bitchy snakes

[Invictus]

Hey, that's not fair! There was a huge spider on that Rubbermaid lid! :P

[Meat Man]

I have E. carinata. That says enough about keeping bitchy snakes.

What's an E. cainata?

[Vanan]

Elaphe carinata aka Chinese King ratsnake aka Stinking Goddess.

[rwg]

As long as we're talking about colubrids, a little attitude makes things interesting. I've got a bull with just a little attitude. Not mean, just a little touchy sometimes. It means I have to read his language a little more than say my corn snake.

We're getting one or more baby bulls in a month or so when they hatch. I've been told that's going to be fun, and I'm looking forward to it.

As for large boids, I dont have any, and if they're mean, I dont want any.

rg

[Simon Sansom]

I agree - I like a snake with a bit of "spirit", not a "cage potato", LOL!

Cheers!

Simon R. Sansom

[urd]

lol

[Jonathan Crowe]

While we're on the subject . . . my female western hognose used to be a reliable crank, went into the usual stuff every time we took her out: hissing, mock striking, hooding. Quite the display.

So I'm giving a little talk to a Venturers group last year, and the subject is defensive strategies among snakes, and I think that this little hognose would be a perfect example. I can take her out and show her doing all the things I was talking about.

Except that she decided that <em>that</em> was the point at which she would suddenly tame down. Now she decides to be completely calm!

Oh well. So we pissed off a gopher snake instead. That wasn't hard, not with my breeder female.

[Vanan]

lol! Yea I've had that happen with a few snakes of mine too, Jonathan. Especially when I try to show how loud the hiss is on my pits. But there's always my (now Katt's) male black pine to save the day.

I agree with you, rwg. I prefer tame boids. Although I have to add that, having my 8ft male water python, out for his baths gave me a nice buzz of adrenaline! I mean this snake would squirt feces into the air! Not including the snapping of course.