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Marcg868
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PostPosted: 01:05 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Snake owners? Reply with quote

No trousers snakes. Show us your Snakes.

Here's Maximus Spider Royal

https://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab264/marcgardner868/MaximusEdit_zpsf3d2c535.jpg

Paul the three Year Old Normal Royal

https://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab264/marcgardner868/Paul1_zps983e38dc.jpg

Speedy the Corn Snake

https://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab264/marcgardner868/IMG_0488_zpsb233e1d2.jpg

Also have four more Normal Royals,Bumblebee Royal,two more Corns and a King Snake.
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PostPosted: 07:44 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll try and post later but had:

Western Hognose
Bull / Pine
Green anaconda
Yellow anacondas
False Water Cobra
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PostPosted: 10:29 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do you get much head wobble on the Spider?

I've got a normal Royal, albino Hognose and dh Snow Corn.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/Inkersall/Reptile%20Stuff/Albino%20Hognose/IMAG1018_zps854686cf.jpg

I've got more pics somewhere. What sort of setups do you have for them?
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PostPosted: 10:56 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Recluso wrote:
Do you get much head wobble on the Spider?

I've got a normal Royal, albino Hognose and dh Snow Corn.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/Inkersall/Reptile%20Stuff/Albino%20Hognose/IMAG1018_zps854686cf.jpg

I've got more pics somewhere. What sort of setups do you have for them?


He star gazes more than wobbles, but he smashes rats every week. All our snakes are in RUBS. On heat mats in our front room.
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PostPosted: 11:52 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had to get rid of my little corn snake because I fed him wrong and made him vicious Sad

I thought it was entertaining to wiggle his food by the tail inside the vivarium, because he launched at it and coiled it up. Turns out this was a mistake, since it thought it was dinner time whenever my hand went in.
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PostPosted: 16:12 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Give me a gecko over a snake anyday...

Snakes just seem to sit there all do and do fuck all. I know a few people who have them including someone who insisted on showing me their "hot" room - i.e full of venomous snakes covered by the DWA it just left me feeling cold.
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PostPosted: 16:25 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Says slug on there..... Razz
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PostPosted: 16:29 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

No different to keeping tropical fish I suppose; except less work.

Must admit that Royal python would make a cracking belt.
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PostPosted: 16:39 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hugh Farking Cant wrote:
No different to keeping tropical fish I suppose; except less work.

Must admit that Royal python would make a cracking belt.


a lot of snakes would quite happily eat tropical fish
had a Burmese python years ago, was starting to get big when I gave him to my friend as my Mrs was worried about our son who was weeks old
and the snake escaped twice in one week.
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PostPosted: 16:44 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

MissTamsin wrote:
Give me a gecko over a snake anyday...

Snakes just seem to sit there all do and do fuck all. I know a few people who have them including someone who insisted on showing me their "hot" room - i.e full of venomous snakes covered by the DWA it just left me feeling cold.


Never see my gecko. Ever. It's just a pretty viv sitting on display. The Royal is always mooching about and climbing around his branches Razz
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PostPosted: 16:47 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bet that was fun;

A door snake is enough for me.

I wont go into the adder, the lucher and the terriers escapade !
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PostPosted: 17:06 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

mrs is after getting a hognose I think, she did have a gecko and an axolotl but they have both since died,

still has a little bearded dragon type thing though, I just call it lizardface
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PostPosted: 17:21 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

My hog, currently on hunger strike, 6 months so far Laughing

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PostPosted: 17:32 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

had feeding issues with the Burmese, would only eat live
wasted a shit load of money on pinky's only to have to bin them
got banned from a few local pet shops for trying to buy loads of rodents
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PostPosted: 17:41 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not sure about feeding live to the hognose as they don't constrict and their natural prey are amphibians so they have rear fangs and venom that is designed to pierce the skin, problem is they have very little affect on mice, i watched a video of a hognose eating a live mouse and it was chewing on it for ages and wacking it about and it still looked like the mouse was alive while it was swallowed Laughing
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PostPosted: 17:51 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

try a couple of small fish in a large bowl of water
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PostPosted: 17:55 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

i was tempted to try getting a frog and scenting the mouse with it if it goes on much longer but don't want to get it hooked on toad Laughing not thought about the fish idea, any specific fish ? and do you just go to the pet shop to "buy a fish for, y'know the kids"
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PostPosted: 19:03 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN7korMyX8Q Laughing
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PostPosted: 19:24 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

