Don't try this at home...

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Originally Posted by Gerardo

You know your cat better than anybody. If you know your pet can behave around snakes then i say go for it. I think its great for our pet to interact possible. This is an old pic but a perfect example of pets getting along.http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/...ps165e0a9c.jpg

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Lol! I think the dog is saying "ummm... what is this thing?"

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Originally Posted by B.O.S Reptiles

That's how mine were at first lol they'd come up and sniff my Ball Python a few times and then do a little taste test to see if he was eatable? Lol

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Lol she does it every single day! And she doesn't really seem to have any interest in eating, just getting some attention, she's a needy girl for sure!

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Originally Posted by Samii

Lol she does it every single day! And she doesn't really seem to have any interest in eating, just getting some attention, she's a needy girl for sure!

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So are mine! The can't handle themselves if I give my snakes 0.0.1% more attention o.o they'll go crazy and bark and freak out if I'm not constantly giving them attention, and loving on them lol like a toddler or something xD But they're very gentle and sweet when my snakes are out
Idk if you've noticed this or have a dog that does this; but a lot of dogs will calm down around babies, and new animals and be gentle/curious. Thankfully that's how mine are! Was really easy to get my snakes used to them because they weren't being crazy. My female Pit x Lab (Layla) is curious of my new 6' long Dumeril's. I'm not comfortable introducing them quite yet, though :p

I know when I was playing with my yellow anaconda girl a few years back the neighbors mini dog(douchand) or w/e came running to my feet barking and my girl tried to snatch her up.

You know your animals best, so not gonna judge there. The cat is so relaxed I think she went to sleep.

I could never do thet with my dogs though since I have scotties, as far as they're concerned anything that moves (and some things that don't) must be pounced on IMMEDIATELY. They snap at leaves in the air outside if the wind blows. :P

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Originally Posted by Neal

I know when I was playing with my yellow anaconda girl a few years back the neighbors mini dog(douchand) or w/e came running to my feet barking and my girl tried to snatch her up.

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Anaconda? Yeah, now that IS a snake I wouldn't trust around cats or small dogs! :weirdface

A small juvenile ball python, however, couldn't really do any damage to them... so it's really more the dog/cat we have to watch, and I'd only say "some are okay around snakes, some are not." I totally trust Kona (the cat in the photo), only halfway trust my Persian Cyrus, and do NOT trust my tuxedo cat Bindi. The latter was semi-feral when I rescued her, and still has very strong hunting instincts as a result. Once or twice she's been allowed near a snake, and almost immediately tried to whack them with her claws. Little brat, lol.

Bottom line, of course, is that they should always be supervised (when together) regardless of individual temperaments. The same could be said for kids and dogs, birds and cats, etc, so I think common sense just has to be used in a multi-species household. Right?

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Originally Posted by Badgemash

You know your animals best, so not gonna judge there. The cat is so relaxed I think she went to sleep.

I could never do thet with my dogs though since I have scotties, as far as they're concerned anything that moves (and some things that don't) must be pounced on IMMEDIATELY. They snap at leaves in the air outside if the wind blows. :P

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Yep, she was definitely asleep... didn't even flinch the whole time.

As for dogs, their breed/s is very relevant when it comes to trusting them around smaller pets. My dog is a 47lb herding mix of some sort (best guess Cattle Dog or Kelpie x Husky or GSD?), so all he wants to do is put them in a corner. The few times I've had escapee feeder rodents, all I had to do was let Rudy act out his herding instincts... he'll alert me once they're found, and stand watch without even trying to attack/kill. He used to try herding my cats too, but they cured him of that with a few swats to the nose! I guess that's where the old saying - as difficult as herding cats - comes from, huh? :P

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Originally Posted by Gerardo

You know your cat better than anybody. If you know your pet can behave around snakes then i say go for it. I think its great for our pet to interact possible. This is an old pic but a perfect example of pets getting along.

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Dawwwww, what a cutie pie! Looks a little perplexed, but obviously not aiming to eat or kill it. And yes, I literally couldn't know those two animals any better... I've had Kona for over 16 years now (since she was about 8 weeks old), and the snake is one I bred and raised myself. They're both completely docile creatures, who really couldn't care any less about one another. Seriously.

Now for some more dog/snake photos, so this doesn't turn into a chatting thread - here's my Rudy with two of the snakes. He usually gets up and walks away from them, as I said above, but sometimes is just too tired to bother!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps933629ed.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...psc369b735.jpg

This is his "leave it" face:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...psc76d62d4.jpg

And his "I'm so over it" face?
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps10079894.jpg

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Originally Posted by Neal

I know when I was playing with my yellow anaconda girl a few years back the neighbors mini dog(douchand) or w/e came running to my feet barking and my girl tried to snatch her up.

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Ya, really depends on the species of snake for me. Ball pythons are so picky about prey preference I don't worry about them. My boas and especially my adult carpet pythons are a whole different story. They would DEFINITELY kill and probably eat my dachshund and chihuahua.

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Originally Posted by treeboa

Ya, really depends on the species of snake for me. Ball pythons are so picky about prey preference I don't worry about them. My boas and especially my adult carpet pythons are a whole different story. They would DEFINITELY kill and probably eat my dachshund and chihuahua.

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That's a good point (the bolded sentence), considering I have BPs who won't eat certain COLORS of rats/mice... so I highly doubt they'd go for a cat or dog.

My colubrids and JCP have much stronger feeding responses, and probably would strike at the mammals in the house - particularly my ghost corn snake Eddie, who I always say would "eat a dead cat if he could fit it in his mouth." He's a pig! I'm totally more careful with them, and won't even crack their tubs open if the other critters are nearby.