Thread: Have any members had Snakes as pets?

Serious question.

If you ever had (or have) snakes as pets what was your experience?

There is great advice here below:

I raised a rosy tailed boa from inches up to 6 feet and then sold her to a zoo during univ. Her name was Sadie and she liked mice and rats.


What was my experience?

What kind of open-ended, nonsensical question is that?


What's Thailand like? derrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Never, ever, ever, will I keep snakes as a pet.
I get cobras coming into my house every year.
Once whilst I was on the toilet I saw one make a dash for the drainage pipe. I am scared to death of snakes.
I scream and get the neighbours round. I always second glance anything that moves inside my house just in case its a snake.

Take a look at this nutter. Who in their right mind would keep these as pets?

Hate the way they slither...even when I see from a distance

My trouser snake misbehaves enough anyway

Yes, I had one when I was a teenager, it wasn't happy living in a biscuit tin most of the day inside my school locker. So I found it dead one day, died of natural causes, or lack of sunshine . I put the dead snake on the school sports field, and the bugger came alive and left me.
Moral of the story, snakes can play dead.

^ Could've been a variety of 'krait.'

They're mostly docile in the day...tho hang out in holes, so the rain may have put some skip in its step.

After handling snakes is it essential to wash your hands?

They might carry small mites or bugs

Originally Posted by DJ Pat

After handling snakes is it essential to wash your hands?

They might carry small mites or bugs

You answered it yourself but I concur. Wash em.

Furry animals still a bigger risk.

and hotel mattresses

2 days since my last snake sighting, and here's another! It was almost in the same location, crossing over the road, but today with no rain. This snake was big, about 2 metres long, thick as my wrist, and a very dark grey all over. It moved in a typical snake manner, (so no jumping).

Any clues what it could be? I haven't seen an all-grey/black snake before. (I said to myself as I rode my bike towards it 'shit a black mamba!')

Buy some garters Simon

Watch the vid in the link....


https://www.carthrottle.com/post/jum...er-considered/

Garters????

Gaiters????

Dunno what i was thinking

Yeah gaiters

Originally Posted by Simon43

No problem, just don't walk quietly

Snakes can't hear.

Certainly feel the vibrations of your foot falls.

Originally Posted by Simon43

Any clues what it could be? I haven't seen an all-grey/black snake before. (I said to myself as I rode my bike towards it 'shit a black mamba!')

Giant Blind snake
Dragon snake
Cobras can appear grey

Total guesses...


If you're real interested, you might ID the guy in here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publica...kes_of_Myanmar


....the black mamba is widely considered the world's deadliest snake. Black mambas live in the savannas and rocky hills of southern and eastern Africa.

Helpful:

Depends what you mean by pet. I let a Bronzeback tree snake share my garden with me. Came down from its tree and sat near us every evening for a month. I fed it the occasional gecko and all seemed okay until the dog got jealous and trashed it.

Cobras and rat snakes are turned into soup dishes before I manage to ask if they'd like to be a pet.

Kraits don't get asked and dont get eaten. They are just killed for daring to tresspass on our land.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Originally Posted by Simon43

No problem, just don't walk quietly

Snakes can't hear.

Wow, I never knew that.

No problem, just don't walk quietly
Snakes can't hear.

I never said they could... they sense the vibrations from your feet.

I met yet another snake on my cycle home from school today. This time I just missed cycling over it's head! It was about 1 metre long and a beautiful green colour, sliding across the same road as before, and jumped a little when my bike wheel skimmed passed it's head.

I should have my camera handy for these unexpected snake sightings.

Originally Posted by hick

Certainly feel the vibrations of your foot falls.

My cousin taps rubber every night and he stamps his feet as he walks in the plantation. He doesn't see cobras "boi boi", just "boi". No flip flops.

Originally Posted by Cold Pizza

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Originally Posted by Simon43

No problem, just don't walk quietly

Snakes can't hear.

Wow, I never knew that.

IT says in the Koran that God punished the snake for deceiving Adam, so the snakes punishment was to crawl for ever, maybe loss of hearing was thrown in as well.