Snakes ITT

[Paranoidd]

No really, snakes. They're awesome. Does anyone here keep snakes?

They're easy to come by, for the simple reason that idiots buy them as a novelty pet and then can't take care of them and give them away. I just helped a friend of mine score a 5 foot long grey rat snake with an aquairium and light for free.

I'm probably going to start breeding Western Hognoses in the fall.


so yeah, if there is enough people who like snakes lets talk about snakes and such

[JausmetalJ]

Snakes are awesome. I want a REALLY SMALL one. Like less than a foot long and about as thick as a finger. That'd be cool :D

[Dinosawesome]

We get wild ones in our back garage occasionally. Brownies and tigers mainlyf- I normally catch them and kill them because they're a pest.

But those fancy snakes you can buy are cool.

[Paranoidd]

Western Hognoses are just like that but they'll definitely grow longer than a foot after a while. They're really docile though, so much so that they would rather play dead than bite. I was handling one for a good 20 minutes yesterday, they're so cool.

There is a really negative stigma attached to snakes, and I don't know why. So many of them are harmless. People have irrational fears.

[Paranoidd]

We get wild ones in our back garage occasionally. Brownies and tigers mainlyf- I normally catch them and kill them because they're a pest.

But those fancy snakes you can buy are cool.

don't be killing snakes.

There are some scary snakes in australia though.

[Dinosawesome]

don't be killing snakes.

There are some scary snakes in australia though.
I wouldn't kill any of those fancy cool ones, just the wild ones that like to bite your face off and shi.

[Paranoidd]

I wouldn't kill any of those fancy cool ones, just the wild ones that like to bite your face off and shi.

if its a poisonous one i could understand, but so many snakes are literally hamrless, its sad to kill them

i can pinch someone with two fingers and cause more pain than the average snake bite

[amzharpyro]

I've never touched a snake before. I know they're all scaly and all though. Not slimy like some people think.

[Bullet Jackson]

Trouser Snake anyone?

[Paranoidd]

Trouser Snake anyone?

i wouldn't go near one of those fuckers

[Paranoidd]

Trouser Snake anyone?

i wouldn't go near one of those fuckers

if they get you with their spit, you're done for!

[Jacaranda]

A friend of mine likes to take snakes he find at his cabin and grab the tails and whip them so their heads break off. I think thats horrible. :(

I used to have a snake but one day after my Mom fed him (this was about 7 years ago, I was only 9-10) she didn't close his cage completly and he got out. Never found him in the house but about a year later I saw a snake in my back yard that looked exactly like him, I'd like to think he's living a good life. Unless he is dead.

[Paranoidd]

A friend of mine likes to take snakes he find at his cabin and grab the tails and whip them so their heads break off. I think thats horrible. :(

I used to have a snake but one day after my Mom fed him (this was about 7 years ago, I was only 9-10) she didn't close his cage completly and he got out. Never found him in the house but about a year later I saw a snake in my back yard that looked exactly like him, I'd like to think he's living a good life. Unless he is dead.

if i ever saw someone doing what your friend does i'd fuck him up bad.

snakes do get out (they definitely try!). we had 2 of them loose at my friends house for over a week. we lured em back with the fireplace.

[Jacaranda]

if i ever saw someone doing what your friend does i'd **** him up bad.
So would I but he is a big bad hick, so no I wouldn't.


I also just remember I got bit by a Garden Snake when I was like 13 right through that skin that connects your thumb to your hand, I had a semi-big hole there for the longest time and I still have a scar. Hurt like hell too.

[Tommy-r]

I love snakes :) I used to have one but apparently she was already Ill when I got her and she layed eggs, it took too much out of her and she died :(

I really want a boa constrictor.

[Paranoidd]

I love snakes :) I used to have one but apparently she was already Ill when I got her and she layed eggs, it took too much out of her and she died :(

:(

I really want a boa constrictor.

Amazon Tree Boas are beauuuutiful. Boas have the coolest looking heads.

I also just remember I got bit by a Garden Snake when I was like 13 right through that skin that connects your thumb to your hand, I had a semi-big hole there for the longest time and I still have a scar. Hurt like hell too.

thats a fucked up place to get bit

[Paranoidd]

I hear Snakes ITT is the sequel to that Samuel L. Jackson movie.

