we are the GIANT SNAKE people

[JimmyDavid]

I see that some people are in this website
because they love geckos, others are more into rat snakes and milk snakes. Some others are into crocs while others into boas. We all have a preference...

So who belongs in the GIANT SNAKE tribe? raise you hand, if you are one of us.
(you can also tell what you keep or what's in your "next to get" list)

[D J N]

I'm deffinatly one :) but I have a certain addiction know as Afrockitis it's a terrible affliction where I can't control my buying of Afrocks.

[T.O-SK8TER]

yeppers, definitley me! I only want to keep one snake though, lol. How do others afford too feed and keep large snakes? cause like having the one is expensive enough as it is.

[lakeridgekennel]

I'm definitley one burms are my fav snake in the world.

[daiyoukai]

in, retics are king's of the constrictors.

[JimmyDavid]

You have more reptiles than most zoos i've visited. Wow.

edit: Lakeridgekennel, that is.

[sturiches2000]

Does a 10 foot Coastal count as big enough?

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Yeah and all Lakeridgekennel's reptiles are big(well the ones in his sig).

I love 'em, but cant really keep 'em. I want to get a pair of papuan pythons as they are the biggest snakes I can get here(females 10-14').

C.

[lakeridgekennel]

jimmy:
i have all i can handle but am always open to another burm.
CHRISANDBOIDS14
I say go big or go home. lol

[JimmyDavid]

What's your biggest burm, by the way?
the largest i kept was 21 feet and only i know how she was a handfull.
It must be a full time job to take care of all those...

[lakeridgekennel]

my biggest is 19' female burm bur she still has a bit of growing to do. it takes me and 5 friends to move my 15' female anaconda she is big and is so agressive.

[ReptiZone]

I am in I have just abut every large constrictor under the sun and if it was not mine I was payed to care for it think of that some one would pay me to play with there collection of large constrictors. Coud a person have it any better. lol

The ReptiZone
Marc Doiron

[daiyoukai]

Originally posted by lakeridgekennel
my biggest is 19' female burm bur she still has a bit of growing to do. it takes me and 5 friends to move my 15' female anaconda she is big and is so agressive.

15 foot yellow conda? wow, have any pictures of this beast?

oh, and Im thinking of adopting a burm. http://www.vareptilerescue.org/available.html it's so close by too.

[lakeridgekennel]

it's a green anaconda not yellow. i'm lazy and haven't updated my sig in a while

[Seba]

Giant snakes are my favourite reptiles...

[BellyDraggers]

We have them. love the big snakes, Burms, retics,and green anacondas, miss the african rocks they are such great snakes.

[jparker1167]

i have a normal burm, albino green burm, 2 green burm, arock, and 2 100% het albino dwarf retics

[Slipknot]

I've been an official member for almost a month now...I have a male Afrock named Dimitri. :)

For my "next to get list": No more giants actually, 1.2 Red Bloods, 1.2 Black Bloods, and 1.2 Borneo Short Tails.

[Gary D.]

0.1 huge female retic
2.2 afrocks (pair young adult, pair subadult)
2.2 burms (young adults)
1.1 green anacondas (juveniles)

[jimbosballpytho]

Jimmy we have to party man,Look me up brother!

[Scales Zoo]

Gary, you forgot the barneck scrubs and that moloccun looking one, the barnecks are gonna be giant snakes some day.

I really like Giant snakes, but after cutting back on the collection the only giants we have right now are the albino burms, a female tiger retic and a normal male retic. Elvira and the Tiger are quite big.

Ryan

[Gary D.]

Yes, your right scrubs should be included on the giant list.

And for the record I would like to pass the credit for them, Pandora, the female green anaconda (and I guess the male too) and two of the Afrocks to you guys. They are fantastic animals for certain, Thanks again.

Gary D.

[jimbosballpytho]

Ryan if we all got together once to party I really think we would have a blast,Darn(being nice) We need to hook up man,Lot in commen,Shop talk,whatever!

