Advice from morons

[CDN_Blood]

I get all kinds of stupid and outrageous messages, comments and IMs from people all over the place. They come from various sources and have found me any number of ways, but I was recently left some moronic advice in the form of a comment in response to one of my videos - Dealing with a Blood Python in a bad mood - and it's so ridiculous that I just had to share it.

Now I've been keeping boids for 25 years and I've seen and hear a lot of foolish things, but this could well be the stupidest thing I've *ever* heard...

"What you need to do it calm them down by rubbing starting from the tail to the head them have your hand in front of there eyes about 1 inched away and then pick him him up."

That's like 10 kinds of stupid. I mean, honestly! LOL :D

[SnakeyJay]

Lol.... Ask him to send a video of him doing it to a Blood first... I bet there would be carnage :D

[Norm66]

Oh....I thought you were looking for advice from morons.


<Norm slinks away unable to help> ;)

[CDN_Blood]

Oh....I thought you were looking for advice from morons.

If I wanted advice from morons, I'd clear my ever-growing Ignore List. This place has really gone to pot over the past few months, unfortunately :cool:

[BlueTongueDan]

haha, oh dear.
I take it this was on youtube? Some of the comments ive had on there are just unbelievable!
Could I get a link to your channel? Id love to see some videos of your Bloods :)

[Rogue628]

Here ya go CdnBloods - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/CdnBloods) :)

[BlueTongueDan]

Here ya go CdnBloods - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/CdnBloods) :)

Awesome, thanks very much!
I no this is gonna result in me wanting a Blood :rolleyes:

[Rogue628]

Awesome, thanks very much!
I no this is gonna result in me wanting a Blood :rolleyes:

That's what happened when I first saw his video on dealing with a blood in a bad mood. lol

I've been doing alot of research and asking alot of questions pertaining to bloods. With their temperaments, they're not an animal you just want to jump into. I've decided I do want one and it will more than likely be a borneo, but I'm waiting until I have a little more experience and experience with my next animal, a retic, first.

[CK SandBoas]

I wish i could have seen the look on your face when you saw that comment, Todd:D

I swear, i'm losing faith in the whole human race, in regards to basic common sense:cool:

[Ivalynfyre]

what is that advice I don't even. How would rubbing a snake and putting your hand close to its face help calm it down?

[Terranaut]

Maybe it was a joke?? God I hope so.

[lady_bug87]

Todd, you are my everlasting source of sunshine.

[CDN_Blood]

I wish i could have seen the look on your face when you saw that comment, Todd:D

It was a look of total dismay followed by a full 24 hours of laughter :)

[CDN_Blood]

Todd, you are my everlasting source of sunshine.

I gotta be me :D

[BarelyBreathing]

Lol.... Ask him to send a video of him doing it to a Blood first... I bet there would be carnage :D

Or an emerald tree boa!

[Ivalynfyre]

I tried it when I went to get my ball python out, he was much more startled with that method, usually I touch his sides to wake him up and then grab the lower body.
With a blood, I think the snake's reaction would be much worse.

[CDN_Blood]

I tried it when I went to get my ball python out, he was much more startled with that method, usually I touch his sides to wake him up and then grab the lower body.
With a blood, I think the snake's reaction would be much worse.

This is not a 'method', it's an exercise in stupidity - plain and simple.

[Ivalynfyre]

Then let me reword that. 'With that exercise in stupidity, he was much more startled than usual.'

[lady_bug87]

Or an emerald tree boa!

Or an Amazon!

[jheane14]

i love to see the vid that his trying to do that... without getting bit.. errr.. :hmm:

[Terranaut]

i love to see the vid that his trying to do that... without getting bit.. errr.. :hmm:

I'd rather see it go the other way ;)

[Caylan]

Well Lucy let me do it, but I didn't even try with Ashe... but even Lucy was like what the hell are you doing? At least stupid people are good for a laugh :D

[shaunyboy]

I get all kinds of stupid and outrageous messages, comments and IMs from people all over the place. They come from various sources and have found me any number of ways, but I was recently left some moronic advice in the form of a comment in response to one of my videos - Dealing with a Blood Python in a bad mood - and it's so ridiculous that I just had to share it.

Now I've been keeping boids for 25 years and I've seen and hear a lot of foolish things, but this could well be the stupidest thing I've *ever* heard...

"What you need to do it calm them down by rubbing starting from the tail to the head them have your hand in front of there eyes about 1 inched away and then pick him him up."

That's like 10 kinds of stupid. I mean, honestly! LOL :D

or you could just give the blood thats in a bad mood a stern talking to,i think that will work just as good as the above advice mate :laugh:

cheers shaun:D

[unknownclown]

I find hosing them down with cold water (like angry dogs) then follow it with shaking my fingers close to thier face (cause they cant see too well) and giving them a good stern talking to usually works. If not I give them a time out....

[CDN_Blood]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned just shaking the hell out of them like some bad babysitter :)

[marvelfreak]

I just pimp slap mine and that keeps them in line. (JK)

[Mathayus]

I just pimp slap mine and that keeps them in line. (JK)

+1. That technique also works well with my Baboon tarantulas :crazy2:

[Wildside]

I lay the guilt trip on them for scaring me. I'm tellin' ya now they feel downright bad about it, especially when I pretend to cry!


I lol'ed heartily at this thread.

[millertime89]

Or an Amazon!

scrubby, same temper, 3x the size.