farther is the same !I can only answer for myself on this one: I don't see my snakes as 'pets' in any normal sense of the word. They don't love me, don't provide me with companionship, they don't greet me when I come home, I can't play with them etc etc What they are to me is a hobby. Something that fascinates me completely and I enjoy spending my spare time with them observing their behavior, trying to replicate their natural habitat as much as possible, trying to instigate breeding requirements such as seasonal cooling. It's no different to spending your spare time shooting, or collecting pottery, or watching films It just so happens that my hobby is a living breathing animal that's all. Helen Edited January 7, 2014 by Leiopython Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter.123 Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I can only answer for myself on this one: I don't see my snakes as 'pets' in any normal sense of the word. They don't love me, don't provide me with companionship, they don't greet me when I come home, I can't play with them etc etc What they are to me is a hobby. Something that fascinates me completely and I enjoy spending my spare time with them observing their behavior, trying to replicate their natural habitat as much as possible, trying to instigate breeding requirements such as seasonal cooling. It's no different to spending your spare time shooting, or collecting pottery, or watching films It just so happens that my hobby is a living breathing animal that's all. Helen Well said. They are absolutely fascinating to watch feed,grow and shed.They are some amazing snakes :-) I want a ball python next Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter.123 Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I can only answer for myself on this one: I don't see my snakes as 'pets' in any normal sense of the word. They don't love me, don't provide me with companionship, they don't greet me when I come home, I can't play with them etc etc What they are to me is a hobby. Something that fascinates me completely and I enjoy spending my spare time with them observing their behavior, trying to replicate their natural habitat as much as possible, trying to instigate breeding requirements such as seasonal cooling. It's no different to spending your spare time shooting, or collecting pottery, or watching films It just so happens that my hobby is a living breathing animal that's all. Helen Well said. They are absolutely fascinating to watch feed,grow and shed.They are some amazing snakes :-) I want a ball python next Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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