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Woman killed by her 13 foot pet python

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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: MaxDepth
No one has ever died but quite a few women have never been the same since they petted my python...
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They're all lesbians now?
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Yeah, that's right! After me, no man would every be enough, so I guess it's the prettier sex and a lot of plastic.

 
If you've got something that size, you should at least know how to properly remove it, should the need arise. I've heard that the way to do it is to find the tail and start unwrapping them that way; they're supposedly not strong enough to resist it, and you can at least unwrap enough to breathe a bit.

I've got a ball python, and when he's hungry, there's no difference between my hand and a delicious thawed mouse. He'll watch me closely as I pull another mouse out of the container, and will sometimes strike at the glass. Once he's had a day or two to calm down after eating though, he's a perfectly calm critter.



Originally posted by: StormRider
I don't think snakes can show as much affection to their owner as a mammal so I don't understand their popularity.
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If you forget to feed your cat for a week, you'll have a dead cat. If you forget about a pet snake for a week, he won't notice the difference. And if you breed them for interesting cooration, there's a market for certain types. Some kinds of ball pythons can go for thousands of dollars for the really funky color patterns. The "standard" ball pythons though make decent starter reptile pets. They usually eat very well in captivity; mine has no problem whatsoever taking thawed mice. The only way they could kill you is if you just sat there and allowed it. Mine's 3ft long, almost exactly. I think the biggest ones grow to 6 feet, but that's rare. They also tend to be very docile and well-behaved, assuming you don't smell like a mouse.

I think of reptiles and fish as bridging the gap between pets and decoration. The nice thing about both is that they never barf on your bed, nor do they ever wipe their butts across a carpeted floor.
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
If you've got something that size, you should at least know how to properly remove it, should the need arise. I've heard that the way to do it is to find the tail and start unwrapping them that way; they're supposedly not strong enough to resist it, and you can at least unwrap enough to breathe a bit.

I've got a ball python, and when he's hungry, there's no difference between my hand and a delicious thawed mouse. He'll watch me closely as I pull another mouse out of the container, and will sometimes strike at the glass. Once he's had a day or two to calm down after eating though, he's a perfectly calm critter.



Originally posted by: StormRider
I don't think snakes can show as much affection to their owner as a mammal so I don't understand their popularity.
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If you forget to feed your cat for a week, you'll have a dead cat. If you forget about a pet snake for a week, he won't notice the difference. And if you breed them for interesting cooration, there's a market for certain types. Some kinds of ball pythons can go for thousands of dollars for the really funky color patterns. The "standard" ball pythons though make decent starter reptile pets. They usually eat very well in captivity; mine has no problem whatsoever taking thawed mice. The only way they could kill you is if you just sat there and allowed it. Mine's 3ft long, almost exactly. I think the biggest ones grow to 6 feet, but that's rare. They also tend to be very docile and well-behaved, assuming you don't smell like a mouse.

I think of reptiles and fish as bridging the gap between pets and decoration. The nice thing about both is that they never barf on your bed, nor do they ever wipe their butts across a carpeted floor.
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Well if you leave your pet fish on your bed long enough your bed will smell of dead fish so it works both ways.. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
If you've got something that size, you should at least know how to properly remove it, should the need arise. I've heard that the way to do it is to find the tail and start unwrapping them that way; they're supposedly not strong enough to resist it, and you can at least unwrap enough to breathe a bit.

I've got a ball python, and when he's hungry, there's no difference between my hand and a delicious thawed mouse. He'll watch me closely as I pull another mouse out of the container, and will sometimes strike at the glass. Once he's had a day or two to calm down after eating though, he's a perfectly calm critter.
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not true. a 13 ft python is a very strong snake. one person is not going to be able to unwrap it on there own if being squeezed.

I have ball pythons, red tail boa's and gardner snakes (wich are the coolest). I enjoy having them all. with feeding them there are diffrent ideas. one is to put the snake in a feeding box. that way they don't think of your hand as food. but when they get in the box they know its time to eat! or you can have a smaller opening and only use that one for food (wich is what i did) so the snakes do not get excited when i open the top of the cage.

But the ball pythons are great. i didnt mind being handled and was used to me having it on me. I have never got bitten by the Royal python even when forceing pills in it.

the Gardner snakes (yellow stripe is what they were called) were the meanest. they would try to bite all the time. but they were the most active.


Originally posted by: StormRider
I don't think snakes can show as much affection to their owner as a mammal so I don't understand their popularity.
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If you forget to feed your cat for a week, you'll have a dead cat. If you forget about a pet snake for a week, he won't notice the difference. And if you breed them for interesting cooration, there's a market for certain types. Some kinds of ball pythons can go for thousands of dollars for the really funky color patterns. The "standard" ball pythons though make decent starter reptile pets. They usually eat very well in captivity; mine has no problem whatsoever taking thawed mice. The only way they could kill you is if you just sat there and allowed it. Mine's 3ft long, almost exactly. I think the biggest ones grow to 6 feet, but that's rare. They also tend to be very docile and well-behaved, assuming you don't smell like a mouse.