[denial9340]

I love giants got 2 albino burms, one regular burm, albino green burm, and 2 green anacondas looking to get a whole lot more giants also anyone know where i can get a very light green color conda and a tame african rock thanks alot

[daiyoukai]

Originally posted by lakeridgekennel
it's a green anaconda not yellow. i'm lazy and haven't updated my sig in a while

still a big snake, post some pics if ya can. :D

[Gregg M]

Ahhhh, giant snakes are for little girls...... LOL..... I have some giant gaboons....... Does that count????

P.S. Something tells me that lakeridgekennel is a bit of a liar..... Am I the only one catching this vibe???? I mean come on now..... A 16 year old with all of those huge expensive reptiles???? Does he own his own zoo????? LOL..... And why is it that in the photo gallery he only has a normal and albino burm pictured???? Dont you think one would show off their biggest and best animals???

Daiy, you know you aint gonna see a pic of a 15 foot green anaconda...... He is not even sure if he has a yellow or a green..... My guess is he does not have either species..... LOL.... I would love to see his set up.....LOL

[daiyoukai]

Originally posted by Gregg M
Ahhhh, giant snakes are for little girls...... LOL..... I have some giant gaboons....... Does that count????

P.S. Something tells me that lakeridgekennel is a bit of a liar..... Am I the only one catching this vibe???? I mean come on now..... A 16 year old with all of those huge expensive reptiles???? Does he own his own zoo????? LOL..... And why is it that in the photo gallery he only has a normal and albino burm pictured???? Dont you think one would show off their biggest and best animals???

Daiy, you know you aint gonna see a pic of a 15 foot green anaconda...... He is not even sure if he has a yellow or a green..... My guess is he does not have either species..... LOL.... I would love to see his set up.....LOL

but why lie about something so useless? What is to gain?

[bistrobob85]

Then i'm a giant snake lover too if i'd be going for a moluccan as soon as i find one...

phil.

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Im not trying to take any sides, but Greg does make sense.

lakeridgekennel: "go big or go home", yeah well I want to go as big as I can here!

C.

[kevyn]

For me, it's all about Retics. Once my 3 from Mike Wilbanks arrive, I'll be at 6. The hard part is deciding what to order next. I'm thinking either more albinos or some dwarfs. I really like the genetic stripes.

I love giants and that's our main focus here. We keep Afrocks and Burms. I'll have to figure out what I want to do with Burms though, besides attempting the Bateater cross. I like Granits alot, but I'm just not sure where to go. Maybe if some of these mysterious Burm morphs prove out...

Either way, our main focus is Retic morphs.

[Gregg M]

Why do people lie about anything???? There are many motives to why people lie..... I am guessing that this persons particular motive is to impress people...... Who knows.... I just call BS when I see it...... Do you honestly think he keeps all of these huge reptiles in his bedroom or basement???? How much do you think it cost a week to feed these animals???? I am sure it is way beyond a 16 year olds budget..... I could be wrong but I doubt it....

[kevyn]

I can't comment on anything else but I have seen pics of his Niles and the set up. It's a really good set up.

[evil11]

im only 5 foot tall and weigh 105. if i could have anything in the world it would be a burm. i just know i couldn't handle it alone :(

[Davey312]

I'm 15 yearsold and i have 2 part time jobs... My collection consists of 5 snakes (all small eating rats and mice of different sizes) 2 lizards (beardie and veiled) and a few amphibians...I just make enough money to feed this small collection. I have a VERY hard time imagining someone who is 16 that needs to bring in well over 30 pounds of rabbit weekly just for his larger snakes. Either he's bluffing or his parents won the Lotto a couple of times.

Davey

[Scales Zoo]

Originally posted by Gary D.
Yes, your right scrubs should be included on the giant list.
And for the record I would like to pass the credit for them, Pandora, the female green anaconda (and I guess the male too) and two of the Afrocks to you guys. They are fantastic animals for certain, Thanks again.
Gary D.

