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Hello, I'm new to this tribe and must confess that I own only 2 cornsnakes (plus tarantulas and GSDs). However, I can certainly see why someone would want to own venomous reptiles. Could people please say what types of snakes they actually own and whether or not you have them as part of your work? I notice groupings of interests among tribe members here--snakes, martial arts, pitbulls-- I must have the gene. I love these things too.
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Re: your snakes
Thu, October 19, 2006 - 8:08 PMCan i just say, that owning a snake to be a badass, is going to get you tagged and it really stupid.
What i currently have, including venomous, non venomous, and other misc. herps:
4 ball pythons
intergrate kingsnake
2 cremesicle cornsnakes
western hognose
arizona mountian kingsnake
apricot kingsnake
normal phase kingsnake that we will be breeding with apricot to create "halloween" morphs
Common boa
jungle carpet python
burmese python
2 peanut butter brooki florida kingsnakes
colombian boa
pueblan milksnake
southern copperhead
white lipped tree viper
***soon to come, labrynth python, sidewinder, mottled rock rattler***
other herps:
leopard gecko
tokay gecko
crested gecko
tarantula
scorpian
green iguana
sulcata tortoise
3 bearded dragons
2 chinese water dragons
used to have, but lost due to illnesses..
sidewinder
diamondback watersnake
i think that's it... its so hard to keep up with them
and FYI, we do rescue and rehabilitation for the Austin Herp Society. example... our female chinese water dragon has metabolic bone disease because of her prev. owners not having proper UV lighting. our sulcata has a deformed shell because his prev. owners kept him too close to the heat lamp and it burned him, so he looks like one of those laundry baskets with the hip groove.
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Fri, October 20, 2006 - 2:43 PMThank you, Harley. While I wish I was a badass, the goal isn't coming on quickly. I think cobras are beautiful when they raise their hoods, I think they're inherently fascinating and I'm extremely curious about the mechanics of keeping them. But I don't see myself doing it. I don't handle my spiders. -
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Fri, October 20, 2006 - 2:44 PMAnd the International Rattlesnake Museum is my favorite thing in Albuquerque. -
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Fri, October 20, 2006 - 8:56 PMbeautiful animal. I like this article: www.anapsid.org/coloburm.html -
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Sat, October 21, 2006 - 11:04 AMoh i just love Melissa Kaplin's site. Her info is WONDERFUL!!!!!!! I highly recommend her site to anyone who wants to know pretty much anything about herps. also info on kingsnake.com is good
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Fri, October 20, 2006 - 3:31 PMthe austin herp society director has a cobra named Thai. he is so smart!!! once he recognizes you, he wont hood up at you anymore. its so cool. his eastern diamonback rattlesnakes are soooo georgous!!!!!!!! I WANT ONE!!! but they get REALLY big, and between the 3 boa's and the burm, and the soon to come lab, i dont need another BIG one haha
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Fri, October 20, 2006 - 3:29 PMoops, forgot our female redtail boa, and our coral snake.. see i told you i'd forget a few hahaha -
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Fri, October 20, 2006 - 6:33 PMWhat's a lab (unless you mean the dog)? How big is your Burmese python, and are you comfortable feeding him/her and cleaning the space without someone else there? Sorry, I know there's also a giant python tribe, but thought I may as well ask. -
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Fri, October 20, 2006 - 7:33 PMhaha no not a dog, a labrynth burmese python. markmlucas.com/images/pyt...lab%202.jpg
our burm is small still, about 7ft long, not sure how much she weighs but has a looong way to go before she gets real big. now she's eating jumbo rats, soon to be on small rabbits. she is hook trained... we tap her on the top of her head with a hook to let her know its not feeding time.works REALLY well, but she has such a sweet demeanor, at this point, im not worried about it. If she was a retic, i'd be scared of her even at this point!
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