I think of reptiles and fish as bridging the gap between pets and decoration. The nice thing about both is that they never barf on your bed, nor do they ever wipe their butts across a carpeted floor.
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What i don't understand is people buying snakes such as Retuclated pythons, Anacondas or burmese. heck i have seen them at petco for like $80! people buy them then find they grow so damn large and don't know what to do. they then let them go.


 
Originally posted by: rasczak
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: StormRider
I don't think snakes can show as much affection to their owner as a mammal so I don't understand their popularity.
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Dude, eating your owner out is the ultimate act of affection!
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like to get freaky deaky with the animals, eh?
 
Originally posted by: MaxDepth
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: MaxDepth
No one has ever died but quite a few women have never been the same since they petted my python...
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They're all lesbians now?
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Yeah, that's right! After me, no man would every be enough, so I guess it's the prettier sex and a lot of plastic.
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You keep driving them away and I'll keep bringing them back. 😛
 
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Jeff7
If you've got something that size, you should at least know how to properly remove it, should the need arise. I've heard that the way to do it is to find the tail and start unwrapping them that way; they're supposedly not strong enough to resist it, and you can at least unwrap enough to breathe a bit.

I've got a ball python, and when he's hungry, there's no difference between my hand and a delicious thawed mouse. He'll watch me closely as I pull another mouse out of the container, and will sometimes strike at the glass. Once he's had a day or two to calm down after eating though, he's a perfectly calm critter.
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not true. a 13 ft python is a very strong snake. one person is not going to be able to unwrap it on there own if being squeezed.

I have ball pythons, red tail boa's and gardner snakes (wich are the coolest). I enjoy having them all. with feeding them there are diffrent ideas. one is to put the snake in a feeding box. that way they don't think of your hand as food. but when they get in the box they know its time to eat! or you can have a smaller opening and only use that one for food (wich is what i did) so the snakes do not get excited when i open the top of the cage.

But the ball pythons are great. i didnt mind being handled and was used to me having it on me. I have never got bitten by the Royal python even when forceing pills in it.

the Gardner snakes (yellow stripe is what they were called) were the meanest. they would try to bite all the time. but they were the most active.


Originally posted by: StormRider
I don't think snakes can show as much affection to their owner as a mammal so I don't understand their popularity.
Click to expand...
If you forget to feed your cat for a week, you'll have a dead cat. If you forget about a pet snake for a week, he won't notice the difference. And if you breed them for interesting cooration, there's a market for certain types. Some kinds of ball pythons can go for thousands of dollars for the really funky color patterns. The "standard" ball pythons though make decent starter reptile pets. They usually eat very well in captivity; mine has no problem whatsoever taking thawed mice. The only way they could kill you is if you just sat there and allowed it. Mine's 3ft long, almost exactly. I think the biggest ones grow to 6 feet, but that's rare. They also tend to be very docile and well-behaved, assuming you don't smell like a mouse.

I think of reptiles and fish as bridging the gap between pets and decoration. The nice thing about both is that they never barf on your bed, nor do they ever wipe their butts across a carpeted floor.
Click to expand...



What i don't understand is people buying snakes such as Retuclated pythons, Anacondas or burmese. heck i have seen them at petco for like $80! people buy them then find they grow so damn large and don't know what to do. they then let them go.
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My Uncle is a reptile enthusiast, albeit essentially a professional one. I have the skin of his pet 20+ foot Burmese python that died years ago. He used to put it in the pool and it would swim around! He's also credited as being the first person to breed the Costa Rican Eyelash Viper in captivity though, and breeds and sells them to this day (babies still catch $5k minimum although there have of course been other breeders to enter the market, when he was the only one it was whatever the crazy/columbian/coke lord wanted to pay for it). I still remember all the little babies and him saying they are the most dangerous of all. Some people are attracted to a different type of pet.

One of the cooler snakes he had along the way was a Gaboon viper... longest fangs of any snakes I think over 2". He does take yearly trips to Costa Rica to take jungle expeditions to capture/study snakes... of course any allegations of mid-to-late 70's illegal exotic pet smuggling operations are purely baseless rumor. That's right...

 
Originally posted by: scott916
I used to know a guy that had a 15 footer, he had to get rid of it when it ate his cat.
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Did he just release it into the pond in the park at night when no one noticed? where is that 15 footer now?
 
Originally posted by: mooncancook
Originally posted by: scott916
I used to know a guy that had a 15 footer, he had to get rid of it when it ate his cat.
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Did he just release it into the pond in the park at night when no one noticed? where is that 15 footer now?
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Haha no idea, dude was rather strange and only a friend of a friend.
 
snakes get a bad rep. when i was in high school i had a baby boa. they're beautiful.
not exactly cuddly.

maybe it's like having a reef aquarium, it's relaxing to just watch them be animals.
 
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