I.Love.Chips wrote:
I.Love.Chips wrote:


J4mes wrote:

Says slug on there..... Razz


No it doesn't Shifty


Your slug is very rude! Shocked
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PostPosted: 20:25 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Call me a traditionalist but i prefer a dog that says hello and means it, rather than, hmmm food from a snake.
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PostPosted: 20:52 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

without getting into the typical pet debate and all the shit that goes with it, snakes are fantastic pets to be honest mate Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 21:34 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Snakes aren't thick, and regular handling means they no the difference between food and something that's not a threat. Their food isn't going to pick them up. Mine are handled for 20 mins each unless they have fed,are in shed and 24 hours after they have eaten.

Paul my big python happily sits on your shoulder, the others like to use me as a heat mat. They won't greet you at the door, but they will come and see why your next to their rub.
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PostPosted: 22:51 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

We've got a new reptile shop in town that only opened just over a month ago. Popped in with the wife to see what was what and got to handle a beautiful Baird's Rat Snake. He wasn't anything striking with his colouring, but his overall look is great to my mind. Although we were told he could be a bit grumpy and to not let him get too close to our faces.

After erming and ahing about getting him then deciding I couldn't quite afford a snake and full set up at that time, my wife decided that she'd like to get a baby corn snake, as she's always wanted one, so we ended up going back for one for her.

https://i.imgur.com/NhiT9yd.jpg?1
Her (going on best information, but possibly subject to change) name is Tia. We've had her for about 4 weeks now, she's feeding well, and we feed her in the tub we brought her home in so she hopefully won't mistake our fingers for food when we get her out. She comes out to be handled most nights, unless she's fed in the last day or two. All we're waiting on now is for her first shed.

We call back in to the reptile shop most weeks to have a chat with the owner, ask questions and let them know how Tia is getting on, and every time I walk in, the Baird's Rat sticks his head up as if to say hello. Today I called in on the way to Wilkos to buy some homebrew kit, and got to handle the Baird's Rat Snake again. He settled himself across my shoulders and sat there happily for about 10 minutes, so I said sod it and have reserved him pending full funds. Thumbs Up Just got to measure up the alcove for his custom viv and put my order in. I shall name him Rat. Cool
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PostPosted: 23:17 - 03 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Corns are lovely little snakes. Only been bit once by our snakes and that was a corn who was in shed. So he was a bit grumpy. I highly recommend Royal Pythonsalso. They ddon't get too huge, slightly shorter than a adult corn snake butfatter.

EExtremely docile.
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PostPosted: 06:09 - 04 Apr 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

What's been tried to get the non-eating hog going again? Moreover, how old is he? Someone I know (who I got my little corn Fergus from) has a 2-3 year old who went the better part of a year with no food and then one day just started again. My own little CB13 man went about 3 months and then decided he was just going to start again.

Here's a pic of Dave perusing the flowers last summer:

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/1017475_10151726706871061_1761768849_n.jpg

So, if we're showing off our snakes, lets get some setup pics going too Very Happy My two babies are in RUBs at the moment as they're both far too small for vivs, but I gave each of them a little custom build in the back to act as a bit of a shedding aid.

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/971329_10151753545451061_1569207843_n.jpg

Dave the Royal lives in a vivarium in our lounge. He's very much a display piece and I love seeing him out and about, usually doing a GTP impression as he dangles down from the branch I've got rigged up in the roof of the viv. His viv was specifically designed as a bit of a jungle ruin with lots of artificial plants.

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/1017678_10151739670296061_616583876_n.jpg[/img]
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