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First real job! :)

I can't afford 500 lol, I have to buy Frank a outdoor enclosure and some more bits for my snakes.. Damien needs a new viv before I even consider getting another reptile :p
 
hey George! Congrats on the new job! Sounds like lots of fun.

Ok, I'll throw in my two cents about you getting a Burmese python. I too wanted a burm at one point. I had a friend who had one, so I started asking him what it was like to live with such a wonderful beast. He replied saying that burms made fascinating pets, but they really do change your life. He told me how hard it was to get someone reliable to care for the burm if he wanted to go on vacation. He told me he had been evicted from two different apartments because he tried to keep the snake a secret from his landlord, and how hard it was to get an apartment that would allow the snake at all.

He continued on and on with a huge list of reasons why I shouldn't get one, including food for the snake, housing, assistance when handling, etc...

They are truly amazing animals, and their gentle temperament make them much easier to do with - considering their enormous size... but this is an animal that could severely injure or kill you without intending to do so. - Not to mention caring for such an animal is a huge responsibility. Plus, when considering purchasing an animal like this, you must try to see things from the snake's point of view. Will you be able to provide an environment in which a snake of that size will be truly "at home."

Of course, the choice is yours whether or not to get a burm... If you do, allow me to offer this final bit of advice: Next to the snake's enclosure, always keep a bottle of pure grain alcohol (I'm talking at least 100 proof). If the snake ever latches onto you or anyone else, pour the alcohol around the mouth and nose of the snake. This willl cause the snake to release it's jaws and typically retreat away from you or whomever it has bitten. This is a much better alternative to killing the snake, should it ever decide to sink its enormous jaws into anyone.

The alcohol will more than likely inebriate the snake, but no long term damage has ever been experienced in using this method. :)
 
Hey! Work is doing okay.. It's long hours and early mornings.. I find it rather hard to keep up with the speed of the polish workers.. :/ They get commended for there speed and I get ignored. I am however hoping to reduce my hours down from 39 hour to 16, and carry on with my education! This means I can save for my planned holiday with my dad and my brother to cyprus to see my nana and grandad in there massive hill top house! Also we'll be getting on a cruise from cyprus to egypt *already did that cruise but I was too young to understand the natural history I was being told* And we'll be going on diving trips in cyprus too, my dad wants to train my brother up because my brother wants to be a instructer and my dad used to be one :)


ALSO GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!!?:!:!:!:!

I just handled a 10FT boa in a petshop! It was amazing! I even got the snake out of the tank all by myself, however after a few mins of holding the snake the weight of it really started getting too me and the owner come and held one half :) I had it's head side and it yawned! I saw all its teeth! I was really enjoying handling it, but my mum was white and begged me to put it back :mad: :mad: *insert angry face*
I was not scared by the snake though, she was amazing.. I do however understand how
having a snake that size or bigger could change your life..

It's a really cool local new petshop and he's really accurate with his information!
Haha, also guess what? When I got the boa out, the african grey parrot said "goodbye, goodbye" haha!!
 
SNAKEWISPERA said:
Nice one Jorj,
And people said you couldn't handle a 10 foot boa, what do they now !
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I don't think anyone said George couldn't handle a large constrictor, however that was one time under the supervision of adults where he was able to have the animal taken away once he felt it was too heavy for him...

I am sure if you got a baby boa you would grow with it George, but learn to walk before you can run... If your mother is terrified of a 10ft boa theres no way you're getting a burm in her house LOL :p

I remember the first time I held a boa... it was love at first sight. I just couldn't believe the strength of the animal. They have absolutly captivated me ever since and I can't imagine life without keeping boas...
 
Yea! I got that same feeling, even though she weighed loads, she was soo gentle! He was stroking her face and she never even reacted.. The room was full of birds, and I was expecting some funny business, but again.. Gentle..
Maybe one day I'll get one, they remind me of pythons, but for now I'll probably stick with the smaller snakes until I get mummys approval :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
They really do leave a huge impact on you don't they :) I have little boa slither prints on my heart after meeting that first girl. I ended up taking her home with me after I had some basic knowledge and had her enclosure all perfect and ready...
 
This one today was very easy to handle, just abit heavy, I imagine they are the kind of animal that will sit and watch tv with you..
I have have a few years expierence with smaller snakes, therefor if I do choose to get a boa, it'll be in a year or two when I have more £££ coming in.. But I'll add it too my list!
 
I sit and watch TV with all my snakes anyways. But the very first boa I bought was my special girl. We watched TV, sat out in the garden, she hung on the back of my chair when I was on the computer. I used to leave her tank open with her branch sitting on top of it and she would crawl up onto it, sit there for an hour or so then go back into her viv. I wouldn't recommend leaving snake tubs or tanks open to anyone though. Perhaps I was slightly foolish when I first started keeping snakes.
 
Sounds loverly!
I read earlier that when they annouced the biggest snake at 49ft was a fake, they also said it ate 3-4 dogs a month.. Do some large snakes really eat dogs? I wonder if people in the uk bread dogs to feed to snakes? Personally I would rather breed rabbits for snake food..
 
Oh don't be ridiculous George... I don't think anyone in their right mind breeds dogs to feed to large snakes. And a 49ft snake is bogus. I am sure the largest on record is a 32ft reticulated python.

People breed pigs commonly for large constrictors though...
 
Tula_Montage said:
I sit and watch TV with all my snakes anyways. But the very first boa I bought was my special girl. We watched TV, sat out in the garden, she hung on the back of my chair when I was on the computer. I used to leave her tank open with her branch sitting on top of it and she would crawl up onto it, sit there for an hour or so then go back into her viv. I wouldn't recommend leaving snake tubs or tanks open to anyone though. Perhaps I was slightly foolish when I first started keeping snakes.
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Put up a recent pic of it Elle to convince George how cool they are.....In fact why don't we start a new 'Boa' thread so we can all put up recent pics and get George into the fold.....
 
I've sent you a few links George, to help you decide (and to show Ma).
plus I'll send you a link to a different choice, just to keep you thinking before you decide...LOL
 
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