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Ok here is my male Blood python "Sunday" He was very angry all the time at first, not striking but really letting me know he didn`t want me near him, every time I had to do something in his enclosure. I haven`t pushed the issue at all, I thought I`d just do everything I have to do to ensure his wellbeing and he`ll just have to get used to me. It`s worked a treat I`m glad to say. It`s getting to the point where I can actually hold him for short periods of time without too much fuss, although he`s a bit squirmy, hard to hang onto if he does decide to make a fuss lol He`s never bitten or tried to bite me, yet. He`s grown loads since I got him, he was a bit underweight at first I think, but that`s easy to fix with an appetite like his ! He`s on large rats now, coming straight out to attack it the second he smells it. When I first had him it took ages to get him to eat never mind strike, I just think he wasn`t comfortable on display in a shop. He gets a lot more peace and quiet in my snake room. Anyway, here he is, this is about the best picture I have of him.....
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk294/feebix/thrutanksnakes019.jpg
I`m growing a baby female on aswell at the moment. She`s totally tame compared to him ! She`s a real looker to....
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk294/feebix/littleblood012.jpg
marvelfreak
12-31-09, 07:23 PM
Sharp looking snakes. How big are they? Your female is sweet. She looks like she'll have some really nice red to as she gets bigger.:)
Oh yeah she`s going to be lovely ! She`s about a foot and a bit and the male is about three and a half feet, really getting bulky now too.... :)
marvelfreak
01-01-10, 06:54 PM
I have a marble borneo. I an can't wait to get another. Bloods and borneo are just some of the coolest snakes ever.
Yeeeah.... I like the way they can`t just be handled just like that aswell, and the way I have to be so careful around the bigger one, he`ll be hiding and watching what I`m doing in his tank and he`s often quite hard to spot ! The strike on these guys is phenominal too !!
marvelfreak
01-02-10, 10:38 AM
I must be lucky. Every blood or borneo i handle have been real angels. But i know what your talking about. I use to own a crazy retic that had it out for me an no one else. I have a thread on here call snake with a chip on it's shoulder. Check it out.http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/general-python-forum/82835-snake-chip-s-shoulder.html
Will do ! lol :) I think as angry snakes go, my biggest Blood really isn`t bad at all, he`s never actually tried to bite, he`s just a bit arsey, he doesn`t want to be bothered. He`s quite hard to hang on to when I do get him out, Bloods are all soft aren`t they?! lol They feel like a beer belly or something lol He`s improved loads since I got him so maybe he`ll get better still as he gets older. I`d like to be able to handle him for longer than thirty seconds really lol Blimey I can`t imagine being able to do a course of injections on him !! I bet that`s going to be fun if I ever have to inject that guy ! lol
Had them out today for tank inspection so I did a couple of pictures. You can see the bigger male a bit better here, the light bit on the nose is just what the flash did but this shot was still the best of the bunch...
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk294/feebix/Bloodsinatub005.jpg
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk294/feebix/Bloodsinatub010.jpg
I really had to tangle with the big male to get him back in the viv, he doesn`t like being handled at all ! He hasn`t tried to bite yet though, he just uses a whole lot of strength to try and wriggle free.....
marvelfreak
01-20-10, 01:24 PM
Looking sweet!
Will0W783
01-20-10, 03:34 PM
Lucky that you haven't been bitten yet; bloods are very strong. My female (3-footer) tagged me good a few times, and hers are probably the worst snake bites I've ever had. They bruise like heck and she strikes HARD and really clamps down.
marvelfreak
01-20-10, 06:16 PM
Getting bit by a three foot blood about the same as getting bit by a 6 to 8 foot burm or retic. I read where they say blood are as strong as a retic or burm twice their size. For being short an fat their pure power.
The thing is, there`s no time to stay away from the sharp end ! He wriggles for all he`s worth and really tries to get away from me sometimes! lol I`ve given up on the gloves I used to use, bare hands have more control. He hisses at the first touch or even when he knows you`re going to touch him, then just explodes when picked up. Not all the time though, I picked him up and was able show him to my wife the other week, he just nuzzled into my arms and was really calm. When he`s like that I think ooooh there we go look, he`s calming down. :) But I think he`ll always go mental now and then, it`s just his nature. I can imagine his bite isn`t fun, when he hits his food it`s easily the fastest strike out of all my snakes and he does hit like a train ! Loads of power behind it. I suppose he`ll get me sooner or later, I can see that being a real pant filler lol :)
Aaaaaand here`s why we check to see EXACTLY where the grumpy Blood python is before we put our hands in the tank.....
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk294/feebix/MaddyhideBlood025.jpg
You can see him quite easily here actually but I had my wife look for him and she just didn`t spot him at all. Then saw a little of him, I had to point him out in the end, he had a good foot and a bit of body hidden and ready to strike. These guys must be devastating ambush hunters......
