General questions about *giants*

Keep in mind,,a 18ft 280 pound snake,,,yeah,,i'd be pretty damn lazy too

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Originally Posted by snakewrangler

Nope, no way. Bob Clark's Fluffy is in the 21-22' range. No way a Burm is going to grow larger than a Retic.

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baby the burmese was 28' and over 400 pounds the last time I saw her. that was 6 years ago.

btw, she's the largest snake in captivity ;)

That's why. A heavier snake isn't going to move as much as a lighter bodied snake. Burmese Pythons & Anacondas weigh more then a Retic.

If an animal attacked, even a 10ft animal tried to wrap around someone to hurt them, what would you advise the steps be to get them off?

If you keep a bottle of Listerine or rubbing alcohol ready, is that really enough? I know it's all unlikely, but if I ever got a large animal like one of these, I would want to teach my family what to do if for some reason, I was unable to explain to them.

I'm slightly concerned for my small dog, when my boa gets full size. Even my cats.

I thought baby passed away?

Me and my fiance have listerine, alcohol, and it does usually work but if you work with your snake from day one you and you dont make any errors then there should not be a problem. The only time my giants ever act up is when food is present and yes its scary seeing a retic fly out the cage for there rabbit lol but as long as you take precautions nothing should happen and if it does just be prepared have all your spray bottles ready and maybe keep a good ole knife on you just incase that fails. BUt like I said earlier I think the people that killed by large constrictors are the ones that shouldnt have them. There either trying to give them medication by there selves, feeding errors, or I also heard a kid in colorado got killed by his burm in his sleep becuase he let it freeroam his room. These are not animals that need to free roam with you. Mine are under lock and key if they somehow manage to break out of there cages theres no way there getting out of there room. I have two small children and If I ever thought anything bad would happen I would not own my animals. BUt you just have to take precautions with owning these animals. And I wouldnt advice letting dogs around them. My huskys get my retics rilled up but my burms dont seem to mind the dogs.