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06-09-11, 05:57 AM
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The Scorpion Whisperer
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Re: Overdue update
I can't help but post this pic I just found of an obese corn snake.
It reminds me of one of my corns. I was unknowingly feeding my two corns far to much and one of them durn near looked like this before I started putting more time in between feedings. Thankfully though he was never THAT fat. Poor snake. Thankfully I learned then and have learned even more now.
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06-09-11, 06:51 AM
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Re: Overdue update
my idea with regards to obese animals, the owners should be force fed to an obese stage and see how they like and handle it, theres never a reason for an overly obese snake or any animal really, alittle obese fair enough - as with what nenna said, through miss information, but obesity to the extent of these examples is just beyond a joke, and it also shows that he is too inexperienced to have that sort and size of snake (in the python pic),
due to the fact that he has 2 very large burms loose and a young child easily in striking distance and if he thinks, that he could do anything about it (if the snakes decided to coil itself around his son), then hes sadly mistaken.
it kills me to say it, but theres only 1 way to stop the child from dying in that situation and thats to cut the snakes head off within about 30-40 seconds of being coiled around.
the reason for the short timing is the child would panic and make it easier to be constricted by the snake through the excessively fast breathing.
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06-09-11, 06:53 AM
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Retic Fanatic
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Re: Overdue update
The problem with that theory is most of the world is already obese:P
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06-09-11, 07:04 AM
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Non Carborundum Illegitimi
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Re: Overdue update
The child is probably totally safe - poor snake could mostlikely not move fast enough to catch him with all that weight 
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06-09-11, 07:07 AM
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Re: Overdue update
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06-09-11, 01:48 PM
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Re: Overdue update
Very sad and that guy is probably so very proud of his huge snakes disgusting
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06-09-11, 02:40 PM
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Re: Overdue update
the fact that he took the pictures and they made it to the internet tells me that he is most likely proud of what he has done.
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06-10-11, 01:44 PM
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Captain America
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Re: Overdue update
Derek your Retic looks amazing. As far as the obese snakes the owners should be arrested for animal cruelty. I personally alone feed my snakes once every two week once they hit six months old.
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06-10-11, 02:46 PM
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Non Carborundum Illegitimi
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Re: Overdue update
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Derek your Retic looks amazing. As far as the obese snakes the owners should be arrested for animal cruelty. I personally alone feed my snakes once every two week once they hit six months old.
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Same here, i was advised that for healthy weighted snakes a correctly sized prey item every 14 days was more than sufficient. Obviously some snakes NEED feeding more often than that, but none of mine do.
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06-10-11, 02:58 PM
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Re: Overdue update
Reminds me of one of those huge children on Maury
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06-10-11, 03:17 PM
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Re: Overdue update
I feed all of my snakes every 7 days, but I never feed large meals, always small ones.
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