And also for the record, we got all those snakes from other people too, we didn't create any of them. I'm just glad they all had a good place to go to be seen near me when we decided we had to cut back on the square footage of our public display.

Originally posted by Jimbos
Ryan if we all got together once to party I really think we would have a blast,Darn(being nice) We need to hook up man,Lot in commen,Shop talk,whatever!

It never ceases to amaze me how many people I've ran into over the years that have so much in common with me - thanks for saying hey, shoot me an email with your number or give me a call sometime!

Oh, and Gregg - i think there is something in some of the Manitoba water that causes some people to think they have what is on their "wish lists". Sold him an albino burm not knowing his age, and he posts lots of pictures of it, none of anything else.

Lakeridge - post some pictures if you have it, I'm suprised it waited till Gregg pointed it out, the rest of us have been just letting you have your teenage fun so far, and haven't brought it up as directly before.

Ryan

[Scales Zoo]

Originally posted by evil11
im only 5 foot tall and weigh 105. if i could have anything in the world it would be a burm. i just know i couldn't handle it alone :(

Good for you Evil. But even 250 lb+ people like Gary D. and myself do not handle big burms by ourselves. Well, unless I have the cell phone, and I dial 9 and 1 and put my finger on the send button - and only then! :)

Ryan

[Gregg M]

Ahh, so the story changes again....... Ok I did mess up on the age thing..... He is 17 going to be 18...... Sorry for the mistake...... Here is a PM lakeridgekennel sent me...... All of a sudden the huge majority of these animals listed are not his but they belong to other members of the family...... I guess the green anaconda is not his but him and 5 friends need to take it out of the cage for some weird reason.....LOL...... It is so funny when you catch someone out in a lie and they try to back peddal their way out.....LOL.....

Here is the PM..... The spelling is quite funny as well....

setting the record
Hi u might think because i have so many large reptiles thats i'm a lier but i'm not. I'm not 16 i'm almost 20 second their not all mine but my famlies my 3 older brothers and my fathers two. 2 brothers are in collige studding zooligy and the other works with with snakes. i never started the collection i just added to what we had. why do u see me post only caouple burms and some monitors because they are mine the rest are my famlys.

__________________
1.3 african rock pythons 2.7 burmese python 1.2 albino burmese pythons 1.1 green burms 1.1 granite burms 1.1 normal reticulating python 0.1 yellow anaconda 1.1 costal capret pythons 4.9 nile monitor 1.1 croc monitors 4.6 dwarf caimans 1.3 amarican aligator plus some others

[Gregg M]

Originally posted by evil11
im only 5 foot tall and weigh 105. if i could have anything in the world it would be a burm. i just know i couldn't handle it alone :(

Hey Evil, that was one of the smartest statements I have seen in a while..... Good for you..... I am glad to see that many of the folks here at ssnakess are still as smart and knowledgable as they were when I first started posting here....

[Gary D.]

Why people lie to impress people? I would have to say it's often a compulsion, mixed with low self-esteem, and a need for self validation. I used to work with one guy who always had a story to top the next guy. If one were to believe him he had an amazing life, really at least 5 lifetimes worth! with a career as a park warden in Africa, and a diplomat. (He was a poor electrician when I knew him) It got to the point where guys would make up stories (and some pretty ludicrous ones too) just to see how he would top them.

Mind you I don't think he even got as far as boasting 23 giant snakes, 10 caiman, 4 alligators and some other animals that aren't listed because they're not as impressive.

GD

edit:typo

[SnowSnake]

Originally posted by Gregg M
1.3 african rock pythons 2.7 burmese python 1.2 albino burmese pythons 1.1 green burms 1.1 granite burms 1.1 normal reticulating python 0.1 yellow anaconda 1.1 costal capret pythons 4.9 nile monitor 1.1 croc monitors 4.6 dwarf caimans 1.3 amarican aligator plus some others

Can you imagine all the space this would require?!?!?
There's a slight smell of BS in the air...

