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thought about this form the PHOBIAS thread as some of the answers reminded me...
a few years ago i used to own a pet shop in clitheroe....it was small but i didnt sell small furries only things with scales etc...
i had about 30 snakes and 40 lizards there all the time....oh and a few parrots and birds etc.....
i registered with CITES for endangered species and was on their breeding program for endangered snakes.....including breeding stock i had about 50 snakes ..apart form the pet stock...corn/rat/milk snakes i had some quite rare snakes such as rosy boas....red tailed including as a show piece i kept my own burmese pythons at the shop..female was 13 feet long and the male about 9 feet.....
soooooooooooo without further ado...does any 1 else have or has had a "different pet"
i could go on and on regerding reptilia but ill wait and see what other peoples experiences are....then i might go into more nold and quite dangerous adventures lol
I used to own a 14ft burmese pythons, was only small when i got her and soon out grew everyting lol i love snakes, i like smaller ones cause they faster and more fun but the big ones are just great, mine used to get on the bath with me :shock: wasn't much room left tho with a 14 ft python coiled round the plug, also used to keep rats but they not that unusual are they?
I used to want a snake when I lived at mums, mainly cos nan said she wouldn't ever come to our house if I goit a snake... I figured that would be good cos she always gave me grief about wearing mini skirts lol :lol: :lol: :lol: (Awwwwwwww, loved her really though :rose: ).
I've had dogs, cats (under protest rolleyes ), rabbits, guinea pigs, budgies, stick insects, fish, and bred hamsters, gerbils, rats, and mice.... but never had owt unusual... I'm sooooooooooooooo boring confused wink
My ex bought some African land snails off the net a while ago... bloody massive things they were........ not sure whether he's still got em though
burmese python (pythonus molorus bivititus)
you must really love snakes NN lol.....not a snake for beginners but once every blue mono some 1 gets 1 thats willing to look after them and not get rid once they get to 4 feet lol...
it must of been well looked after to get to that size and is only 3.5 feet short of the captivity record smilei would guess you had it out of its vivarium most of the time and they love a swim.....
i once came home pissed and took out my burmese pair and fell asleep ..i woke up in the morning ..the male was asleep over my face and the larger female was draped over my legs and coiled up in fornt of me :)
walked downstars (much to mums dismay) wearing the male as a turban :)
Got five peecocks outside. Not mine but I want to just pick them up and... well steal them. They make such a strange noise when they talk I can't help but laugh.
If I can ever get the feckin pics off Mk III's pc, I'll show you some pics.
All animals have been pets to me, including the rare breed sheep we used to have and Bob the pygmy goat, his girlfriend Vicky; and their offspring.
I think you'll all be bored shitless with pics of Bertie, Bud and Duey by now, so I'll give you a day off wink
quick quizz hijack (google specialists lol)
all reptiles have latin names....broken down into sub species
corn snake + elaphe
pythons + pythonus
etc etc
boa constrictor is the only difference
what is latin for BOA CONSTRITOR
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I used to want a snake when I lived at mums, mainly cos nan said she wouldn't ever come to our house if I goit a snake... I figured that would be good cos she always gave me grief about wearing mini skirts lol :lol: :lol: :lol: (Awwwwwwww, loved her really though :rose: ).
I've had dogs, cats (under protest rolleyes ), rabbits, guinea pigs, budgies, stick insects, fish, and bred hamsters, gerbils, rats, and mice.... but never had owt unusual... I'm sooooooooooooooo boring confused wink
My ex bought some African land snails off the net a while ago... bloody massive things they were........ not sure whether he's still got em though

I thought you had some exotic pet named Ginty or something???? Not quite sure what Ginty is but rumour says Ginty is an Albanian Basking Wombat... can you confirm, as I hear they are quite rare...
:lol2:
there is rumour that on pendle hill ....the treacle miners can be seen...and that wild whazzocks also live there.....
but im informed that the greater spotted four rear legged whazzock is dangerously close to extinction
no way are we accepting various sign posts as a pet you 2 smile
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someone say goat?

