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Got a baby rat snake today..... :notworthy: :notworthy:
Called him Alabaster Codify (all the Day today fans should get that!!!!!) :lol: :lol:
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Aww! Pictures?
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Not as yet....will try tomorrow!!!!
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My friend has got a pet boa constrictor and my cousin has got two of 'em. They freak me out, especially at feeding time.
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A baby rat snake is nice... but how big is a mature one?
Just a question, dunno meself, but always consider small ones grow up. A baby python is cute, a full-grown one is a full-size firehose... :-)
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I once had a snake. Called Sid. Not imaginitive, I know. But I was young, and there was a snake in Buster comic (which I used to read avidly) called Sid. Sorry, not Sid as in Nancy.

Sid died. He couldn't shed his skin properly. So some form of slow suffocation I would imagine. Spent a year doing very little in a small aquarium, then did even less => he was dead. I didn't notice: I had lost interest in Sid 363 days ago when I got a new toy.

There is a moral here, SG. And I think you've spotted it. Don't call your snake Sid.
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hallucienate wrote:My friend has got a pet boa constrictor and my cousin has got two of 'em. They freak me out, especially at feeding time.
I know, gonna have to get used to that, had to freeze about 10 teeny tiny baby mice this eve.....<voms>
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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:A baby rat snake is nice... but how big is a mature one?
Just a question, dunno meself, but always consider small ones grow up. A baby python is cute, a full-grown one is a full-size firehose... :-)
Did see the father of the babies, he was about 7 foot!!! he was about 6/7 years old......don't think they'd get much bigger!
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Major de Coverly wrote:I once had a snake. Called Sid. Not imaginitive, I know. But I was young, and there was a snake in Buster comic (which I used to read avidly) called Sid. Sorry, not Sid as in Nancy.

Sid died. He couldn't shed his skin properly. So some form of slow suffocation I would imagine. Spent a year doing very little in a small aquarium, then did even less => he was dead. I didn't notice: I had lost interest in Sid 363 days ago when I got a new toy.

There is a moral here, SG. And I think you've spotted it. Don't call your snake Sid.
Thankyou kindly Major!!
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Sorry, but I'm a huge fan of St. Patrick.
I hate those things. :urff: :urff: Scare the effing hell outta me!!!

Maybe next time you'll favor a cat?????

Well, good luck with IT.

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He shouldnt get to more than about 5 foot long, I wouldnt have thought. They're fully grown at about 4-5 years.

My albino Texas rat snake Casper just died :cry: , but he was around 8 years old which is a good age for them apparently.

If you have any problems SG my best friend is a snake breeder and knows just about everything so give me a shout and I'll ask him.
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Sexygoth wrote:
hallucienate wrote:My friend has got a pet boa constrictor and my cousin has got two of 'em. They freak me out, especially at feeding time.
I know, gonna have to get used to that, had to freeze about 10 teeny tiny baby mice this eve.....<voms>
My friend goes into pet shops and asks for a few mice, when the he's asked what colour he'd like he says "Any colour, I don't think the snake will mind" :urff:

Here is a pic of one of my cousin's boa's it was still a baby then:
http://www.lak.co.za/galleries/photo.ph ... 2003-03-03
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Don't snakes smell, too, while we're on the subject of their general ickiness?
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MrChris wrote:Don't snakes smell, too, while we're on the subject of their general ickiness?
NO! where did you get that idea? The only thing that will smell is their vivarium if you dont clean it out for ages. Having had snakes of all shapes and sizes crawl all over me , I can honestly say that I've never met one that smelled.

(However getting garter snake poo on you isnt much fun - that does stink!)
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Hmm. I got the idea from The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt. She's certainly convinced that snakes stink. Me, I'm not going to find out.
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MrChris wrote:Hmm. I got the idea from The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt. She's certainly convinced that snakes stink. Me, I'm not going to find out.
Much like her writing then really ....................
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Image...This isn't mine...but will look like this!!! Don't really wanna take any pictures of him just yet, plus I can't handle him for a week anyway until he gets settled.
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Black Planet wrote:Sorry, but I'm a huge fan of St. Patrick.
I hate those things. :urff: :urff: Scare the effing hell outta me!!!

Maybe next time you'll favor a cat?????

Well, good luck with IT.

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Already have a cat.......She's about 7 years old now!!!!
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Black Dahlia wrote:He shouldnt get to more than about 5 foot long, I wouldnt have thought. They're fully grown at about 4-5 years.

My albino Texas rat snake Casper just died :cry: , but he was around 8 years old which is a good age for them apparently.

If you have any problems SG my best friend is a snake breeder and knows just about everything so give me a shout and I'll ask him.
Cheers..You're a star :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

Alabaster-Codify is an Everglades rat if that makes any difference :innocent:
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Oh s**t!!!! why did you have to put a pic of a snake here!!! I just f**king screamed out loud!!! Thank god my office door was shut....

...I am utterly terrified by these thing!!!!!!!!!
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But he's sssoooooooooo cute!!!!
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Black Dahlia wrote:
MrChris wrote:Don't snakes smell, too, while we're on the subject of their general ickiness?
NO! where did you get that idea? The only thing that will smell is their vivarium if you dont clean it out for ages. Having had snakes of all shapes and sizes crawl all over me , I can honestly say that I've never met one that smelled.
Years ago I heard the same fallacy ("snakes stink") from my daughter and once, when we were again in Zoo, I understood why she had thought that - there was really nasty stink in the snakes' house due to a pool of a little hippopotamus in the same room.
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(However getting garter snake poo on you isnt much fun - that does stink!)
Is it poisonous? ;D
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Sexygoth wrote:
Black Planet wrote:Sorry, but I'm a huge fan of St. Patrick.
I hate those things. :urff: :urff: Scare the effing hell outta me!!!

Maybe next time you'll favor a cat?????

Well, good luck with IT.

:von:
Already have a cat.......She's about 7 years old now!!!!
Wait... Aren't you forgetting something, SG?
Cat: mammal. Snake: reptile. Reptile eats mammals. I wouldn't risk it, honestly. :urff:

Although your snake must be cuteness in itself (himself, herself, do you know?...) but we mammals have to stick together. :P
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dead inside wrote:
Sexygoth wrote:
Black Planet wrote:Sorry, but I'm a huge fan of St. Patrick.
I hate those things. :urff: :urff: Scare the effing hell outta me!!!

Maybe next time you'll favor a cat?????

Well, good luck with IT.

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Already have a cat.......She's about 7 years old now!!!!
Wait... Aren't you forgetting something, SG?
Cat: mammal. Snake: reptile. Reptile eats mammals. I wouldn't risk it, honestly. :urff:

Although your snake must be cuteness in itself (himself, herself, do you know?...) but we mammals have to stick together. :P
My thoughts exactly! And you know, I have to shut my eyes as I quickly scroll past that pic...that scares the effing s**t outta me each time I look at this thread! :urff:

Take care of kitty! Please, SG!!!!
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Sexygoth wrote:
Black Dahlia wrote:He shouldnt get to more than about 5 foot long, I wouldnt have thought. They're fully grown at about 4-5 years.

My albino Texas rat snake Casper just died :cry: , but he was around 8 years old which is a good age for them apparently.

If you have any problems SG my best friend is a snake breeder and knows just about everything so give me a shout and I'll ask him.
Cheers..You're a star :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

Alabaster-Codify is an Everglades rat if that makes any difference :innocent:

Have asked my friend apparently they can be a little snappy as babies but soon tame down with frequent handling. If you PM me your email address I'll send you one of the care sheets my friend's written.
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