I guess i'm not in the tribe :P All I have is a 3 foot corn... hehe

[Gregg M]

Gary, dont forget the 2 croc monitors and the 13 niles.....LOL

And how exactly do you stud a zooligy????

[HeatherRose]

C'mon guys, this kind of bashing isn't really necessary or very appropriate to this discussion. Unfortunately what a member keeps is their business, whether they're being truthful or not. For all we know they could be family members' herps, just as he said.

[Gregg M]

You are right there Heather..... I just dont like to be lied to...... And you know me, I like to call BS...... Anyway, I will ease up as Heather suggested...... How have you been by the way Heather.... Nice to see you.....

[evil11]

I will never BUY venomoids!!!!!!!


and that is one of the best statement i have seen:) :thumbsup:

[HeatherRose]

Thanks guys :)

I PMed you Gregg! :D

[JimmyDavid]

Man, i've missed a lot in this thread.
Kind of went on a path i didn't plan, it was supposed to be a thread to reveal "giant keepers", and it turned out...weird.

Anyway, Always nice to see Greeg around (how's it going ?), and YES, Gaboon keepers are a hardcore tribe of it's own. Takes guts...
(but notice that you can be killed by a large constrictor as well, so large pythons are not a walk in the park ;) ).

[dean_h00]

thats right lakeridge i have the same moto as u GO BIG OR GO HOME
im very happy wit my 2 giants burm, afrock and i am currently lookin for a female afrock if anyone has lemme know
GIANTS RULE

[Scales Zoo]

Originally posted by JimmyDavid

(but notice that you can be killed by a large constrictor as well, so large pythons are not a walk in the park ;) ).

They make Anti-venom, no one's invented any anti-constriction stuff yet... so, what is more dangerous, hots or giants?

Ryan

[daiyoukai]

Originally posted by Scales Zoo
They make Anti-venom, no one's invented any anti-constriction stuff yet... so, what is more dangerous, hots or giants?

Ryan

takes ~4min for a giant to stop your heart.

time it takes to fie from a gaboon bite?

[Gregg M]

Originally posted by Scales Zoo
so, what is more dangerous, hots or giants?

Ryan

I guess they are in a class all their own..... Dead is dead...... No matter how it happens the result is the same every time......

A gaboon bite can kill you pretty fast depending on the type of bite you get....... If you are bitten in a vein you can be dead pretty fast..... I suppose it can take as little as 10 minutes..... If you live through a gaboon bite, you will be missing atleast a few fingers due to the massive necrosis caused by the venom...... You may even suffer life long heart problems because of the cardiotoxins in the venom.......

Now a huge constrictor can kill you if you are dumb enough to handle one by yourself (same would be true for hot keepers)..... But there are far less deaths caused by constrictors compared to the venomous species..... The reason being is that constrictors do not use their consticting ablities as a line of defence in most cases....... But I guess there are situation where a keeper or a person walking in the bush, can be mistaken for or looked at as prey.....

Anyway, both are dangerous in their own way ( I do not think one is more dangerous than the other) and neither should be kept by minors or inexperianced people....... Both can kill you or seriously hurt you....... Both should be respected and left to experianced keepers only......
Thats my opinion......

Jimmy D, I have been good bro..... Nice to see you too.....

[reptile boi]

Hey everyone,

I might be a little too late for this but i too dont understand why people lie sometimes. Some dude (i am not going to say his name, but if anyone is curious just pm me) not too long ago told me that he had pied ball pythons and that he would sell them to me for $375ea!! I knew that was total bs from the moment he said that so i asked him why is he selling them for that low of a price? Well, his response was "i have too many, i have over 200 of them in stock"! Then i asked him if he he was sure they were pied bp's and he told me this exact quote: "Yes, i am positive i have pieds, why would i sell something i dont have"? I guess they do lie just to impress people or make friends. Not a good way to make friends IMO

As for something ON topic, the only thing that i have right now that i might consider as a "smaller giant" is my prized adult female columbian boa :) I HAD a male afrock until a friend of mine lost it :(



Thanks,
Ben

[dirt_jumper]

i have got a 4' norm burm right now...

