Help Me Protect My Snakes

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Originally Posted by olstyn

Sounds like you need a different place to live and/or a large dog, preferably something angry looking, like a rottweiler. Have you contacted the police about this? I'd imagine that even if they just sent a car through your neighborhood a little more frequently than usual, it might help.

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Hahahahahah this made me lol

Don't waste your money on a rottweiler unless you want another food/vet bill to keep up with. I'd just invest in a 12 gauge if you legitimately have someone breaking into your place.... not sure where you live but in Texas if someone breaks into your place you have the right to make that the last thing they ever did...

i am in CA and the thing is i live in a gated community and we have security car around here but for some reason he was not around

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Originally Posted by PweEzy

Don't waste your money on a rottweiler unless you want another food/vet bill to keep up with. I'd just invest in a 12 gauge if you legitimately have someone breaking into your place.... not sure where you live but in Texas if someone breaks into your place you have the right to make that the last thing they ever did...

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yeah i can do that but what about when no one is home

I would get an alarm system.
Your cousin was robbed of his snakes, you apparently had an attampted break in? The person or persons doing this knows you, they could be a friend of a friend, or aquaintance of a friend.

You could padlock or keylock your bedroom door, if that's where you keep them.

But as stated before, these are only deterants, if someone wants in, they will get in. Just don't make it easy for them.

I have a security camera pointed at my racks that I can check On my cell.
I'm home most of the time but I work at night so when I leave the racks have a steel rod that goes all the way through the racks and padlocks. Works to keep the snakes in and anyone else out. I also have a lovely am staff Named Zeus that knows noone should be in the house. He's stopped an intruder before so he knows what mom likes. I like to think that if someone gets in they have quite a few deterrents to get through before being able to leave with my kids pretty much. And if That should ever happen I hope I'd see it in time and I hope my pup rips them a new one.

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You would be better off securing the room they're in and investing in a monitored security system with a loud siren.

this is what im thinking of doing im going to put a steel rod through my snake rack put a metal bars on the window the room my snakes are in.and get two locks to put on the door. the thing is that im only 19 and will take me some time to get the security system. and aslo i know its none of my freinds like 99% of my freinds dont even know i have snakes lol. im thinking this guys for some reason figures out where i live but im not going down easy.

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Originally Posted by Orlandoflor

i am in CA and the thing is i live in a gated community and we have security car around here but for some reason he was not around

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Because he was probably trying to break into your house. Sorry to hear , but as far as things like the dog chain idea, good for children , but if someone wants to stael something your not going to stop them with locks or chains (they can easily be cut with bolt cutters. Invest in An alarm system like ADT and make sure your yard is well lit. Hope you catch them in the act, I like the idea of a shotgun as well but that's just me.

With time any thief will be able to get into your snakes, get through a secure door, or just shoulder through the sheet rock. The best thing to do is limit their time and make the chance of getting caught too risky to stay there.