View Full Version : Got my new snake :)
snakekid6996
03-25-12, 04:24 PM
I am on vacation in florida right now and I decided to look on craigslist to see if there was anything here. I found a columbian red tail boa with the cage for only 40$! At all my pet stores they go for about 250$. It was about a 2 hour drive there and back, but we decided the drive would be worth it. We just went and picked him up a few hours ago. He is BEAUTIFUL :). He is a little over a year old and about 2 feet long. I tried to feed him a mouse but he only struck it then, droped it. I left the mouse in there to see if he will eat it. I'll go check in a hour or two to see if it's gone.
Trollbie
03-25-12, 04:38 PM
Is he healthy?
snakekid6996
03-25-12, 04:41 PM
He looks pretty healthy. The lady owned like 13 different pythons and some other exotic pets so i think she knows what she is doing. I think he just ate the mouse though :) He came out and drug it behind the plants and started swallowing it.
Trollbie
03-25-12, 04:44 PM
Good luck then!
Why was she selling him?
And where are the pics????
snakekid6996
03-25-12, 04:57 PM
Well she had a friend who bought it and he went on a trip for a couple of weeks. He saked her to watch it and she did and when he got back he didnt want it anymore so he just gave it to her. She already had enough pets and didn't want onother snake to take care of, so she posted it on craighlist. lucky for me I foun it :). Also, I tried to upload pics to photobucket, but for some reason photobucket doesn't work on this computer. i don't know any other way to get pics on here.
Trollbie
03-25-12, 04:58 PM
Well she had a friend who bought it and he went on a trip for a couple of weeks. He saked her to watch it and she did and when he got back he didnt want it anymore so he just gave it to her. She already had enough pets and didn't want onother snake to take care of, so she posted it on craighlist. lucky for me I foun it :). Also, I tried to upload pics to photobucket, but for some reason photobucket doesn't work on this computer. i don't know any other way to get pics on here.
If you have a smart phone, you can get the photobucket app. Or iPod touch or something :P
snakekid6996
03-25-12, 05:00 PM
If you have a smart phone, you can get the photobucket app. Or iPod touch or something :P
My step dad took my phone >.>. I have an ipod, but it has no camara and I cant get pics from my camara to my ipod.
alessia55
03-25-12, 05:00 PM
You can also use imgur.com to upload pics.
Can't wait to meet him :D
snakekid6996
03-25-12, 05:05 PM
You can also use imgur.com to upload pics.
Can't wait to meet him :D
Thanks i'll try that. I only got a couple pics of him eating though.
snakekid6996
03-25-12, 05:51 PM
imgur wassn't working either for some rreason. I uploaded all the pics to it then when i tried to view them it wouldn't let me.
CDN_Blood
03-25-12, 06:07 PM
Here's an invaluable tip: Never leave live animals unattended with your snake.
Believe it or not, mice, rats and even birds *will* turn to chewing on your snake if they get hungry and the snake won't defend itself, but will instead let itself be eaten alive.
For those who don't believe it, do a web image search for something like "mouse chewed my snake", but be forewarned, the results are disturbing.
snakekid6996
03-25-12, 06:09 PM
Here's an invaluable tip: Never leave live animals unattended with your snake.
Believe it or not, mice, rats and even birds *will* turn to chewing on your snake if they get hungry and the snake won't defend itself, but will instead let itself be eaten alive.
For those who don't believe it, do a web image search for something like "mouse chewed my snake", but be forewarned, the results are disturbing.
Yes I know. I feed frozed and thawed. :)
CDN_Blood
03-25-12, 06:12 PM
Ah, gotcha. Phew! lol :)
snakekid6996
03-25-12, 06:14 PM
Ah, gotcha. Phew! lol :)
yea, but thanks for worrying :). I've never fed a snake live, but i've always wanted to just to see what it's like, but i'm afraid the mouse will bite the snake :/. Both my corn and my new snake have been fed frozen thawed their hole lifes so i'll just keep them on that.
That's great! Beats the t-shirt I always came home from vacation with. ;)
snakekid6996
03-25-12, 06:27 PM
That's great! Beats the t-shirt I always came home from vacation with. ;)
Yea this is a great vacation :) I've only been here 2 days and I got 2 new knifes, a snake, and a hole snake tank set up for 60$ :)
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