another rant :<

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Originally Posted by sopa

LOL i was confused when i was watching the video. 'is that.. a large cut..? or... dried mud? ..... shed?!' i understand that a partial shed won't harm them, but when theyve got a huge chunk stuck around their neck or on the side of their body, it's really frustrating to see.

i guess the same goes for cats and dogs.. and rodents. especially the ones that live in their poop. :(

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the great sea iguanas and land iguanas of the galapagos islands never shed in one piece, they use it as armor. they carry "stuck shed" with dignity and for a purpose. for poops sake, the marine species share a hunting (grazing) ground with sharks. they graze where sharks hunt, and for that you really dont want to look edible.

I see a lot of this too. A couple days ago I saw a guy on one of the facebook groups. 5 ball pythons in one enclosure. He said he can't separate them because if he does they won't eat. Also said they are clutch mates and "love" each other.

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Originally Posted by xFenrir

Things I never get tired of hearing from people when they hear I have a snake:

"OMG U AREN'T SCURRED OF IT EATINGZ U IN UR SLEEP?!"

"No, a) that's not possible, b) if someone's not holding her she's in a secure enclosure."

They then proceed to tell me something along the lines of 1) the snake will be able to bust through the enclosure like the Hulk, 2) they can't believe I or anyone else holds her because what if she bites us and we die from the super-lethal venom of the boa constrictor, 3) we are the stupidest people in the world because don't we know EVERY snake grows 40 feet long and lusts for nothing else but human blood, which they know because they watched all the Anaconda movies and are now snake experts.

NEVER GETS OLD.

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no no no... it's "they aren't poisonous are they?" Usually the word venom isn't used

My favorite came form my own mother. " I love all animals, except snakes, They are evil. Look what they did to adam and eve!" Oh and " You put it around your neck! Your effing crazy, it is gonna kill you one day!"

When she gets that way I just take my girl out of her tub and all of the sudden mom is ready to go home.

My boa likes to lie beside me. My vet told me she's sizing me up to eat me!!!


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Originally Posted by CrystalRose

I see a lot of this too. A couple days ago I saw a guy on one of the facebook groups. 5 ball pythons in one enclosure. He said he can't separate them because if he does they won't eat. Also said they are clutch mates and "love" each other.

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I remember that wonderful thread. One hide, a giant tank, 5 balls and a lot of pink sand.

Yes, my friends, pink sand. Half the tank was full of the crap.
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Originally Posted by carbn8

My favorite came form my own mother. " I love all animals, except snakes, They are evil. Look what they did to adam and eve!" Oh and " You put it around your neck! Your effing crazy, it is gonna kill you one day!"

When she gets that way I just take my girl out of her tub and all of the sudden mom is ready to go home.

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While I get along fine with my mother-in-law, she drives my husband bat-guano crazy in about three minutes. She's also getting up in years and no doubt one day will require in-home care - we already see signs that her short-term memory is degrading. She has expressed her wishes to live with her daughter since she doesn't want to be eaten by a snake.

We will of course visit often and help as much as we can when the time comes since SIL doesn't live far away from us... but we also breathed a huge sigh of relief that MIL will not be living with us.

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Originally Posted by carbn8

My favorite came form my own mother. " I love all animals, except snakes, They are evil. Look what they did to adam and eve!" Oh and " You put it around your neck! Your effing crazy, it is gonna kill you one day!"

When she gets that way I just take my girl out of her tub and all of the sudden mom is ready to go home.

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religion, its all (and within the brackets, imagine i just said the obvious, instead of going for HORSECRAP).

sadly, thats all religion ever does. false realities, unfounded stereotypes, talking and walking snakes, people surviving being swallowed by a ginat fish (or whale) for 3 days, global flood, trumpet sound destroying walls, stopping the orbit of sun and moon, turning sticks into snakes, turning water into wine, and after mysteriously murdering all first born males of whatever area, let it rain frogs!

when people go after what you think is right with their righteous indignation, you have two options:

1: say nothing and let it slide. if possible, its a good option. it works. or be very specific.

or 2: demolish their faith. show no mercy, and go after the other horsecrap their holy book says. when your book says that a human can live after being swallowed by a giant fish/whale for 3 days, i say my snakes can be completely benign and harmless. for that, you need to know the beliefs of the person you are dealing with, and then hit them hard. and then tell them that you RELIGIOUSLY *believe* that your snakes are harmless. if they dont buy it, go on demolishing the base beliefs of their particular kind of faith. the ten commandments (if you ever looked up the actual king james bible text) are a prime target. death penalty for so many of them, really?

when people attack your snakes for religious reasons, attack their religion for reasons of common sense, and rip that old testament stuff a new one. and they may turn out to be fundamentalists that deeply despise you forever, or they may deconvert and be good friends forever, always remembering that you helped in liberating them. religion is NOT here to stay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6w2M50_Xdk <-- watch this

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Originally Posted by Pythonfriend

religion, its all (and within the brackets, imagine i just said the obvious, instead of going for HORSECRAP).

sadly, thats all religion ever does. false realities, unfounded stereotypes, talking and walking snakes, people surviving being swallowed by a ginat fish (or whale) for 3 days, global flood, trumpet sound destroying walls, stopping the orbit of sun and moon, turning sticks into snakes, turning water into wine, and after mysteriously murdering all first born males of whatever area, let it rain frogs!

when people go after what you think is right with their righteous indignation, you have two options:

1: say nothing and let it slide. if possible, its a good option. it works. or be very specific.

or 2: demolish their faith. show no mercy, and go after the other horsecrap their holy book says. when your book says that a human can live after being swallowed by a giant fish/whale for 3 days, i say my snakes can be completely benign and harmless. for that, you need to know the beliefs of the person you are dealing with, and then hit them hard. and then tell them that you RELIGIOUSLY *believe* that your snakes are harmless. if they dont buy it, go on demolishing the base beliefs of their particular kind of faith. the ten commandments (if you ever looked up the actual king james bible text) are a prime target. death penalty for so many of them, really?

when people attack your snakes for religious reasons, attack their religion for reasons of common sense, and rip that old testament stuff a new one. and they may turn out to be fundamentalists that deeply despise you forever, or they may deconvert and be good friends forever, always remembering that you helped in liberating them. religion is NOT here to stay.

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Woah...Well that escalated quickly...


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Originally Posted by Pythonfriend

religion, its all (and within the brackets, imagine i just said the obvious, instead of going for HORSECRAP).

sadly, thats all religion ever does. false realities, unfounded stereotypes, talking and walking snakes, people surviving being swallowed by a ginat fish (or whale) for 3 days, global flood, trumpet sound destroying walls, stopping the orbit of sun and moon, turning sticks into snakes, turning water into wine, and after mysteriously murdering all first born males of whatever area, let it rain frogs!

when people go after what you think is right with their righteous indignation, you have two options:

1: say nothing and let it slide. if possible, its a good option. it works. or be very specific.

or 2: demolish their faith. show no mercy, and go after the other horsecrap their holy book says. when your book says that a human can live after being swallowed by a giant fish/whale for 3 days, i say my snakes can be completely benign and harmless. for that, you need to know the beliefs of the person you are dealing with, and then hit them hard. and then tell them that you RELIGIOUSLY *believe* that your snakes are harmless. if they dont buy it, go on demolishing the base beliefs of their particular kind of faith. the ten commandments (if you ever looked up the actual king james bible text) are a prime target. death penalty for so many of them, really?

when people attack your snakes for religious reasons, attack their religion for reasons of common sense, and rip that old testament stuff a new one. and they may turn out to be fundamentalists that deeply despise you forever, or they may deconvert and be good friends forever, always remembering that you helped in liberating them. religion is NOT here to stay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6w2M50_Xdk <-- watch this

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All I'm going to say is people that are so anti religion really boggle my mind. I'm a Christian yet I don't go out of my way to shove what I think down other's throats, but then there's people like you that seem to look to argue and pick fights over it at any chance they get. It's like your own little religion of hating on religion... even go as far as to have a quote of your own on the subject in your signature trying to bait people into messaging you. It's just such bad taste. How about some peace, love, and acceptance from all sides of the subject? That's what it's about to me anyways.