Yeah, but snakes. The only times I've come across a snake is when I was like 10 and had my picture taken with a giant snake around my neck, and in the US a couple of summers ago when one tried to steal my fishing pole. Bastard.

That movie is going to increase snake paranoia x 1000, and not to mention it's a stupid concept and will be an equally stupid movie.

I've never heard of snakes stealing fishing poles

hmmm

[marc man]

snakes are cool because they don't have legs.


How do snakes pee?

[Jacaranda]

I've got another story about snakes!

In study hall one day out of the corner of my eye I see a snake in a cage (I'm sitting in the biology room) and in the cage is a little mouse and a snake, know you might know that snakes don't eat right when you give them food they wait along time. So I'm watching this poor mouse run around trying to figure out what the hell was going on. Then he starts to make a little hole in the dirt to live in or something, and then he cleans himself off and takes a break. No sooner then when he is done cleaning himself off the snake eats him. I felt really bad, here is this poor mouse trying to make a house for himself, then he gets cleaned up ready to do something else and its all destroyed.
I died a little inside that day.

[dUSK]

Heh, snakes are cool. My cousin has 4 or 5 of them I think, and another guy I knew back in school had a couple as well. I was never allowed to have one of my own though. :(

I also remember being at a party one night, sitting on my friends couch when this snakes comes out of nowhere from the back. I shat myself and jumped a good couple of feet to the other side of the room. I then found out it was actually his snake put there on purpose, and was mildly embarrased. It was cool after that.

[Raiven]

In Wildboyz where Chris Pontius gets fucked up bad by that HUGE constrictor.

It was killing him and everyone was standing around watching.

[FuzzyDuck]

I've got another story about snakes!

In study hall one day out of the corner of my eye I see a snake in a cage (I'm sitting in the biology room) and in the cage is a little mouse and a snake, know you might know that snakes don't eat right when you give them food they wait along time. So I'm watching this poor mouse run around trying to figure out what the hell was going on. Then he starts to make a little hole in the dirt to live in or something, and then he cleans himself off and takes a break. No sooner then when he is done cleaning himself off the snake eats him. I felt really bad, here is this poor mouse trying to make a house for himself, then he gets cleaned up ready to do something else and its all destroyed.
I died a little inside that day.

Have you seen that video on Youtube with the Giant Centipede eating that mouse? Now that is fucking disgusting.

Anyway, my most favourite snake moment was when I saw a large Adder trying to kill a toad. The toad had puffed itself up, so that it barely fit in the snake's jaws, and for the longest time it seemed that it was going to escape. But then the snake managed to penetrate it's skin, before letting go of the toad. The poison then started to take it's toll, and eventually the toad collapsed a few feet away. It was a truely titanic battle.

[aria8789464]

me and my dog use to kill snakes all the time back home

only king browns tho i never seen ne other snakes around my house

but yeuh pet ones r pretty boring imo

[Nadinus]

Thankfully the only ones I've seen are in glass tanks.
I'm not cruel enough to keep one myself.

[POINTLESS5448]

im going to get a snake soon. i have to build a cage first and get a lamp and ****. we used to go snake wrangling all the time last summer and at my boy matts house we had a bunch of snake cages where we kept all of them. we even made a cage in his wall unit under his tv. most of our snakes were jerks though. theyd strike at everyone. one red rat was nice though. its name was whiskers becasue it ate a mouse backwards once and as it was engulfing (sp?) the mouse it looked like it had whiskers.

[Avalanche.]

I keep snakes, I have a few Blood Pythons and King snakes not to mention my friends beautiful, in my opinion, Rtb and crested geckos. I was planning on getting a Western Hog (Easterns are a pain in the ***) but they're illegal in Illinois. Literally, like even store bought, cbb, perfectly healthy snakes. Infact, I'm getting another Blood tomorrow, if this thread is still going i'll post pics.