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

I definetly agree about the handling part. The biggest snake I've personally owned was a 8.5ft female boa. I was very careful when handling her, and I always made sure either my dad or a friend that has reptiles was within shouting distance(in the house) of me incase it decided it didnt like what I was doing. Personally, anything over 7ft....I wouldnt handle when im alone. Im 5'10", 128lbs. 15 years old.

C.

[JimmyDavid]

Ok, so as far as i can tell, this is the official
list of the "giant snake tribe" here at ssnakess.com. If i forgot about someone, sorry, just write in.

JimmyDavid
T.O.Sk8ter
Lakeridgekennel
Daiyoukai
reptizone
seba
bellydraggers
Jparker1167
slipknot
GaryD.
Scales Zoo
Denial9340
Kevyn
Dirt Jumper

And if we had to pick a tribe leader i think i would go with Ryan, for his obvious experience and effort on giant snakes. Too bad he's stepping out of the giants. (Ryan,reconsider. :) ).

[frosty]

I own a 1 and a half year old African Rock Python, her name is Fade. She is about 7 and a half feet long now. She is the first large snake i have owned. Thats all i own atm. I have no plans as of now to buy another...im considering it though. I want a little more experience with this one before i commit to having more.

[justinO]

I'll join in on this thread.. better late then never :)..

I've got two younger female burms, So with time, they'll become giants.. nothing over 9' yet. Also got a 4' male yellow 'conda.. does he count?

Cheers,
Justin

[kevyn]

Well I'm friggin stoked! My lavender albino, tiger het, and het retics will be arriving on Tuesday night. I can't wait! Sorry had to tell someone.:D :D :D :D :D :D

[JimmyDavid]

Good for you, Kevyn. retics are great, i have several .

Someone posted that Scrubs should be in the giants list. I think that, even more than scrubs, INDIANS should be in the list too. The stay shorter than burms on average, but still get plenty long and heavy.
Anyone here, keeps them?
Any info on big captive specimens? I know that L.A. Zoo keeps a huge one, but there's gotta be others.

[denial9340]

i love indians i would kill to have a pair but cant get them cause i live ins outh carolina and i need permits for it or someting like that anyone know where to gget some cheap lab burms regular kind

[JimmyDavid]

By the way, here's an updated pic of EVIL,
my gluton retic. If she could use that credit card, i'm sure she would use it to buy chicken everyday ;) .
She eats like a pig...
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=32121

[justinO]

Nice retic Jimmy. Lately I've been toying with the thought of getting a tiger retic. Is there any noticable difference in personality/temperment between a normal full sized retic and a dwarf retic?

Also, this is an open question to anyone who might be able to answer, but not too long ago i was told that green burms stay much smaller then normal burms. Is this true?

Cheers,
Justin

[kevyn]

I'm not sure on the temperment of dwarf retics. I'll probably be ordering a pair of super dwarfs from Mike Wilbanks soon, so I'll let you know when they arrive. Tigers are great though. Like I said, I can't wait for my tiger het to arrive.

[Dave_18]

in reply to the original question, im on my way to it lol!
i own a young bci, royal python and of course the smaller corns!

[Amelia]

Well I just joined this site today, another of my many forums I visit now. I love retics, among the giant snakes. I think I like all of the big 5 though.

[jjpython]

my name is less i keep burmese pythons, i have 3
1.0 12ft-green
0.1 8ft-norm
1.0 6ft- albino

i agree we are the giant snake ppl

[JimmyDavid]

Welcome to the tribe!

[boas_and_such]

i am totally in...though i don't have a giant yet in getting a albino green burm April 30 and prolly an albino retic not long afterwards...I LOVE GIANT SNAKES!!!