HAHA! That last picture is funny..he's just WAITING for you to stick your hand in there haha. Beautiful snakes, love the lady. I really dig bloods, they look awesome.
Hillsberry
02-08-10, 05:09 PM
Really cool bloods! Wish they were nicer snakes. Maybe I will get one someday. Beautiful!!!! :P
Cheers, yeah you`ve got to be on your toes with these guys....
Will0W783
02-08-10, 06:33 PM
Gotta love the snapperheads!
shaunyboy
02-28-10, 08:46 AM
Yeeeah.... I like the way they can`t just be handled just like that aswell, and the way I have to be so careful around the bigger one, he`ll be hiding and watching what I`m doing in his tank and he`s often quite hard to spot ! The strike on these guys is phenominal too !!
their gorgeous mate.my mates black blood gave me the strongest feeding response ive had to date.its the only response thats literally made me jump.i was shaking the rat in front of him for ages and he lay that still i was just about to shout to my mate that there was something wrong with his blood.( it lay there that still it appeared to be dead ).just as i was about to shout through it struck.wahl for the bulkyness and size of these dudes they cant have move.the strength of the strike was like nothing ive ever felt (my adult carpets hit quite hard).a mate of mine reckons bloods can hit that hard they could break a human leg.from what i witnessed i tend to believe him.
cheers shaun
shaunyboy
02-28-10, 08:51 AM
Will do ! lol :) I think as angry snakes go, my biggest Blood really isn`t bad at all, he`s never actually tried to bite, he`s just a bit arsey, he doesn`t want to be bothered. He`s quite hard to hang on to when I do get him out, Bloods are all soft aren`t they?! lol They feel like a beer belly or something lol He`s improved loads since I got him so maybe he`ll get better still as he gets older. I`d like to be able to handle him for longer than thirty seconds really lol Blimey I can`t imagine being able to do a course of injections on him !! I bet that`s going to be fun if I ever have to inject that guy ! lol
it took 3 grown men to restrain my mates borneo blood when injecting it.even with that it was pulling us all over the place (it wasnt even full grown).it was a tame blood who loved being handled so i can only imagine what a grumpy blood would have been like.
cheers shaun
I dread to think what it`ll be like to inject Sunday!! lol I think darts and an air gun might be a better bet ! lol I had a spare rat at the end of todays feeding so I gave it to Sunday being as he`s getting so huge. He`s like the snake room hoover now lol I use him to hoover up leftover rats lol As you say, they`ll sit there looking dead, such a cumbersome snake hardly looks like it can move like these guys do either, then BANG!!!! It`s like bloody lightning isn`t it!! Sunday usually stalks his way up to about a foot away from his dinner and then hits it too fast for my eye to see, I just feel a bump on the tongs and hear a bang, that`s it. I think "Formidable" is a good word for these guys... :)
emseeKAY
02-28-10, 08:52 PM
well get ready for the "pant filler" hahaha i laughed quite hard when i read through this thread just because of that quote hehehe, beauty snakes though they just look powerful!
lol I have been told I`ve got a way with words lol :)
I took a shot of my big grumpy Blood python yesterday to show the guy I bought him from, he`s such a biffer now ! He`s such a handful I can`t imagine a small alligator would be any more difficult to wrangle, he`s THAT difficult to deal with lol Here he is with my phone for scale. The female is getting there too, I`ll be able to breed her in a few years.....
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk294/feebix/bloodandtortoise008.jpg
marvelfreak
04-21-10, 01:06 AM
:Wow:Man is he getting huge. I bet you feeding rabbits by now. What size food do you feed him? How big around is he now?
Will0W783
04-21-10, 07:54 AM
Big boy! Bloods can get absolutely massive! I have a friend who has a 5.5 foot, 16 pound female Borneo blood. She's immense!!
He`s impossible to measure obviously but I suppose he`s over four feet. Thickness wise he`s thinker than my arms, he`s about as thick as the thickest part of your lower leg. The little female I`m growing on is making excellent progress too, she`s really getting big! She`s on small rats and the big one gets a large rat sometimes followed by another large rat that someone else has refused lol Yup, he`s the snake room hoover, that was his destiny lol ;D
Will0W783
04-22-10, 08:36 AM
Haha, yeah bloods are hungry buggers. My snake room hoover is Baby, my 8+foot super dwarf retic. She;s grown quite a bit since I got her.
Those are really beautiful snakes but I don`t think I`ll ever have one. Too big ! I don`t think it`s the sort of thing you can have if you want a load of other snakes too, no rom ! Besides, they scare me just a little those things lol a fourteen foot Boa is big enough for me I think thankyoo!
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