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/IBML/?action=view&current=StrikePic.jpg
One of my kings about to strike (in shed, so not the best pic)

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/IBML/?action=view&current=Blood.jpg
Mah bigg blood

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/IBML/?action=view&current=DSCF0001.jpg
Friend's RTB

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/IBML/?action=view&current=crestedtongue.jpg
Crested Gecko

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/IBML/?action=view&current=DSCN1345.jpg
Blood Headshot


And to the person above who said its cruel to keep snakes. In the wild they live about 15-20 years if they aren't killed by poachers. In captivity, depending on the species they can live upwards of 30-40 years. Responsible owners like Paranoidd and I create conditions for the snakes to really thrive in.

[Anglachel]

I dont have any snakes of my own, but I do have 2 bearded dragons...

I used to go to my nonnos house when I was 12 and sit outside for and hour until a garden snake would come by. I would catch it, play with it a little, then put it back beside nonnos pond.

Then nonno died...

[Jude]

Snakes eating mice/other rodents is one of the most simultaneously sad but fascinating things to watch.

[AG]

I have 5 snakes.


They're sweet :cool:

[The Haitian]

I'm afraid of snakes. One of my friends has some snake and she can stretch it out and you hear a bunch of popping when she does it. It's kind of cool but I still don't like holding snakes, even the pet ones.

[Strum]

i had a trouser snake tonight when i picked up this chick but my morals kicked in and owned my belt :(

[Jadeybeta]

Snakes turn my stomach but I'm not sure why. They seem monster-ish, and possibly relate to my fear of amputees/amputations (as they obviously have no limbs). The thought of snake meat was enough to make me dry gag once.

[Strum]

hey jade you'd be proud of me i said no to a one-night-stand :cool:



:upset:

[Ephemeral]

Snakes are awesome. I want a REALLY SMALL one. Like less than a foot long and about as thick as a finger. That'd be cool :D
You already have one...

Just look down your pants! :)

[AG]

What sort of man are you?


/feeds you to his snake




Because you are a mouse, not a man, you see

[Raiven]

hey jade you'd be proud of me i said no to a one-night-stand :cool:



:upset:

They do more damage then good.

[Jadeybeta]

hey jade you'd be proud of me i said no to a one-night-stand :cool:



:upset:

Speak more in the chat but I'm very proud :-*

[Paranoidd]

I've got another story about snakes!

In study hall one day out of the corner of my eye I see a snake in a cage (I'm sitting in the biology room) and in the cage is a little mouse and a snake, know you might know that snakes don't eat right when you give them food they wait along time. So I'm watching this poor mouse run around trying to figure out what the hell was going on. Then he starts to make a little hole in the dirt to live in or something, and then he cleans himself off and takes a break. No sooner then when he is done cleaning himself off the snake eats him. I felt really bad, here is this poor mouse trying to make a house for himself, then he gets cleaned up ready to do something else and its all destroyed.
I died a little inside that day.

A guy that used to live with my buddy had what I'm pretty sure was a ball python (can't remember too well), but it was big and very thick. One day we're feeding it a full grown rat, and so the snake starts constricting it, and the rat is spread eagle facing the front of the aquairium. Sure enough, a couple of minutes later, POP! The rat's nutsack exploded against the front of the cage fron the pressure of being constricted.

Thankfully the only ones I've seen are in glass tanks.
I'm not cruel enough to keep one myself.

There is nothing cruel about it. They're kept in spacious glass tanks in their ideal living conditions, temperature controlled, with live prey every week and fresh water all the time. I can't see the cruelty in that, unless you argue that snakes are made to slither the surface of the earth, or something...

we even made a cage in his wall unit under his tv. most of our snakes were jerks though. theyd strike at everyone. one red rat was nice though. its name was whiskers becasue it ate a mouse backwards once and as it was engulfing (sp?) the mouse it looked like it had whiskers.

It doesn't surprise me that they strike especially if it was a rat snake. If they're hungry, guess what a hand looks like? You should only handle snakes at certain times.

I keep snakes, I have a few Blood Pythons and King snakes not to mention my friends beautiful, in my opinion, Rtb and crested geckos. I was planning on getting a Western Hog (Easterns are a pain in the ***) but they're illegal in Illinois. Literally, like even store bought, cbb, perfectly healthy snakes. Infact, I'm getting another Blood tomorrow, if this thread is still going i'll post pics.

