Pixie the tanimbar scrub python

Sometimes, I think I want to take Pixie out to handle and take some outdoor photos. And then I remember that nah, she bites me completely unpredictably and without any defensive body language or warning. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ crazy snake

Most snakes are pretty obvious when they're warning you off or feeling nervous, but Pixie is just like, "La dee da... gently slithering along your arm.... looking relaxed... hmmm.... *SUDDENLY TURNS HEAD DOWNWARD AND CHOMPS*"

That's Pixie. :confusd::bow: She's pulled that a few times on me. So I opt for only taking enclosure pics now. LOL

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Thats because you need to show the snake whos boss!! When it chomps your arm, you chomp its tail!! After a few of those, the snake will learn.....'if i bite this warm tree, i get a painful sensation on my rear end' :D

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

Thats because you need to show the snake whos boss!! When it chomps your arm, you chomp its tail!! After a few of those, the snake will learn.....'if i bite this warm tree, i get a painful sensation on my rear end' :D

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But I was told to alpha roll the snake to show her I'm alpha! :O

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

Sometimes, I think I want to take Pixie out to handle and take some outdoor photos. And then I remember that nah, she bites me completely unpredictably and without any defensive body language or warning. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ crazy snake

Most snakes are pretty obvious when they're warning you off or feeling nervous, but Pixie is just like, "La dee da... gently slithering along your arm.... looking relaxed... hmmm.... *SUDDENLY TURNS HEAD DOWNWARD AND CHOMPS*"

That's Pixie. :confusd::bow: She's pulled that a few times on me. So I opt for only taking enclosure pics now. LOL

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She’s stunning.

Keep working with her.

You have a somewhat rare captive there and I want to see you fully enjoy her.

Come on Red, you're keeping what I call an advance snake. A bite here and there won't kill ya! ;):P

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Originally Posted by RickyNY

Come on Red, you're keeping what I call an advance snake. A bite here and there won't kill ya! ;):P

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Haha, a bite from that snake might! Makes a bite from nearly anything else feel like a feather slap [emoji23]

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Skull of an Oksibil scrub python [emoji6] Imagine a baby dragon that is super fast, super alert, cage aggressive to the extreme, and grabby as hell.


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Originally Posted by Gio

She’s stunning.

Keep working with her.

You have a somewhat rare captive there and I want to see you fully enjoy her.

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Originally Posted by RickyNY

Come on Red, you're keeping what I call an advance snake. A bite here and there won't kill ya! ;):P

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She clearly doesn't enjoy coming out, so it doesn't make any difference to her. She loves her cage. Even when I take her out to handle and move across the room, she would stretch out super long trying to beeline it back into her enclosure! Me taking her out would only be for my own amusement

And I'd honestly rather not have wounds all over my hands and arms. Maybe if I wanted to look really masculine. LOL

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Originally Posted by Team Slytherin

Haha, a bite from that snake might! Makes a bite from nearly anything else feel like a feather slap [emoji23]

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Yeah, her bites hurt more than I expect from such a small looking head! Pixie is 5 feet right now. I guess at least I'd still rather be bitten by a tanimbar than my green tree python though.

Haha was going to say, I'd probably take a bite from that scrub over the GTP. Them and ETBs have some seriously scary teeth. I;m waiting to get tagged by Pat but so far, so good. I reach in next to him during the day and change his water and he usually wakes up, turns to look at my hand and flicks his tongue and inches towards it and then either sits there or turns around and goes back to sleep.

And having wounds all over your hands and arms might make you look like a goth emo, that wouldnt be good...well unless you are a goth emo lol.

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

Haha was going to say, I'd probably take a bite from that scrub over the GTP. Them and ETBs have some seriously scary teeth. I;m waiting to get tagged by Pat but so far, so good. I reach in next to him during the day and change his water and he usually wakes up, turns to look at my hand and flicks his tongue and inches towards it and then either sits there or turns around and goes back to sleep.

And having wounds all over your hands and arms might make you look like a goth emo, that wouldnt be good...well unless you are a goth emo lol.

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Seriously, those thick GTP and ETB heads have some long teeth in them! Particularly ETB, which is actually the sole reason why I got a GTP over an ETB. haha

Aw Pat's cute! That's swell! Gem also has never struck defensively while on her perch. She just watches cautiously while I'm going about my business cleaning her enclosure or whatever. Or she just stays asleep and doesn't move. Such a blob.

I'm not goth or emo, so that also means I should avoid handling Pixie for kicks. Sigh. LOL

Lol they are blobs. i call them GTPs 'BPs on a stick' :D Only time Pat gets active is when he has to poop or wants dinner haha.