Finally talked wife into it!

RickJ · Dec 29, 2006, 03:12 AM

RickJ is a proud poppa again. I'm so happy I just can't resist showing him off. My sons are very excited about their new brother - but my daughters don't quite share the same enthusiasm yet. I think they'll come around though. Haven't thought of a name yet; I'm thinking about Reggie.

It's a Ball Python. Rick is in 7th heaven.

magprob · Dec 29, 2006, 01:14 PM

Looks like a female, is it?

Nez · Dec 29, 2006, 01:39 PM

I looked on YouTube,and saw pythons doing all sorts of nasty things,none of which could be posted here.So instead,I thought this might send a shiver down your spine.

magprob · Dec 29, 2006, 02:28 PM

Yeaaa! I just gots ta have me one of them! YIKES!

RickJ · Dec 29, 2006, 03:10 PM

Hehe, yep, pretty teeth they've got, huh

I picked the Ball Python because of their easy disposition. Also, as a general rule, they don't "bite" things. They kill things by squeezing them to death. Those teeth are not meant to penetrate, they're just meant to stop whatever critter they've caught for dinner from getting away - until they can get their body around it to give it a big hug.

...then when they're getting it down the gullet they manipulate their mouth so that those teeth push the yummy down their throat.

I can't wait til next week to watch it in action!

s2tp · Dec 29, 2006, 04:27 PM

heya I recognize that picture, I believe the snake was actualy electrocuted on that fence...thats why it was biting it...

I like snakes well enough, but I dont think I could ever have one as a pet.

A friend of my moms, her husband caught a rattle snake, and has been keeping it in a tank in his garage....yes I know its illegal, but hes all stoked about it. His poor wife and daughters are so scared and fed up they were trying to think of ways to get rid of it. She was thinking of hooking a hose from the muffler to the tank and making the snake die that way....but her husband would be PISSED if he knew she did anything. I think one of the daughters finally called animal services as a 'neighbor' and they came and got the snake...lol.

Ok that was just my snake story, ciao!

sadiesmom · Dec 30, 2006, 05:56 PM

He is a handsome lad!

RickJ · Jan 3, 2007, 08:37 AM

We fed Reggie for the first time last night.

Too Cool!!!!!

We put the mouse in his home and he didn't seem to care. We thought "Oh Crap, this will be one of those finiky snakes that wants frozen food or something"...

Then my son picked up the mouse and dangled it in front of Reggie's face and he snatched that mouse in the blink of an eye!

Watching him work that thing down was awesome!

...shhh, don't tell PETA

Myth · Jan 3, 2007, 08:37 PM

awsome snake... wish i could talk the hubby into letting me have one.... maybe... or a dog

RickJ · Jan 4, 2007, 03:04 AM

The snake will be far less maintenance than a dog. I don't have to walk it and it only eats and poops once a week...

My kids have guinea pigs that are a royal pain in the butt. They stink - and they eat and poop alot. Cleaning out the cage is a pain. I've got indoor-outdoor carpet in the bottom of the snake home so when he poops, I'll just take it out, hose it off and put it back in.

I've had him 8 days now and he hasn't even pooped yet.

Low maintenance is nice.



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