Ever let your reptiles roam the house?

[Reptile_Reptile]

snake needs rehoming (http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/pet/2315757358.html)

it looks ok then your like what??

[Damion930]

Hm I've never understood ppl that free roam ther snakes how do they keep the proper conditions

[infernalis]

I used to know a guy who let his retic free roam, what a mess, that thing pooped anywhere it happened to be when the urge hit...

Imagine coming out of your bedroom and stepping in a gallon of reptile feces.. YUK

[Reptile_Reptile]

its just so dangerous i cant see how its justified and they cant regulate i would assume

[infernalis]

its just so dangerous i cant see how its justified and they cant regulate i would assume

no way to regulate or enforce...

we certainly don't want the government putting "security cams" in our homes.

[whoaxmary]

=/ I'll let my Python Blue roam around for short periods of time, normally while doing a fast tidy/clean of her viv. But never for very long, and she never goes anywhere fast. I'd never let any of my other guys roam around, and expecially never for a long period of time.
Imagine coming out of your bedroom and stepping in a gallon of reptile feces.. YUK

I stepped in puppy poop this morning when I woke up.. Which I don't think would be NEARLY as nasty as stepping in retic plop. ;/

[infernalis]

we do let Chomper roam the house, only under strict supervision, and only for an hour or two at a time.

He is a good boy, always craps on the linoleum kitchen floor, easy clean up.. in reality, easier to clean up than his cage, and I think he refrains from going in his cage, it stinks, so (I think) he intentionally waits until he's out to do it.

[shaunyboy]

we do let Chomper roam the house, only under strict supervision, and only for an hour or two at a time.

He is a good boy, always craps on the linoleum kitchen floor, easy clean up.. in reality, easier to clean up than his cage, and I think he refrains from going in his cage, it stinks, so (I think) he intentionally waits until he's out to do it.


lets face it mate you wouldn't hunker up in the corner of your bedroom and drop one now would you :yes:

can't blame chomper for waiting on your kitchen floor:yes:

if i had a chomper i would be tempted to let him out in the house under strict supervision he's very cute but i'm thinking he's also a bit destructive ?

cheers shaun

[stephanbakir]

Allot of people take their herps out for periods of time and that's fine as long as the herp is supervised. I cant see any reason to let them free roam forever.
I'm not saying this is even remotely possible, but lets say your friends retic was litter trained, and always peed/pood in a cat litter, what happens if you step on him getting out of bed. Your either getting bitten, or you just possibly hurt the snake.

[Wolfus_305]

Wolfus roamed the house once, when he escaped from his home in the middle of the night. he destroyed crystal vases, potted plants and pictures and a lamp. I think that was enough. :P

We used to put our beardie on a halter and walk him across the field and back once a summer at the cottage, he loved watching the grasshoppers jump!

[infernalis]

lets face it mate you wouldn't hunker up in the corner of your bedroom and drop one now would you :yes:

can't blame chomper for waiting on your kitchen floor:yes:

if i had a chomper i would be tempted to let him out in the house under strict supervision he's very cute but i'm thinking he's also a bit destructive ?

cheers shaun

He's destructive from curiosity, he HAS to see what is behind this or under that, so he just starts knocking things over having a look.

[Max713]

Scarlett gets so darn active during the day, I regularly let her out to roam the room she's in for an hour or so. I leave her unsupervised, but I also make sure she can't get into anything she shouldn't. She seems to enjoy it, although she pooped right on my pillow the other day!

Kimo will be allowed to free roam A LOT when he matures. His enclosure will be left open, so he will always have the choice to get to his basking spot, etc. Tegu's can free roam pretty successfully, as they are intelligent enough to return to their house when needed.

[NennaMeerkat]

Out of all the animals I have in my home the only one that roams "free" is my cat. Though even she is restricted from my own and my son's bedroom (allergies+bed full of cat fur don't mix). My beardie usually gets placed on a table or desk when I clean out his home, or days that he is overly active. My hoggie is far to rambunctious and small to be let out of my sight or hands. My rats do have roam of my 2 couches and adjoining tables quite quite often. My dogs have to stay in the same room as me.

I don't like the idea of animals just roaming the house. To many things that can hurt them, to many things they can hurt. A snake can't be taught to not knock over everything or get stuck somewhere and get electrocuted.

[vendettaseve]

Takamura gets supervised TV and living room privliges for an hour or two every day, he likes to run around the living room, his favorite TV show is Dirty Jobs :D

[Lankyrob]

Cats and dog are the only free runners in our house, all reptiles are given supervised handling time but not allowed to free roam, guinea pigs and hamster are the same. Cockroaches definitely not allowed free roaming time!!!

[Damion930]

Lol @ free roaming cockroaches made me think of that movie joes apt

[Jendee]

I let my big girls out (after my boys bed time) to roam the living room and stretch out a bit. I think its important for big snakes to keep good muscle mass and they cant generally do this in a cage all day. pluys its great fun to watch. I get alot of company lol its kinda funny when I good non-reptile friend walks in to that lmao!!
But if its time to breed they stay in their cage I think breeding is best if snimals are left alone as much as possible.

[infernalis]

Chomper was roaming the house, and found Ace's food!

Ace barked like mad, but Chomp told Ace off and wiped out his kibbles.

Enjoy........


Notice - I understand that dog food is not monitor food, Chomper does NOT get fed dog food, he was stealing it from the dog, it was cute, so I took pics.


http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/chomp/chompace1.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/chomp/chompace2.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/chomp/chompace3.jpg

Now the food is gone, Chomp tried to eat the dish!

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/chomp/chompace4.jpg

[SnakeyJay]

Amazing!... Hes such a character.

[infernalis]

That same exact dish 4 years ago....

http://www.ssnakess.info/chomp/swim.jpg

[TeaNinja]

haha that's awesome, i love before and afters.

[NennaMeerkat]

LOL Reminds me of my cat who has an obsession with my dog's kibble...even though it is far to big for her to manage. She will steal it from under their noses and because they "respect" the cat (more like afraid of claws) they just back away and whine waiting for her to be done. Usually I have to step in and make her leave them alone while they eat.

I wish they "respected" the other animals of our home...but both of my idiots would much rather just chomp down on them. Thus another reason why I would never allow my animals to just roam free without my supervision and such.

[stephanbakir]

Does chomper whip with his tail?
I found a method that works for water monitors and I'm waiting for an opportunity to test it on savs. You put a reptile safe light adhesive on your glove/sleeve(mild adhesive, nowhere close to strong enough to grab the tail) the monitor whips you and sticks just a little, max times I have seen is 5, they really don't like the feeling of hitting something sticky.
Luckily I've never met a monitor that bites.

[infernalis]

In all the years we have had Chomp, the only times he ever tail whipped, was provoked, he had a good reason to.

[stephanbakir]

Wow, is that normal for savs? waters use their tails allot while they are young

[infernalis]

I can't really say what is "normal" of the species, My one and only Monitor has always been Chomper.

When I think about it.. we really didn't handle or bother him much when he was little. I was very content to just observe.