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  • 08-23-2008, 12:16 PM
    Ivyna J Spyder
    What is the largest snake a single person can handle on their own?
    See topic title! I know BIG snakes like burms and retics tend to need multiple people to handle them when they get big for safety reasons.

    So what species of large snakes are there that a single adult can safely handle alone?
  • 08-23-2008, 12:20 PM
    Peter Williams
    Re: What is the largest snake a single person can handle on their own?
    RTB, blood, carpet, woma, yellow anaconda maybe?....certainly not huge snakes, but a probably around the limit of what one person can handle safely.
  • 08-23-2008, 02:11 PM
    CeraDigital
    Re: What is the largest snake a single person can handle on their own?
    Well, it all depends on the individual person, their experience, strength, size, etc. For example...a 110lb woman isn't going to be able to handle a larger snake than a 215lb man. At the same time, a 175lb experienced keeper/man would be more confident in his skills and understanding of the species to handle larger animals, vs a person of the same size or larger that is inexperienced with boids. Too many variables to honestly just name species. Some of the smaller species do get large enough to intimidate an inexperienced person...
  • 08-23-2008, 04:04 PM
    dadspets
    Re: What is the largest snake a single person can handle on their own?
    I can contest to this one. One of my female burms is 110 lbs and 13 ft exact. I'm 5'4" and 190 lbs. I hate to say it but I can no longer handle her myself, now thats if I take her outside. If I keep her in the snake room then I'm fine.
  • 08-23-2008, 07:39 PM
    Ivyna J Spyder
    Re: What is the largest snake a single person can handle on their own?
    Ah yeah, true about it depending on the keeper's size and experience level.

    I'm a 5'6" girl without much upper body strength so I know I'd need to keep to smaller ones.
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