[BMX_PYTHON]

15ft femalesulawesi retic, 4ft+ male sulawesi, 5ft male sulawesi, 2.5ft+ft female sulawesi, does that mean I'm in? lol
I'm getting 12ft albino burm 80lbs, 10ft green burm, 60lbs, 1.1 yellow condas, 7 and 10ft tame, and a 9ft mainland male retic, not to mention an 11ft crazy albino burm male on loan... And I also got some other stuff like my Croc Monitor, I'm all around big herp owner lol

[kevyn]

15ft femalesulawesi retic, 4ft+ male sulawesi, 5ft male sulawesi, 2.5ft+ft female sulawesi, does that mean I'm in? lol
I'm getting 12ft albino burm 80lbs, 10ft green burm, 60lbs, 1.1 yellow condas, 7 and 10ft tame, and a 9ft mainland male retic, not to mention an 11ft crazy albino burm male on loan... And I also got some other stuff like my Croc Monitor, I'm all around big herp owner lol



Omar, I'm a bit confused...

http://constrictors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4142

[sharno]

Originally posted by kevyn




Omar, I'm a bit confused...

http://constrictors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4142

this is off topic but damn that brenda sounds like a witch

[JimmyDavid]

You guys are talking greek to me. I'm not signed in to that site and could not see what the problem is about. ??????
Curious......

By the way, here's the updated list:

JimmyDavid
T.O.Sk8ter
Lakeridgekennel
Daiyoukai
reptizone
seba
bellydraggers
Jparker1167
slipknot
GaryD.
Scales Zoo
Denial9340
Kevyn
Dirt Jumper
frosty
JustinO
Jipython
Boas_and_such
BMX_PYTHON

[BMX_PYTHON]

Read the date,
I got a BIG jump from there, I had some ***** die, and at one point I felt like quiting, but then I got the sulas, and then more sulas, and then you know they just kept coming, if you think I'm lying, I will very well post any and all pics for you to see, Just wait for the two suls to shed and i'll get some pics, and the burms, mainland tic and condas are gonna be picked up late this week so I can get pics of them when I get them, but I assure you I AM NOT lying.

[chong_python]

I have a 6 ft, and 8 foot boas if that counts for anything. Female is a bigg girl, but they are no afrocks or retics


Chris

[BMX_PYTHON]

I posted some pics of my stuff ;)

[blue6]

I have a 4 foot Albino burm he isn't a gaint yet but he will be, I am getting a normal burm soon but that will be it for the large snakes for now, After all I am only 17 and with my job would not have the money to feed all those large snakes lol, but when I move out I think I may get more.:D

[davidefain]

I have a 20 feet - 264 pounds Female Burm. Born in 1998
I hold her in a cage of 16 x 6 feet ( 5 x 2 meters )

You can see some photos on :
http://www.serpenti.it/molurona/index.html

(User Seba knows me and my burm.)


Davide

[kevyn]

That's a big, beautiful burm! Congrats on her and your skills as a keeper. You're doing something very right.

[LdyDrgn]

As far as giants go, we have 0.1 yellowhead retic (locale unknown), 1.1 Yellow anacondas, 1.1 Moluccan pythons, 2.2 Argentine boas, 0.1 Peruvian bcc and a good sized 0.1 bci (8' and massive). And then there is the 0.1 Ornate monitor...

fun stuff

[CARLiTO_]

Originally posted by davidefain
I have a 20 feet - 264 pounds Female Burm. Born in 1998
I hold her in a cage of 16 x 6 feet ( 5 x 2 meters )

You can see some photos on :
http://www.serpenti.it/molurona/index.html

(User Seba knows me and my burm.)


Davide

awesome cage

[SCReptiles]

I have been keeping giants since about 1990. I have kept anacondas, retics, burms, rocks, scrubs, and red tail boas. Currently I have 2.2 burms. One I have had since 1991. They range from 14 to 17 feet. I feed mine very light. Keeps the cage clean up lighter and most think it lengthens the life span of the animals. I breed them twice. Both years I feed the girls more heavy. I let them get up to a little over 100 lbs. but usually the max at around 80 by the end of feeding season.