Goat.
ok...what do i win? biggrin
2 golden pythons 12 ft and 16ft
2 brazilian rianbow boa's 5 ft
1 thaiwan beauty snake
i false water cobra
17 corn snakes (ghosts were my favorite)
5 green iguana's
1 goliath spider.
1 indonesian blue scorpion
2 toad headed agama's.
most of these were sent to very good homes, the goldens went to london zoo
now i'm left with cats... confused.
gold python = burmese python whoch is amelonistic and lightens dark patches to yellowy gold colour hence gold python.....
had a trio of lucistic texas rat snakes...they were wierd looking...like an albino pure white but black eyes....very fond og the male of the trio and called him "billy" lol
the only snake i ever wanted, but could never get a good enough specimin, was a blairs phase kingsnake....anybody know of any good ones....
oh, the reason the burmese had to go....they were getting too expensive on rabbits... :shock:
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there is rumour that on pendle hill ....the treacle miners can be seen...and that wild whazzocks also live there.....
but im informed that the greater spotted four rear legged whazzock is dangerously close to extinction

I'm told that they are actually thriving, but with four rear legs are that fucking quick no one can count em to confirm.
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burmese python (pythonus molorus bivititus)
you must really love snakes NN lol.....not a snake for beginners but once every blue mono some 1 gets 1 thats willing to look after them and not get rid once they get to 4 feet lol...
it must of been well looked after to get to that size and is only 3.5 feet short of the captivity record smilei would guess you had it out of its vivarium most of the time and they love a swim.....
i once came home pissed and took out my burmese pair and fell asleep ..i woke up in the morning ..the male was asleep over my face and the larger female was draped over my legs and coiled up in fornt of me :)
walked downstars (much to mums dismay) wearing the male as a turban :)

As a child i used to live with my uncle for many years and he used to bread them, he had loads, not sure on numbers as i was only young, they used to have the run of the house mostly so when i moved in with Paul and he asked me one year what i wanted for my birthday,,,well you can guess the rest :twisted: had a few funny times tho like the time she ate next doors dog :shock: honest ask Paul lol was a young corgi, owner was NOT inpressed lol and the time we had to get transco to out to take out the fire....well you can guess why confused we had to get rid tho, at the time we was living in a council house in Mansfield and they bought out a new rule that says no snakes over 2 ft was alloweed in their homes :? after many trips to the CAB and many fights trying to keep her she had to go as they said we was in breach of our tenancy and could be evicted, and having kids putting a roof over their head came first sad She ended up going to a breeding programm in Twycross zoo (is that spelt right? :lol: ) which was good cause i knew she had a good home and we got free life time passes so we can go see her whenever we like, so next time you go your prob be looking at my snake biggrin was a very sad day tho i cyed for days after as we had had her many years :( i still miss our bath times :shock:
i am so glad there are so many "herps" on here,
but i must get one thing off my chest.....if i hear from any one about "slippery" or "slimey", when talking about snakes again, i will blow my top big time, these people may never have seen a snake in real life, let alone held one.
they are warm, and very dry (unless bathing) i never let the temp drop in thier viv's, unless preparing for breeding, and they were always lovely and warm. and each had its own personality.
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burmese python (pythonus molorus bivititus)
you must really love snakes NN lol.....not a snake for beginners but once every blue mono some 1 gets 1 thats willing to look after them and not get rid once they get to 4 feet lol...
it must of been well looked after to get to that size and is only 3.5 feet short of the captivity record smilei would guess you had it out of its vivarium most of the time and they love a swim.....
i once came home pissed and took out my burmese pair and fell asleep ..i woke up in the morning ..the male was asleep over my face and the larger female was draped over my legs and coiled up in fornt of me :)
walked downstars (much to mums dismay) wearing the male as a turban :)

As a child i used to live with my uncle for many years and he used to bread them, he had loads, not sure on numbers as i was only young, they used to have the run of the house mostly so when i moved in with Paul and he asked me one year what i wanted for my birthday,,,well you can guess the rest :twisted: had a few funny times tho like the time she ate next doors dog :shock: honest ask Paul lol was a young corgi, owner was NOT inpressed lol and the time we had to get transco to out to take out the fire....well you can guess why confused we had to get rid tho, at the time we was living in a council house in Mansfield and they bought out a new rule that says no snakes over 2 ft was alloweed in their homes :? after many trips to the CAB and many fights trying to keep her she had to go as they said we was in breach of our tenancy and could be evicted, and having kids putting a roof over their head came first sad She ended up going to a breeding programm in Twycross zoo (is that spelt right? :lol: ) which was good cause i knew she had a good home and we got free life time passes so we can go see her whenever we like, so next time you go your prob be looking at my snake biggrin was a very sad day tho i cyed for days after as we had had her many years :( i still miss our bath times :shock:
You evidently got off lightly.
If my next door neighbour's boa constrictor (assuming they had one, which I don't believe they do) were to eat my cat, then I'd be 'round there after blood, and I wouldn't be too worried if it were the boa's or the neighbour's. evil
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burmese python (pythonus molorus bivititus)
you must really love snakes NN lol.....not a snake for beginners but once every blue mono some 1 gets 1 thats willing to look after them and not get rid once they get to 4 feet lol...
it must of been well looked after to get to that size and is only 3.5 feet short of the captivity record smilei would guess you had it out of its vivarium most of the time and they love a swim.....
i once came home pissed and took out my burmese pair and fell asleep ..i woke up in the morning ..the male was asleep over my face and the larger female was draped over my legs and coiled up in fornt of me :)
walked downstars (much to mums dismay) wearing the male as a turban :)

As a child i used to live with my uncle for many years and he used to bread them, he had loads, not sure on numbers as i was only young, they used to have the run of the house mostly so when i moved in with Paul and he asked me one year what i wanted for my birthday,,,well you can guess the rest :twisted: had a few funny times tho like the time she ate next doors dog :shock: honest ask Paul lol was a young corgi, owner was NOT inpressed lol and the time we had to get transco to out to take out the fire....well you can guess why confused we had to get rid tho, at the time we was living in a council house in Mansfield and they bought out a new rule that says no snakes over 2 ft was alloweed in their homes :? after many trips to the CAB and many fights trying to keep her she had to go as they said we was in breach of our tenancy and could be evicted, and having kids putting a roof over their head came first sad She ended up going to a breeding programm in Twycross zoo (is that spelt right? :lol: ) which was good cause i knew she had a good home and we got free life time passes so we can go see her whenever we like, so next time you go your prob be looking at my snake biggrin was a very sad day tho i cyed for days after as we had had her many years :( i still miss our bath times :shock:
You evidently got off lightly.
If my next door neighbour's boa constrictor (assuming they had one, which I don't believe they do) were to eat my cat, then I'd be 'round there after blood, and I wouldn't be too worried if it were the boa's or the neighbour's. evil
it wasn't a boa constrictor :lol:
but the dog was on our garden and as you have a responsability to keep your dogs under control at all time there was nothing they could do about it, they did call the police and their reply was...why was your dog running lose? fair question, if you let your dog run free it can just as easily get run over, does that make it the car owners fault cause there dogs running free all over? no accidents happen, just so happenen this one chose to come on my garden while the snake was out, people who have dogs should walk them on leads not just open the door and thro them out and thats just what they was told by the police and R.S.P.C.A, my animal was on my yard wink
yes but it must be factual that NN would kick ten shades of shit out of her x neighbour if he went near her snake....
its a snakey sorta thing m8 smile...
i used to get call outs from the RSPCA as theyve no idea where reptiles are concerned.....got a phone call from police a few times and was whisked away to do the snake man thing...road sealed ogg once after a black mamba was apparently spotted...went in fully loaded and came out with a juv mexican black king snake....
they are just misunderstood......they odnt wanna bite you or eat you....they just wanna live ...
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soooooooooooo without further ado...does any 1 else have or has had a "different pet"

Does that include whatever's growing in my fridge? confused
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they are just misunderstood......they odnt wanna bite you or eat you....they just wanna live ...

