Dirty Jobs - July 10th

Sean... I too turned the roller coaster show off. I thought the host was being a little over dramatic about being up in the air... or really anything over a foot off the ground. I was hoping the show was going to be a bit different since I too like those kind of building shows. Sadly this one let me down.

I was kinda suprised at how they kinda lunged at teh snakes... I've never dealt with giants, but they seemed to kinda over do it. It's cool that they are working to fix it up. It will be really nice eventually.

I'm watching the roller coaster show as well. I'm in school for architectural engineering (which is what the host graduated with a degree in). I watched the first show he was doing...I forget what it's called, but it's the same kind of thing. Showing how the things are being built. His feaking out about heights would seem pretty extreme, but compared to the first shows he did, he's gotten better. He talked on part of one about how he was absolutly terrified of heights. I like the host, but he reminds me of alot of the guys I'm in school with, so I guess that has alot to do with it :P

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

I am...yea all the giants were. But (and I don't own any giants) but what was wrong with how the moved them? (from a previous poster about another forum being ticked)

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They were restraining them by grabbing them behind the head. Even a mean snake shouldn't be held that way. Extremely stressful, hence the need to musk, and not a way to tame them down.

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Originally Posted by tweets_4611

I was kinda suprised at how they kinda lunged at teh snakes... I've never dealt with giants, but they seemed to kinda over do it.

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Bingo !

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Originally Posted by _BoidFinatic_

They were restraining them by grabbing them behind the head. Even a mean snake shouldn't be held that way. Extremely stressful, hence the need to musk, and not a way to tame them down.

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Got it...Thanks for clarifying

...so how do those of you with "fiesty" giants move them?

Many of the snakes there were restraining like that didn't even seem aggressive. I know Mike said something about the red tail hissing at him, but they seemed pretty docile. None of the snakes even looked at them when they crawled in the cage or opened the tubs. Like I said, I've only ever dealt with my little ball python, so I don't know how a retic or burm act normally, but they just didn't seem aggressive... ?

HASENT STARTED YET IN CALIFORNIA YOU GUYS KILLED IT FOR ME!! haha 40min till it starts!

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

Got it...Thanks for clarifying

...so how do those of you with "fiesty" giants move them?

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I am sure that all keepers of giants do it their own ways, whether they are "correct" or not. I try to give the snake a bit of slack by leaving some room behind its head so it isn't restrained. But I cannot leave to much room or otherwise the snake can have too much of a strike range. Other than that, they shouldn't be squeezed. Retics, afrocks, and scrubs DO NOT tolerate squeezing as much as burms do. Therefore, restraining them will cause them to constrict, squirm, musk, urinate, etc.

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Originally Posted by tweets_4611

Many of the snakes there were restraining like that didn't even seem aggressive. I know Mike said something about the red tail hissing at him, but they seemed pretty docile. None of the snakes even looked at them when they crawled in the cage or opened the tubs. Like I said, I've only ever dealt with my little ball python, so I don't know how a retic or burm act normally, but they just didn't seem aggressive... ?

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I didn't see any cues for aggression, besides that the tiger retic was in shed. So I guess it was just from past experience.

Ya I didnt really care too much for the way they were grabbing the boas. It really didnt seem necessary at all! Thank god my mom didnt see that because it probably would have freaked her out about my baby colombian. I dont have any experience with retics but I have seen some pretty moody ones on animal planet, and Ive heard they can be kind of aggressive so I wasnt too surprised to see them taking precautions with those. Nonetheless it was nice to see all the snakes. Kinda sucked there were 0 snakes the second 30 minutes of the show though. I turned it on about 10 minutes into it or so when they had the piebald out, which was pretty cool looking. Interesting show though. I dont really care for too much of the stuff that comes on discovery.

edit: I did notice a few of the snakes in blue so maybe thats why they were being so careful.

I really enjoyed it, especially the cute balls in the beginning. Maybe the giants weren't used to being handled... but I was surprised at well that they grabbed the redtails the same way as the retics. I love Mike Rowe though, and his reactions are always great.

And I'm laughing my ass off about the comments towards the roller coaster guy, because I thought he was a total wussy little fairy and I fell asleep while watching. :D

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Originally Posted by JLC

There's a "Snake Farm" just a few miles north of me. I wonder if it's the same one?

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That's the place Judy! :)

It's been on the market for several years now, and it looks like the new owners are doing a great job! Even my hub, that notices nothing cosmetic...
*coughs - male* :rolleyes: Said, "Wow, it looks so much cleaner"....
So hopefully they will continue to renovate and update all the enclosures etc...


ps. I don't know if they still have it, but there was the sweeeeeetest male Sulcata there.... looked like a 1/2 size VW Bug! :P