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The most impractical snake?

yea but generally females get way larger than males :) so if u want one but dont want it toooo big lol males the way to go plus if u feed it on a strict schedule u can control the weight and size : D
 
How about this:

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I see them every show at Columbia and go "What. The. @#$%."
 
I suppose I wouldn't mind a red spitting cobra...
Or a Gaboon viper...

or a Sunfire retic.

honestly though, miniature Boas are just too good to really feel any need to keep any other snake :)
 
I just love the looks of albino reticulated pythons, but apparently they can grow to over 25 feet long.... so not gonna happen for me. I won't get anything larger than a female boa constrictor for my own collection.
 
The ex-b/fs Taiwan Beauties were stunning but all had hideously exaggerated feeding responses. Nothing like trying to detach yourself from a determined nine footer, which was convinced that your (gloved) hand would be edible if it just threw a couple of coils round your arm, bit down and chewed hard enough. The Gonyosoma were similar, but with added musk/poop spraying.

All lovely to look at, but think I'll stick with the Corns!
 
I have an extreme love and respect for hots, but I don't ever trust myself to own one. I leave that to the pro's. But, if I ever did own one, it would be a Lavender Albino Monocled.

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I love the green anacondas. Scales N Tails, the local reptile shop, sells babies for $300. They sell like hotcakes and I voice my opinion on the fact that the Denver Zoo has only one and it's 30 feet long or something.

If I thought owning a 30 foot long snake was practical, I'd fork over the $300 in a heartbeat. They actually have a very pretty skin to them and I'm sure we could get a few morphs out of them in a few decades. However, 30 feet worth of snake is, in my opinion, stupid to own. Unless, of course, that 30 feet is a couple of corns put together. :)
 
pridecity said:
I love the green anacondas. Scales N Tails, the local reptile shop, sells babies for $300. They sell like hotcakes and I voice my opinion on the fact that the Denver Zoo has only one and it's 30 feet long or something.

If I thought owning a 30 foot long snake was practical, I'd fork over the $300 in a heartbeat. They actually have a very pretty skin to them and I'm sure we could get a few morphs out of them in a few decades. However, 30 feet worth of snake is, in my opinion, stupid to own. Unless, of course, that 30 feet is a couple of corns put together. :)
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They don't get that big, I'm sure.... It's a common misconception.
 
ceduke said:
Regardless, they do get big enough to be completely impractical for the average keeper.
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Agreed, and if it was a fancy rat forum I wouldn't of mentioned it. But as it's a snake forum I figured we need to give out actual facts and not scare mongering... LOL
In fact I believe there was once a large reward for any snake that could be produced and measured at 30ft or over... It was/has never been claimed.

http://tribes.tribe.net/m/snakecharmer/thread/a305e404-3d39-40c8-a195-5c7b733c609d
 
Hmmmmm... because I work at a children's home, I can NEVER have a hot here... so no rattlers, Gaboons, Mambas, et al. My DREAM is to one day have a Gaboon... or even a breeding pair. But at that point, which will have to be AFTER retirement, I may be too frail to deal with them safely.

A black mamba would be nice too, but just as "beyone the realm of possibility" as a Gaboon... well, even MORE so. :)

I'm NOT ruling out a Gila Monster though... although getting one the "proper way" would probably require a lot of hoop jumping.
 
snakewispera snr said:
They don't get that big, I'm sure.... It's a common misconception.
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That depends on the kind of Anaconda, there are two species- the Yellow Anaconda which gets around 9-12 feet if memory serves... and green Anacondas are the behemoths that can get around 21-27 feet long(females).

They have -horrible- temperament and they REEK, the stench is unbearable.
 
Kokopelli said:
That depends on the kind of Anaconda, there are two species- the Yellow Anaconda which gets around 9-12 feet if memory serves... and green Anacondas are the behemoths that can get around 21-27 feet long(females).

They have -horrible- temperament and they REEK, the stench is unbearable.
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Please don't Oren... The last time there was a discussion on here about condas lots of misconceptions were put out as fact... I brought a few conda keepers, I know, on here to explain the actual facts about them... The thread is here if you search... Yes they are heavy bodied, nowhere near as long as people suggest and they are puppy dog tame if kept from young (like any snake) and the stench is because people think they need to live in an aquarium... The do smell a bit musky though... I will agree to that LOL
 
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.

At the Denver Zoo, the snake is pretty large and has access to water, but I never see it near the water. Actually, I think it's a green BP on major steroids because it's always wrapped in a ball.

I wonder if I have a picture of it....

Thank you for correcting me on the size. I wiki-ed real fast and it gave roughly 18 feet for the longest recorded, but I won't take that as proof, just a rough estimate. My feelings is that I should outweigh my snakes by at least five times.
 
I was gonna say, anacondas don't get that long. XD

I would keep a retic, any color. But they're waaay too big for me. Same goes for burms.
 
pridecity said:
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.

At the Denver Zoo, the snake is pretty large and has access to water, but I never see it near the water. Actually, I think it's a green BP on major steroids because it's always wrapped in a ball.

I wonder if I have a picture of it....

Thank you for correcting me on the size. I wiki-ed real fast and it gave roughly 18 feet for the longest recorded, but I won't take that as proof, just a rough estimate. My feelings is that I should outweigh my snakes by at least five times.
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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..
 
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