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/IBML/?action=view&current=StrikePic.jpg
One of my kings about to strike (in shed, so not the best pic)

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/IBML/?action=view&current=Blood.jpg
Mah bigg blood

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/IBML/?action=view&current=DSCF0001.jpg
Friend's RTB

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/IBML/?action=view&current=crestedtongue.jpg
Crested Gecko

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/IBML/?action=view&current=DSCN1345.jpg
Blood Headshot


And to the person above who said its cruel to keep snakes. In the wild they live about 15-20 years if they aren't killed by poachers. In captivity, depending on the species they can live upwards of 30-40 years. Responsible owners like Paranoidd and I create conditions for the snakes to really thrive in.


Nice! That blood python is BAD ASS. This thread will be going, post pics! I'll post some of my buddys snakes tomorrow. I'll see if I can get a good pic of the Taiwan Beauty he's got.

I can't believe Western Hognoses are illegal. They practically never bite, and even if they do, they're so mildy poisonous as long as you don't sit there and let it chew on your hand you'd be fine. I've heard a story of one guy who got bit by his Hognose and thought it was cute, so it let it chew for a while. It got it's back fangs in him and he ended up spending 3 days in the hospital. haha.

I have 5 snakes.


They're sweet :cool:

I never knew! What kind? pics?

Snakes turn my stomach but I'm not sure why. They seem monster-ish, and possibly relate to my fear of amputees/amputations (as they obviously have no limbs). The thought of snake meat was enough to make me dry gag once.

hi jade :)

would it comfort you to know that snakes have a hemi penis? thats kind of like an appendage...

hey jade you'd be proud of me i said no to a one-night-stand :cool:



:upset:

your girlfriend is hot, dont go fucking things up.

[AG]

I have two Cornsnakes, two King snakes and a Royal Python.

I don't have any pics, maybe later on :)

[Strum]

yeah well she might be hot


but so was this chick

and the asian that gave me a :grin: when i gave her the wink ;)

[Mexican Bandito]

I love snakes.
I don't get why people are scared of them...but each to their own.

[AG]

Loads of people think they are slimey.

Strannge people.

[Surgicalgod]

I like both snakes and spiders. I've never had a pet snake though, I should try that.

[Strum]

I been meaning to buy a bird eater for about 2 years


they're only like $150 each

[AG]

I've never paid for a snake. My dad rescues them as part of his policeman type job, and then I get them.

[Avalanche.]

I actually got into snakes through tarantulas. Tarantulas really really hate being held though. Snakes tolerate it fairly well depending on the individual, some of mine are reluctant to go back in their tanks after i've had them out. I know they'll never be part of the family like a dog or cat would, but to me, I don't know, they're just special. :/

[AG]

I used to have a bird eating spider, he got pretty big then escaped and was killed by the Cat.

I felt well guilty.

[CarnageFairy]

I've had a few garden snakes over the years, but stopped keeping them when we moved.

Snakes are pretty damn cool.

[Ephemeral]

Where did the general idea that snakes are slimy come from? They are far from it.

[CarnageFairy]

Where did the general idea that snakes are slimy come from? They are far from it.

I think the shininess combined with the smoothness of the scales.

[insertusernamehere]

When I was younger my dad used to catch garder snakes on his jobsite and bring them home to me.

[AA-12]

I like small snakes. Large snakes are just a bit too dangerous/strong/big.

[AA-12]

Monkey.

[Turkish]

I have no problem at all with Snakes, I think they're fun to handle...and they feel hella cool too.


Now spiders on the other hand...

[Paranoidd]

I have two Cornsnakes, two King snakes and a Royal Python.

I don't have any pics, maybe later on :)

Those are sweet snakes. You should breed your cornsnakes if you have opposing sexes, its easy money to sell the offspring, and cornsnakes are particularly easy to breed.

I love snakes.
I don't get why people are scared of them...but each to their own.

Misinformation. I still meet people who think ALL snakes are poisonous and agressive.

Dumb movies like "snakes on a plane" don't help much.

[HNLzero]

Especially when they're on a plane.

/roflmaolamololreffllasldnaosdna;soidnas;dnakjizzum

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

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