Other pets (pics and discussions)

[mikem]

they're impressive snakes. check out these youtube links to see the size difference of a large male and a large female:

male
30 year old Green Anaconda - YouTube
female
How to Weigh a 15-Foot Anaconda - YouTube

[EasternGirl]

Wow...the second one was unbelievable! I take it these snakes bite? I saw the green one strike at the guy once...and I take it by the way the zoo staff was holding Pepper's head that she would bite too? I had no idea these snakes live so long. I guess if you choose to have one as a pet, you have to have a plan for someone to take care of it if the snake outlives you.

[mikem]

yea, females are much more impressive, but i wouldn't want to deal with her on a daily basis! grabbing the head is more of a control/preventative measure. and it varies from snake to snake. some just have a more calm disposition than others. the parents of mine are used in hands on presentations and have excellent temperaments. hopefully that carried over to him

[ConcinusMan]

I guess if you choose to have one as a pet, you have to have a plan for someone to take care of it if the snake outlives you.

They are not pets by any stretch of the imagination and shouldn't be kept as such. But then I feel the same way about Burmese pythons and retics too.

[Light of Dae]

I gave Shade a bath n she did really good, didn't try to get out or anything... She just kept giving me this look ...
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Afterwards drying her off she was growling at the towel lol
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I think she had enough lol look at that face!
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Went n played with Piggy after her bath... Piggy didn't wanna play with a wet pup lol
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... Ya ok PLAY TIME!! lol *Bite bite* *Chew* lol
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[mikem]

awww! the bath pic is so cute!! and always nice to see cat and dogs getting along, haha!

They are not pets by any stretch of the imagination and shouldn't be kept as such. But then I feel the same way about Burmese pythons and retics too.

i agree. definitely not an animal you'd want to handle by yourself as they get bigger. but you do get attached to your animals and "pet" is used loosely.

[BUSHSNAKE]

They are not pets by any stretch of the imagination and shouldn't be kept as such. But then I feel the same way about Burmese pythons and retics too.

i love burm and retics but what eatath a rabbith shitith a rabbith!

[EasternGirl]

Love those pics Dae! That first pic of Shade is absolutely adorable! I love the one of the puppy and the cat too.

Yeah...I don't think I could ever watch anything eat a rabbit...I don't even like to see live mice and rats eaten. There was a link to another video on the page of the anaconda video of a rabbit being eaten by a snake...I clicked on it by accident and screamed and turned it off really fast!

[kibakiba]

Honestly, I wouldn't care about seeing something eat a rabbit. I love the little bunnies here and I hate it when my cat tries eating the babies, but a snake? Wouldn't bother me as much. My cat is dumb though, she just chews on the leg then flings the still-live bunny down the hall where it normally starts screaming and runs dripping blood into my room. Have I ever said that blood freaks me out? Yeah.

[RedSidedSPR]

cute dog!!