Mr. Crowley: Upate and Pics

**lady_bug87** · 03-05-12, 01:55 PM

So here he is Mr. Crowley himself and I could not think of a better name for this grumpy strikey bitey thing. He is pretty though and has been moved to hoppers I believe he was hatched in the early part of 2011 and though I originally thought he was a red tiger I now believe him to be a bicolour (thanks BarelyBreathing!)

Enjoy.

The moment when he said "Enough woman I will no longer tolerate this"

BarelyBreathing · 03-05-12, 01:57 PM

Oh my gosh, he is PHENOMINAL!

exwizard · 03-05-12, 01:58 PM

Oh maan! What kind of snake is he again? He sure is a pretty "grumpy, bitey thing".

BarelyBreathing · 03-05-12, 02:03 PM

Amazon tree boa. (Corallus hortulanus)

**lady_bug87** · 03-05-12, 02:05 PM

^^ thanks he is an Amazon Tree Boa

exwizard · 03-05-12, 02:09 PM

Ok cool. Very pretty.

**lady_bug87** · 03-05-12, 02:11 PM

yea he's got an attitude on him. We tried to hook him once and he got on ok and then refused to get off and just decided it was time to start biting

BarelyBreathing · 03-05-12, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by lady_bug87

yea he's got an attitude on him. We tried to hook him once and he got on ok and then refused to get off and just decided it was time to start biting

Hahahaha, that's an Amazon, alright.

Exwizard, what's stopping you from getting one?

exwizard · 03-05-12, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

Hahahaha, that's an Amazon, alright.

Exwizard, what's stopping you from getting one?

Two things...

#1 We have enough snakes so I dont plan on getting any more anytime soon.

#2 From what Ive read, Amazons are like Green Trees and Emeralds, mainly a display only snake. Even if I did plan on getting more snakes, I would not and will not get anything Im not supposed to handle.

CK SandBoas · 03-05-12, 02:40 PM

Mr. Crowley is looking mighty fine!

BarelyBreathing · 03-05-12, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by exwizard

Two things...

#1 We have enough snakes so I dont plan on getting any more anytime soon.

#2 From what Ive read, Amazons are like Green Trees and Emeralds, mainly a display only snake. Even if I did plan on getting more snakes, I would not and will not get anything Im not supposed to handle.

Amazons are definitely more handleable than emeralds and green trees, but less so than the snakes that you keep. A good handling schedule would be once or twice a week, three times if you keep handling periods short.

CDN_Blood · 03-06-12, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

Amazons are definitely more handleable than emeralds and green trees, but less so than the snakes that you keep. A good handling schedule would be once or twice a week, three times if you keep handling periods short.

I have to agree. This is one instance in keeping snakes when a schedule would likely prove beneficial. A handling schedule.

While snakes aren't she most intelligent pets, they can certainly learn routines - something like Okay, it's cleaning time so you're coming out and staying with me while I do that whether you like it or not type idea. One is bound to take a few hits, but eventually they realize biting isn't having the desired effect of making their molester put them down and they often stop after they figure that out.

Of course, there's nothing saying it'll ever get over it's attitude, but it's good if it can learn the desired behaviour during the short times it's necessary to interact with it.

My brongs don't particularly like interaction, but they tolerate the short times they are out dirtying their tubs because they've learned the routine that goes with that particular event. When I want to take them out for no particular reason, I use a different approach so they have a chance at that point to let me know if they're up for it, as opposed to having to submit out of necessity. It's a delicate balance, but it can be done

exwizard · 03-05-12, 02:14 PM

I dont have any experience with ATBs but so far every snake I got ahold of, I was able to tame down, even Macklot's which are some of the biteyest babies around. Not sure about him though but it would be fun trying.

**lady_bug87** · 03-05-12, 02:26 PM

haha its true he kept missing but I gave him an A+ for effort

CDN_Blood · 03-05-12, 02:29 PM

He's a decent looking little dude. The attitude some of these things have is funny. The last one I handled looked me in the eye, looked at my arm, bit it and then looked back at my face as if to say 'Ha! How'dya like *that*'