local pet shop.

[Lulu Bennett]

sorry guys but im going to burst if i dont tell you. I saw and stroked a cobra the other day when i went to the pet store lol it was great it was a very pale colour and absolutly beautiful lol i also held a hog nose looked ugly and quite wierd face but was really chuffed. i also held another snake but i cant remember the name...it was about 3foot long and had very cool eyebrow shape i fell inlove with it and really want it but i cant but i really enjoied it lol

[Stefan-A]

Well congratulations! Describe the mystery snake. Venomous or non-venomous?

My local pet shop is lamer than ever before. One corn and one "kitty". I think they had a leopard gecko as well. But most of their terrariums are empty. They have good service, though.

[Lulu Bennett]

the mystery snake was as i said about 3ft with a pale belly but black spots about an inch diameter the top of it was dark with pale blotches on it. the face was quite more like a garter than a python it was quite slender body with the eyebrow scales quite thick and raised.
if i remember rightly it was a ....forrest..... well it had forest in it lol

[Serpentine99]

How did you stroke a cobra? Was somebody holding it?

[adamanteus]

Lulu....your local pet shop allowed a complete novice to walk in off the street and stroke a cobra? Are you sure? I think someone might be kidding with you there!

[Thamnophis]

I cannot imagine why someone who works in a pestshop would allow someone else to stroke a cobra.

[Stefan-A]

the mystery snake was as i said about 3ft with a pale belly but black spots about an inch diameter the top of it was dark with pale blotches on it. the face was quite more like a garter than a python it was quite slender body with the eyebrow scales quite thick and raised.
if i remember rightly it was a ....forrest..... well it had forest in it lol

Was the head anything like the one on Malpolon monspessulanus?

[Lulu Bennett]

stefan the face is very similar to that but there wasnt the hood over the eyes but the forehead was the same.

the cobera was in a box. it belonged to someone but they were on hols so they took it in for the store to look after. apparently with this type the venom was not strong enough to cause serious damage. and also that a licence wasn't needed to keep one. same with the hog nose. he said that the bite from that would be like a bee sting.

[Lulu Bennett]

Lulu....your local pet shop allowed a complete novice to walk in off the street and stroke a cobra? Are you sure? I think someone might be kidding with you there!

i dont know but i was quite chuffed!

[enigma200316]

I'm not an expert but I didn't think there was a Cobra or a snake in the Cobra family that didn't pose a danger if bitten