The most impractical snake?

[snakewispera snr]

!!!!!!!!!!!thorny devil lizard!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome

Now that really is an impractical reptile to own.....

 

[Urban_M86]

Now that really is an impractical reptile to own.....

lol r u kidding me were are you going to find 8000 ants to feed one of them a day and they only eat a specific kind of ant

 

[Urban_M86]

lol r u kidding me were are you going to find 8000 ants to feed one of them a day and they only eat a specific kind of ant

UPS my bad im too tired sorry

 

[snakewispera snr]

lol r u kidding me were are you going to find 8000 ants to feed one of them a day and they only eat a specific kind of ant

I know, that's why I think it's the only truly impractical reptile posted so far...
Wonder if they take F/T ants... Wonder if you can get F/T ants...
Probably not... LOL

 

[aquatic mouse]

For me, an albino Burmese would be my impractical snake.

I think the albino ball pythons look VERY similar and don't get even close to the size of the Burmese. I hope to own an albino ball sometime in my life, but that $550 price tag makes it impossible right now.

Also, if other reptiles are included, I'd love to have a black and white tegu. But I have no where to put a 6ft x 3ft x 3ft enclosure.

 

[Carinata]

To me, most snakes are practical in the right hands, even hots. It should be the practicality of the keeper. Is it a teenager with little or no knowledge of the animal, or is it a adult with a degree in herpetology. Or a teenager with years of experience or an adult with no experience.

 

[wstphal]

Condas are very slow growing snakes and because of that and hunting we may never see a true giant in our life times....
They very well may get to the giant sizes that people dream about, but unless we stop killing them and let them have the 50-60-70 yrs they need, we will never know.... Shame innit..

Yeah, but what we need to do is stop encroaching on their natural territory & just let them live on their own, and hopefully the nature preserve will eventually produce some 30+ foot condas that way.

Either that or some zoos need to invest the time, space and money to see how big a properly fed captive conda can be in 50 years! Great project for a zoo, I think! And 50 years of proper captive care would probably produce a relatively calm snake so you could make money for the zoo selling "pictures taken with the giant anaconda" in a safe way. I'd want one of those pictures for sure!!!!

I don't think it's a good idea for a relatively n00bie to get a conda and power feed it and have it attain 20+ in just a couple years. That could end badly for the snake (dunno if I care so much what happens to the idiot).

 

[wstphal]

And David's got a point too. There are many snakes a n00bie shouldn't have, even an adult n00bie who has done some reading, but that someone with proper training could care for safely and well. And others that the issue is housing size, like tegus, and that any sensible adult who is willing to make the commitment to provide the large housing needed for YEARS could do OK with. I could see someone in their teens being a good tegu owner if they did their research and knew how much living space is needed and were prepared to live off campus in an apartment with reptile friendly apartment mates during college. I could also see a serious teen or young adult doing very well with lizards or amphibs that need very close monitoring of their environment but not too much space because it would be a lot easier to keep a difficult SMALL species in a small apartment than to keep a larger one.

 

[WingedSweetheart]

Mine would be a Leucistic Ball Python. Or any Leucistic Python really. But it's impractical for me because once while browsing breeders that had these for sale all had prices in the thousands! Plus there would be the cost of properly housing it and caring for it.

Another impractical snake that I would love to own would be a Green Tree Python Blue phase. I think they are so pretty but a bit hard to care for. I've read they don't have the best temperament and are more of a look but not touch sort of animal. Not to mention the pretty price tag!

Last but not least a very impractical snake. Unless I had a death wish hehe. A Blue Coral snake. I love blue and this snake is a very nice shade but also nice and deadly if bitten.

Ps
I love the color blue and if I could find a smallish non venomous blue snake that was as easy to care for as a corn I would be in heaven. If you know of any...

 

[wstphal]

BPs don't seem to be that hard to care for, except when they go on feeding strikes! Spider Girl tore into her rat pup tonight, no issues there. Marbles went thru first a strike then an I-only-eat-mice phase but since that ended he has been a greeder feeder, striking & gulping his rats. They need a warmer warm side than a cornsnake, and higher humidity, but cypress & a UTH have solved those issues for me. Someday you will be able to afford a leucistic BP I bet.

Somebody here is successful with chondros, I bet you could be too if you wanted to, but they are apparently mostly a display snake.

And if I ever figure out how to clone the genes for blue from a chondro & successfully make blue cornsnakes, I'll tell you. :crazy02:

 

[pridecity]

Wow, that blue coral is beautiful!! How about a blue Pacific Garter? They might be native where you are and I don't know what they look like as adults, but they are pretty as babies.

 

[tricksterpup]

I don't know much about anacondas, I'll freely admit that. And I probably should have double checked the size first. Anyway, I won't get even a Burmese because I know they have the potential to try to eat my dogs. As much as I complain about them all the time, I'd hate to come home and discover my snake digesting them.

Wow. I am not trying to flame you on this but this is one the craziest and another fear mongering post.
Jeez if you owned a snake like that and was responsible keeper, your dogs would never be near this animal and you would have the proper caging.
I own a burm that is around 15 feet and around 150 pounds and I own cats. I have never feared that my snake would get out of her cage. It is kept locked at all times.
Yes, these animals are dangerous, and owners have been hurt and killed by their pet in the past. But these people were stupid and didn't use proper precautions and got sloppy.

Yes, these animals are not for everyone, and they are not easy to care for and require special needs. Its ok to admit that you are not qualified to keep an animal like this but to state you are afraid to come home to eaten dogs, well again that is just crazy talk.