thats so true kiss
mine used to roam round the house with my kids who was still quite young at the time and people was horrified that i would let the kids near it while out confused thing is a python will not harm you unless it feels it need to and will only kill for food, you go about your every day duties and so will it, how many peoples dogs bite their kids? yet noone bats a eye lid that them roaming round a house wink
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soooooooooooo without further ado...does any 1 else have or has had a "different pet"

Does that include whatever's growing in my fridge? confused
if it does i have a list lol
just a point if any 1 is thinking of rushing out and getting a snake lol.....
some r far easier to handle than others...its very unlikely that the "shop attendant" will know anything about the snakes bar the sales pitch.....
if any 1 is interested in the above please feel free to pm me for info ......that way you will hopefully enjoy it as well as the reptile willsmile
i have a big
biggrin
does it have teeth????
:shock: :shock: :shock:
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does it have teeth????
:shock: :shock: :shock:

yep here you go
I just have the one cat and yes she is still up for offer redface bless her
But love the thought of a big snake living with me..ummm....had a pet rat (me ex) lol
I will see what the future holds on that one....
My brother had a ex g/f live with us for awhile when i was about 14 and she had a pet tranula (sp) and he was lovely but u couldnt handle it...it gave me nightmares but i enjoyed sitting for hours just watching it in its glass house..it was great...but im just glad it never escaped cause i would have run a mile..lol
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burmese python (pythonus molorus bivititus)
you must really love snakes NN lol.....not a snake for beginners but once every blue mono some 1 gets 1 thats willing to look after them and not get rid once they get to 4 feet lol...
it must of been well looked after to get to that size and is only 3.5 feet short of the captivity record smilei would guess you had it out of its vivarium most of the time and they love a swim.....
i once came home pissed and took out my burmese pair and fell asleep ..i woke up in the morning ..the male was asleep over my face and the larger female was draped over my legs and coiled up in fornt of me :)
walked downstars (much to mums dismay) wearing the male as a turban :)

As a child i used to live with my uncle for many years and he used to bread them, he had loads, not sure on numbers as i was only young, they used to have the run of the house mostly so when i moved in with Paul and he asked me one year what i wanted for my birthday,,,well you can guess the rest :twisted: had a few funny times tho like the time she ate next doors dog :shock: honest ask Paul lol was a young corgi, owner was NOT inpressed lol and the time we had to get transco to out to take out the fire....well you can guess why confused we had to get rid tho, at the time we was living in a council house in Mansfield and they bought out a new rule that says no snakes over 2 ft was alloweed in their homes :? after many trips to the CAB and many fights trying to keep her she had to go as they said we was in breach of our tenancy and could be evicted, and having kids putting a roof over their head came first sad She ended up going to a breeding programm in Twycross zoo (is that spelt right? :lol: ) which was good cause i knew she had a good home and we got free life time passes so we can go see her whenever we like, so next time you go your prob be looking at my snake biggrin was a very sad day tho i cyed for days after as we had had her many years :( i still miss our bath times :shock:
You evidently got off lightly.
If my next door neighbour's boa constrictor (assuming they had one, which I don't believe they do) were to eat my cat, then I'd be 'round there after blood, and I wouldn't be too worried if it were the boa's or the neighbour's. evil
it wasn't a boa constrictor :lol:
but the dog was on our garden and as you have a responsability to keep your dogs under control at all time there was nothing they could do about it, they did call the police and their reply was...why was your dog running lose? fair question, if you let your dog run free it can just as easily get run over, does that make it the car owners fault cause there dogs running free all over? no accidents happen, just so happenen this one chose to come on my garden while the snake was out, people who have dogs should walk them on leads not just open the door and thro them out and thats just what they was told by the police and R.S.P.C.A, my animal was on my yard wink

Fair enough, if they were stupid enough to let a corgi wander into your garden then I suppose it deserves it's fate to some extent. :twisted: (I have to admit, I've never liked dogs, and whilst I did feel a certain amount of sympathy for it, part of me was having a bit of a giggle. :lol: )