Do reptiles have feelings? - Page 6

Trollbie · 03-25-12, 08:03 PM

Did you ever read the story about Babette and her python?

Trollbie · 03-25-12, 08:05 PM

Once upon a time in real life there was this amazingly unintelligent girl named Babette. Her name is of absolutely zero consequence to the body of our story but I happen to enjoy naming names in tales of retardation.

Babette had been the proud owner of a python since it was a tiny baby and had taken a motherly role in its reptilian life. Despite that fact that this python child was a reptile and was therefore absolutely incapable of reciprocating the feeling that she was bestowing upon it, Babette continued on in her delusion.

Years went by and this little python grew.

Babette decided early on in her python childs life that confining it to an aquarium was cruel and instead allowed it to roam freely in her home. She had even taken to encouraging this python to sleep beside her in bed at night. Babette believed whole-heartedly that this nighttime intimacy between her and her python had everything to do with the fact that it felt she was it’s mother and nothing to do with the fact that the python was cold blooded and she was a source of warmth. Although since the dawn of time baby snakes, even those who came into this world via live birth have been left to their own devices while their mother’s carried on packing between their eyes only a Medulla Oblongata to continue to eat, **** and ****, Babette believed that somehow she was so special and such an amazing snake mother that her love had shifted the entire course of nature.

Years went by and this little python became a full-grown adult python. Babette continued to be a ****ing idiot.

At some point after Babettes son’s tenth birthday he became withdrawn and refused to eat. Because it was not uncommon for snakes to occasionally skip meals, Babette thought nothing of it at first. After six months went by without so much as a mouse passing between the fangs of her little angel Babette became quite agitated about the health of her beloved son. She booked an appointment with her vet for the following week.

That night Babette woke up to discover that her Scale Child was not in its usual curled up nighttime position but rather was stretched out to its full length and was completely rigid. With the panic only experienced by a mother when its child is ill, Babette flung into action, soothing her Reptilian Son until it curled back up and went to sleep. This nighttime rigidity carried on for three nights in a row, Babette often waking up four or five times within the course of one night to discover her snake stretched out the entire length of her body and hard as a rock.

Unable to wait until her booked vet appointment, Babette packed up her son and headed to the vet office that morning. Upon arriving she was completely hysterical that her scaly baby was on the verge of death. The vet brought her in and upon hearing her account of the snake child’s behavior immediately confined the snake to a tank in the back room and had his assistants attempt to console the ****** that was Babette.

Upon the vet’s return he immediately soothed the stricken mother that there was absolutely nothing physically wrong with her snake. In fact he was thriving absolutely and had perhaps grown to such an extent that it was time for him to move on to perhaps a larger and more structured home environment. Babette was floored, but he was her pet and she loved him.

Unable to find a delicate way to say it the vet just shot her the straight goods.

Snakes will typically starve themselves in preparation for a large meal. This is likely why the snake had refused to eat for the last six months. When given an opportunity to measure what is typically going to be an ample amount of prey a python will gauge its capacity to digest it by measuring itself against the length of its planned meal.

The full-length rigidity your snake was exhibiting while you were sleeping was him measuring you.

He was planning to eat you.

KORBIN5895 · 03-25-12, 08:21 PM

I can't believe you actually posted that. As Kat would say......Fail.

Trollbie · 03-25-12, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I can't believe you actually posted that. As Kat would say......Fail.

Why? I came across this randomly when I was researching habitat set ups for milksnakes... I found it funny because it's stupid.

But my bad...

Bradyloach · 03-25-12, 08:34 PM

Don't be sorry troll! I enjoyed reading that

Little Wise Owl · 03-25-12, 08:39 PM

Haha, did Gauxgaux say he lets his snakes roam free with a cat and ferret? This is where I stopped believing in any of it... If anyone knows ferrets, they'll know that they WILL kill any animal small than them. Not to mention there's a cat in the mix too... In my house, if a snake got out, it's dead meat. My cats will not hesitate to bat it to death and my ferrets will go straight for the kill. They'd see it as a free meal.

This is just silly.

BarelyBreathing · 03-25-12, 08:40 PM

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getting high... or did you mean the actual animals?

Hahaha, I'm sorry, but you have one of the lamest mascots in the history of schools. No offense.

KORBIN5895 · 03-25-12, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollbie

Why? I came across this randomly when I was researching habitat set ups for milksnakes... I found it funny because it's stupid.

But my bad...

Sorry but I hear that story every time I tell someone I have boas.

Trollbie · 03-25-12, 08:49 PM

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Hahaha, I'm sorry, but you have one of the lamest mascots in the history of schools. No offense.

Psh... you mean most unique?

HATER!!!!

Trollbie · 03-25-12, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Sorry but I hear that story every time I tell someone I have boas.

I've actually never heard it before, nor have I ever heard anyone say anything about pet snakes eating people :/

KORBIN5895 · 03-25-12, 08:54 PM

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I've actually never heard it before, nor have I ever heard anyone say anything about pet snakes eating people :/

Don't worry. You will hear it so often you will look people in the eye and say that was my snake that did that. Then tell them you had to release it for your own safety.

BarelyBreathing · 03-25-12, 08:54 PM

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Psh... you mean most unique?

HATER!!!!

If you say so.

Trollbie · 03-25-12, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Don't worry. You will hear it so often you will look people in the eye and say that was my snake that did that. Then tell them you had to release it for your own safety.

I will tell them that exactly!

jaleely · 03-25-12, 09:19 PM

i haven't read that before, but it was an almost good story...see, really the snake shouldn't have lived so long before she took it to the vet, and the vet told her this story because he knew she was stupid....and then she gives up the snake to a better home and it eats and lives just fine. it should end with the snake being able to be away from her and her bad husbandry!!!
oh and there should be the truth of how much poop would be in her bed if someone really slept with their snake all the time *lol*

infernalis · 03-25-12, 09:32 PM

hey trollbie, just so you know, we don't use the "R word" here, several members have children with disabilities, and out of respect, we just don't use that word.