 

[tricksterpup]

Mine would be a Leucistic Ball Python. Or any Leucistic Python really. But it's impractical for me because once while browsing breeders that had these for sale all had prices in the thousands! Plus there would be the cost of properly housing it and caring for it.

Another impractical snake that I would love to own would be a Green Tree Python Blue phase. I think they are so pretty but a bit hard to care for. I've read they don't have the best temperament and are more of a look but not touch sort of animal. Not to mention the pretty price tag!

These animals are not bad in price in the grand scheme of things. They are investment snakes. So you breed them and sell the babies. If you want leucys I recommend getting a Mojave and a Lesser Platty, together they make Leucys.

As for GTPs, its all what you are used to and want to work with. I keep Amazon tree boas. They are aggressive but as you work with these animals, you get used to their temperament and learn to work with your animals. Also, I would recommend getting a hook to work with them. But again, these are investment animals. They are not pets at first.

Ps
I love the color blue and if I could find a smallish non venomous blue snake that was as easy to care for as a corn I would be in heaven. If you know of any...

If you want blue snakes, that is easy but these again are special needs snakes. Dean no longer has them but they were amazing.
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61386

 

[tricksterpup]

The snake I tried to keep and it did not work out for me, i released the babies, but they were just to hard to keep. I tried to keep some Red Bellies.
So typically any slug, snail and bug eater, I shall pass on.
Red Belly

Green snake

 

[WingedSweetheart]

I love the tree snakes! We have rough and smooth here. But I think it would be a bit of a pain trying to get bugs for them to eat. I raised baby robins once (nest was found on a tracker trailer my dad bought) and every morning at 4am I was out looking for bugs for my birds to eat. I guess at least the snake wouldn't have to eat every 20 mins lol!

 

[snakewispera snr]

To me, most snakes are practical in the right hands, even hots. It should be the practicality of the keeper. Is it a teenager with little or no knowledge of the animal, or is it a adult with a degree in herpetology. Or a teenager with years of experience or an adult with no experience.

Well said Dave...

Another impractical snake that I would love to own would be a Green Tree Python Blue phase. I think they are so pretty but a bit hard to care for. I've read they don't have the best temperament and are more of a look but not touch sort of animal. Not to mention the pretty price tag!

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Not exactly right with most of those statements

And they are not difficult to look after, just different...

Wow. I am not trying to flame you on this but this is one the craziest and another fear mongering post.
Jeez if you owned a snake like that and was responsible keeper, your dogs would never be near this animal and you would have the proper caging.
I own a burm that is around 15 feet and around 150 pounds and I own cats. I have never feared that my snake would get out of her cage. It is kept locked at all times.
Yes, these animals are dangerous, and owners have been hurt and killed by their pet in the past. But these people were stupid and didn't use proper precautions and got sloppy.

Yes, these animals are not for everyone, and they are not easy to care for and require special needs. Its ok to admit that you are not qualified to keep an animal like this but to state you are afraid to come home to eaten dogs, well again that is just crazy talk.

This thread has required a reality check for a while Jim....
I don't think there are any impractical snakes (well sea snakes may qualify LOL) Just misinformed owners.

 

[bitsy]

I think you've hit the nail on the head. The "practicality" of a snake is to do with the owner, not the snake.

I couldn't handle a perma-hungry 9 foot Taiwan, but plenty of people would find it a pretty routine snake to deal with.

A minority of people might not feel confident that they can keep a Dog Eating Snake secure enough to prevent accidental pet consumption (or worse, they may feel a sense of misplaced confidence), but most owners of snakes that size don't have a problem with them.

For some people out in the wider world, even Corns are "impractical".

 

[ShenziSixaxis]

Retics, burms, hots, condas. Huge and venomous screams no way to me, for me and most keepers. Baby big snakes are awesome, but uh, babies grow up. Shame many people here buy baby boas like candy. Pet Supermarket has gone through at least a dozen boas, yet during the same time frame no one has bought the amazing snow, the somewhat skinny normal (s/he came in the same shipment as my okeetee, too, and she's on the skinnier side despite frequent feedings), or lucy rat who doesn't have bug eyes. They've sold countless BPs, too.

 

[wstphal]

But asking us for most impractical covers
1) difficult care conditions
2) hots
3) size or feeding response issues
any of which could make us herp lovers say "no, that species is NOT for me".

I am afraid of taking on a snake with really rigorous environmental requirements. What if the power goes out?!

I am also concerned about owning a hot, as I know I would want to free handle the darn thing even though I know better & don't think I would succumb to the desire.

Size alone -- well -- if I did not LIVE alone and owned a house I wouldn't be concerned about caring for a really big constrictor, just about what would happen if I predeceased my really big constrictor. Who would want a 10+ foot snake? Or worse, who would or could take on a 20+ foot anaconda that I had carefully raised and cared for properly?

When we own long-lived pets (horses, dogs, cats, reptiles, psittacine birds) we have to think about what's going to happen if we have an close encounter of the fatal kind with a drunk driver. Who will inherit the animal & will that be a good thing?

 

[snakewispera snr]

I think you've hit the nail on the head. The "practicality" of a snake is to do with the owner, not the snake.

I couldn't handle a perma-hungry 9 foot Taiwan, but plenty of people would find it a pretty routine snake to deal with.

A minority of people might not feel confident that they can keep a Dog Eating Snake secure enough to prevent accidental pet consumption (or worse, they may feel a sense of misplaced confidence), but most owners of snakes that size don't have a problem with them.

For some people out in the wider world, even Corns are "impractical".

My friend keeps and breeds corn, even though they are a totally impractical snake for him....
Well not totally impractical....
He needs feeders for his King cobras...
Like the old saying goes....
'There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes'