What would you do?

I watched a show the other night that said alcohol does a pretty good job on getting snakes to release....I wonder if you could get away with carrying a bottle of whiskey on you at all times and claim it as protection....

They fed that guy 1 mouse a month to limit it's growth and poked it with clothes hangers so it wouldn't try to get out when they took the top off the cage.
The thing was hungry and not very people friendly when I got him.
Here is a pic of the head when I first picked him up. Many layers of stuck shed and retained eyescaps, wounds on the top of it's head.
Not a well cared for animal.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ons/retic5.jpg


And after some time with me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s/931bba69.jpg


BTW,
Alcohol works with any snake.

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Originally Posted by nathanledet

I watched a show the other night that said alcohol does a pretty good job on getting snakes to release....I wonder if you could get away with carrying a bottle of whiskey on you at all times and claim it as protection....

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You mean that's not common?:O
Oh man, I need to stop carrying that fifth of JD with me everywhere.:D

The reason I am asking this is because I saw a show on Animal Planet about some guy that was dead for a few seconds before being performed CPR on. He was constricted by his retic and he was alone for a few minutes until his friend came in.

The Big Squeeze?


All of those accidents were preventable.
They basically set themselves up for an "attack" by doing stupid things and not following any type of safety protocol.

I think it was. I was a little worried about getting ANY big snake after that show!

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Originally Posted by bpkid

The reason I am asking this is because I saw a show on Animal Planet about some guy that was dead for a few seconds before being performed CPR on. He was constricted by his retic and he was alone for a few minutes until his friend came in.

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Yea i think it was the big squeeze show that showed that.My opinion he was stupid for going into the enclosure by himself;) .A person at our local zoo almost lost his life to a big retic all because he was to stupid and impatiant to wait until he had someone around him just incase.He now sweeps up horse manure,at least until he makes one of them mad :P :P .

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Originally Posted by SPJ

The Big Squeeze?


All of those accidents were preventable.
They basically set themselves up for an "attack" by doing stupid things and not following any type of safety protocol.

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You are 100% correct here:P

Just don't play with a chinchilla and then try to pet a burm or walk into an enclosure with an adult WC retic by yourself, or try to play with a 20 ft retic by yourself you should have no problems.:D


Large constrictors just need to be approached with a bit more caution than a smaller one. Even the "tamest" burm or retic can cause a problem. As long as you minimize the chances for accidents and never put yourself in a questionable situation, you should be fine.

You just can't be as nonchalant with them as you could be with a ball python.

Just realize that almost all of the bites are the result of the keeper doing something they should not have which triggered the snakes instinct.

Respect for what the animal can do, backup available for large animals, and caution, will prevent 99.9% of problems from happening.

I know this thread is a couple days old and questions have been answered, but make sure that the people (note the plural form, a 15 ft. snake needs at least 2 people other than yourself) know to try and pull it off from the tail first. You will not be able to pull a large constrictor off head-first. If it absolutely comes down to a life or death decision, you can grab the tail just behind the vent, and bend it up over the snake until it breaks. Now obviously that last one is a last resort option.