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05-15-13, 10:17 PM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
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Or YouTube. Both are equally sufficient for criticism of beliefs/habits from random people. =P
And, to be fair, Mark Taylor has like 10x the amount of posts that I do, so I'm a noob, but he is not/less so. I just don't understand why he jumped to bashing me like that without provocation...
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Lol! Mark has only had snakes for roughly six months! That's still really new.
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05-16-13, 07:25 AM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
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Is it even possible for us to have a drama free day here??
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Maybe you should rename the forum "soap_opera.com" 
Last edited by Pareeeee; 05-16-13 at 07:29 AM..
Reason: Can't...stop...editing...keep changing what I say cuz I don't want to be taken the wrong way!
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05-16-13, 10:16 AM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
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Maybe you should rename the forum "soap_opera.com" |
The Real Snake Owners of Orange County?
Desperate Snake Wives?
Snakes of Our Lives?
As the Reptile Turns?
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05-16-13, 12:12 PM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
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Originally Posted by TheSuppishOne
The Real Snake Owners of Orange County?
Desperate Snake Wives?
Snakes of Our Lives?
As the Reptile Turns?
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Hahahahhaa.... those are funny. :P
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05-16-13, 06:46 PM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
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Originally Posted by TheSuppishOne
The Real Snake Owners of Orange County?
Desperate Snake Wives?
Snakes of Our Lives?
As the Reptile Turns?
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I lol'd 
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05-19-13, 12:23 AM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
Another vote for ball pythons. Most of them are pretty chill. I'd also suggest a burm, but those guys outgrow their "lap snake" status. Retics like to move. A lot. I could never get away with watching with my 'tic.
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05-23-13, 10:26 PM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
The only snake I have that TOTALLY sits still & cuddles for hours watching a movie is my 7+ foot boa (BCI)...and she came to me as a "rescue" because she kept biting her first owner (as a yearling), LOL. So what I'm saying is, her kind is not really a beginner snake unless you find someone that wants to re-home theirs & they happen to have one with good "social skills". Gotta say though, she has a fierce feeding response...and you need more experience for such a snake.
Rosy boas and Australian spotted pythons are great mellow pets... my rosies will sometimes snuggle around my neck for a while (but they aren't big enough to be a danger); my spotted python is docile but she is very clingy & ties my long hair into a milllion tangles, don't say I didn't warn you, ha ha....
One thing to keep in mind about cuddling a snake for long periods is that the snake may get too hot and NEED to move away from us...don't forget we are 98.6*! So don't insist too much on holding a snake if it wants to move away...it may really NEED to.
I have another suggestion for what is one of my favorite snakes: how about a Trans Pecos ratsnake? they get about 4-5', they are SO SO docile and curious...the sweetest snakes ever. They do like it fairly warm, being from the desert (TX/NM/Mexico) & take dead mice easily. I've had some I could feed from my fingers without them biting me, just taking the food carefully. They are nosy & nocturnal with big eyes, and tend to move calmly. As adults you want to house in a 40 gal tank with screen top...humidity NOT good for these.
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05-26-13, 02:08 PM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
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Originally Posted by possum
The only snake I have that TOTALLY sits still & cuddles for hours watching a movie is my 7+ foot boa (BCI)...and she came to me as a "rescue" because she kept biting her first owner (as a yearling), LOL. So what I'm saying is, her kind is not really a beginner snake unless you find someone that wants to re-home theirs & they happen to have one with good "social skills". Gotta say though, she has a fierce feeding response...and you need more experience for such a snake.
Rosy boas and Australian spotted pythons are great mellow pets... my rosies will sometimes snuggle around my neck for a while (but they aren't big enough to be a danger); my spotted python is docile but she is very clingy & ties my long hair into a milllion tangles, don't say I didn't warn you, ha ha....
One thing to keep in mind about cuddling a snake for long periods is that the snake may get too hot and NEED to move away from us...don't forget we are 98.6*! So don't insist too much on holding a snake if it wants to move away...it may really NEED to.
I have another suggestion for what is one of my favorite snakes: how about a Trans Pecos ratsnake? they get about 4-5', they are SO SO docile and curious...the sweetest snakes ever. They do like it fairly warm, being from the desert (TX/NM/Mexico) & take dead mice easily. I've had some I could feed from my fingers without them biting me, just taking the food carefully. They are nosy & nocturnal with big eyes, and tend to move calmly. As adults you want to house in a 40 gal tank with screen top...humidity NOT good for these.
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Snakes don't 'cuddle' .
cud·dle
/ˈkədl/
Verb
Hold close in one's arms as a way of showing love or affection.
And the 98.6 is internally body temp required for organs to function properly, not surface temp of the skin which is lower than that. Take a temp gun to your neck and see what it reads.
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05-26-13, 03:27 PM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
*sigh*
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05-26-13, 03:28 PM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
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Snakes don't 'cuddle' .
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Amen brother....
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05-26-13, 04:34 PM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
I like my snakes to behave....... like snakes. 
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05-26-13, 06:11 PM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
You need a ball python
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05-27-13, 11:10 AM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
I like how you all answered the OP's question...
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05-27-13, 11:33 AM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
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I like how you all answered the OP's question...
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You did a good job of telling him how your boa sits and cuddles while enjoying a movie with you. Does he prefer horror movies or romance? I think there was enough good answers and explanations of whats realistic and whats not, but when someone says something to the OP that doesn't make a grain of sense, are we supposed to let it slide and have him read it and take it seriously because if we responded we would be going off topic?
Also, sometimes the question is from someone with less understanding about the behavior or husbandry, and it may be required to go away from the original question in order to help the OP form a more reasonable/realistic question.
Example:
-Person 1- Hi, I found an eastern brown snake and I would like to pick it up with my hands to remove it. Do you think its ok?
-Person 2- Just make sure you ask him politely before hand and everything will be fine.
-Person 3- Snakes don't speak english so you can't ask him that. If you do it you may die.
-Person 2- Please don't go off topic about whether or not snakes speak english,
the OP didn't ask about that.
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05-27-13, 12:37 PM
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Re: Snake you can watch tv with.
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Originally Posted by smy_749
You did a good job of telling him how your boa sits and cuddles while enjoying a movie with you. Does he prefer horror movies or romance? I think there was enough good answers and explanations of whats realistic and whats not, but when someone says something to the OP that doesn't make a grain of sense, are we supposed to let it slide and have him read it and take it seriously because if we responded we would be going off topic?
Also, sometimes the question is from someone with less understanding about the behavior or husbandry, and it may be required to go away from the original question in order to help the OP form a more reasonable/realistic question.
Example:
-Person 1- Hi, I found an eastern brown snake and I would like to pick it up with my hands to remove it. Do you think its ok?
-Person 2- Just make sure you ask him politely before hand and everything will be fine.
-Person 3- Snakes don't speak english so you can't ask him that. If you do it you may die.
-Person 2- Please don't go off topic about whether or not snakes speak english,
the OP didn't ask about that.
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Of course snakes don't speak English, they speak parseltongue 
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