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Nightmare

5,182 posts

283 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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And that's an amazing looking Python Dannadrama (top pic) - just wow

And your new corn is gorgeous cloud9

theboss

6,878 posts

218 months

Saturday 9th April 2016
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Good thread guys. Any beginner should be aware these animals can have long lifespans, I bought a juvenile royal Python for my 14th birthday and nearly 21 years later he's going strong. I've never seen an aggressive one before - I always thought they had a reputation for being typically rather docile. I've thought about buying others over the years but don't think I can spare the time and extra commitment - one little Python alone is very manageable though.

Catbus

22 posts

110 months

Thursday 14th April 2016
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Here's my Loki, (probably about) 2 year old royal. He's a rescue and very nervous but getting there with gentle handling every so often. He isn't usually allowed to swing on the stat cord by the way!



Oops pic is sideways, don't know why, sorry!

nikaiyo2

4,672 posts

194 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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halfpenny43 said:
Thanks for the responses Thunderhead. Interesting thoughts and does sound like the laws in the UK are similar to NL.

There was a story in the press here a year or two ago about a guy who kept a King Cobra in his house. He had a license - and had the hermetically sealed "room within a room", and claims he always fed it with two people present incase of "accidents". However one day he went to fed the snake and the inevitable happened - snake bit him. Which got me thinking - why you would ever want to keep a venomous unpredicatble animal in your house.

Takes all sorts I guess - but I'm in your camp. Why ?
I know a guy who keeps a number of DWA animals, including Cobras,Rattle snakes and others. I think it is about the challenged, the thrill, like how hill walking is fine for most people but some want to climb mountains without ropes...

I do keep/ have kept technically (debatable) venomous snakes, but they are all rear fanged and do NOT require a DWA to keep.

I used to keep Boiga Dendrophila Melanto, one of the most stunning snakes in the world...




Not my picture, but pretty typical of them mouth open ready to strike!
Even though I only ever had it as a display animal i realized its care was beyond me so give it to the guy mentioned above. Even being rear fanged there are reports of deaths from bites from this snake in asia, and mine was a female, getting on for 6 foot long and very willing to strike at anything frown

Now I do still have one species with some kind of venom Heterodon Nasicus, Western Hognose, wonderful little snakes that have very mild toxic saliva no worse than a bee sting, but crucially absolutely no desire to use it at all ever. He is fully grown in these pictures so easily manageable.


And the cutest face biggrin

Then... Non venomous

Antaresia Maculosa Spotted Python, the 3rd smallest python in the world and truly stunning when the light catches and he almost glows. Also one of the most curios snakes I have ever come across,unlike most snakes who hide Spotted Pythons seem to love seeing what is going on around them. Very even tempered biggrin


Antaresia Perthensis, the smallest Python! they are so soft the skin feels like velvet. ( I dont have one yet, will get one this year assuming the guy who is selling me one has little ones available)


Hope you enjoy your Corn OP, I have never kept them so can't offer any advice other than be careful you start with one then start thinking about relocating the TV to fit more snakes in :P

halfpenny43

1,015 posts

235 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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nikaiyo2 said:
I know a guy who keeps a number of DWA animals, including Cobras,Rattle snakes and others. I think it is about the challenged, the thrill, like how hill walking is fine for most people but some want to climb mountains without ropes...

I do keep/ have kept technically (debatable) venomous snakes, but they are all rear fanged and do NOT require a DWA to keep.

I used to keep Boiga Dendrophila Melanto, one of the most stunning snakes in the world...




Not my picture, but pretty typical of them mouth open ready to strike!
Even though I only ever had it as a display animal i realized its care was beyond me so give it to the guy mentioned above. Even being rear fanged there are reports of deaths from bites from this snake in asia, and mine was a female, getting on for 6 foot long and very willing to strike at anything frown

Now I do still have one species with some kind of venom Heterodon Nasicus, Western Hognose, wonderful little snakes that have very mild toxic saliva no worse than a bee sting, but crucially absolutely no desire to use it at all ever. He is fully grown in these pictures so easily manageable.


And the cutest face biggrin

Then... Non venomous

Antaresia Maculosa Spotted Python, the 3rd smallest python in the world and truly stunning when the light catches and he almost glows. Also one of the most curios snakes I have ever come across,unlike most snakes who hide Spotted Pythons seem to love seeing what is going on around them. Very even tempered biggrin


Antaresia Perthensis, the smallest Python! they are so soft the skin feels like velvet. ( I dont have one yet, will get one this year assuming the guy who is selling me one has little ones available)


Hope you enjoy your Corn OP, I have never kept them so can't offer any advice other than be careful you start with one then start thinking about relocating the TV to fit more snakes in :P
Thanks for the pictures and explanation. I see what your saying about hill walking and mountain climbing but still in my mind, snakes are wild animals - but get the analogy. One bad move in either handling a venomous reptile and climbing a mountain may be your last !

Not sure I would describe the Boiga as "stunning" - it's black and looks evil evil
But the Hognose looks actually quite nice yes. Is it a saw scaled snake or are those what look like pronounced scales a feature of vipers ?

nikaiyo2

4,672 posts

194 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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halfpenny43 said:
Thanks for the pictures and explanation. I see what your saying about hill walking and mountain climbing but still in my mind, snakes are wild animals - but get the analogy. One bad move in either handling a venomous reptile and climbing a mountain may be your last !

Not sure I would describe the Boiga as "stunning" - it's black and looks evil evil
But the Hognose looks actually quite nice yes. Is it a saw scaled snake or are those what look like pronounced scales a feature of vipers ?
haha yeah evil is a good way to describe most Boiga!

Hognose have keeled scales, similar to saw scale, but i think saw scaled snakes use them to make noise, hogs dont use their scales they just hiss biggrin They are from semi arid environments in the US so the open scales stop sand/ dust etc getting trapped biggrin

halfpenny43

1,015 posts

235 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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nikaiyo2 said:
haha yeah evil is a good way to describe most Boiga!

Hognose have keeled scales, similar to saw scale, but i think saw scaled snakes use them to make noise, hogs dont use their scales they just hiss biggrin They are from semi arid environments in the US so the open scales stop sand/ dust etc getting trapped biggrin
Very interesting and informative - thanks.