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Dog and snake?

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  • 02-25-2017, 10:05 PM
    Aj_Snakes
    Dog and snake?
    I have a mid sized dog, and nips a lot would it be okay if my ball python is out around him?
  • 02-25-2017, 10:08 PM
    Aj_Snakes
    Re: Dog and snake?
    could it harm my ball python?? am i allowed to sit on the couch with my BP and my dog?
  • 02-25-2017, 10:10 PM
    Gc99
    Re: Dog and snake?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Aj_Snakes View Post
    I have a mid sized dog, and nips a lot would it be okay if my ball python is out around him?

    No, a nippy dog and a ball python? Sounds like a really bad combination. Besides the fact that your bp might see the dog as a predator and get stressed, a little nip from the dog to you will not be the same to a snake. I wouldnt do it, there is no need to, I mean, you could hold the bp with the dog around, sure, not a problem there. But letting the bp move freely around the dog, thats a big no-no. If you want your bp to crawl around for a while, i would put the dog in a different room

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  • 02-25-2017, 10:16 PM
    Eric Alan
    Re: Dog and snake?
    There is zero reason to put your BP in this scenario. At best, it'll stress him out. At worst, I don't think it needs to be said.
  • 02-25-2017, 10:21 PM
    Gc99
    Re: Dog and snake?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Aj_Snakes View Post
    could it harm my ball python?? am i allowed to sit on the couch with my BP and my dog?

    I guess you could (if you really really really want to). BUT only if the dog is not on you smelling and harrasing your snake. If the dog is far and not paying attention then sure. But remember, its a big risk to the snake and there is not one reason to do it. If you wanna watch tv with the snake then the dog has to be far away

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  • 02-25-2017, 11:39 PM
    SpacegirlSpiff
    I personally wouldn't risk it
  • 02-26-2017, 12:16 AM
    CALM Pythons
    There is nothing good about this scenario period. Snakes aren't domestic animals and should never be thought of or treated as such. The ball python will get the worst of that deal whether its just stress or getting hurt which could lead to a infection/sickness ect...
    Also I know your only talking about a Ball Python but don't forget Pythons & several other snakes are Prey driven...he might just tag the living heck out if of you hahahha.
    My Burmese would cause a Nightmare if he was loose & my Dogs came into the room I keep him in... I have had a handful of situations over 29 years where one of my dogs (and once a Cat) came into the room I kept my snakes in and I thought the Glass was going to shatter when he started striking it!
  • 02-26-2017, 12:55 AM
    Gc99
    Re: Dog and snake?
    Just dont, please

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  • 02-26-2017, 01:38 AM
    Mofire
    Re: Dog and snake?
    From my perspective, and that is from someone who has trained hunting dogs, it would be bad for you and the dog. If your dog becomes accustomed to calm snakes, an at best experience, it might perceive a snake in the wild as ok and become bitten. My dogs have taken rattlesnake avoidance classes. Why? For her protection and mine. If she alerts to the snakes scent, sound or sight she will freeze in her tracks. And that's why she's never in the same room as my snake when I'm handling it. Just my 2 cents.


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  • 02-26-2017, 01:44 AM
    Gc99
    Re: Dog and snake?
    Dont put your snake at risk please. Not worth it. We would hate to see a post called "Ball python bit by dog"

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  • 02-26-2017, 02:48 AM
    cletus
    I wouldn't let any animals near my snakes. Dogs, cats. Nothing. Too dangerous for the snake. Not to mention it would freak them out.
  • 02-26-2017, 04:40 AM
    LightningPython
    When my first snake shedded, I took a bit and let my dog sniff it, just to see how he'd react. Some animals he's fine with, and others not so much.

    He tried to eat it
  • 02-26-2017, 05:31 AM
    loonunit
    I actually have had four different dogs around my ball pythons, all of them pointers of one sort or another. I was initially very worried about having hunting dogs around snakes, because the dogs regularly hunt (and catch) (and eat) house geckos and fence lizrds. But my first ball python was Mr. Nibbles, and he got that name for a reason. Our first two dogs ended up getting bitten on the nose twice when they were too curious for Mr. Nibbles' taste. You could practically see them re-jiggering the hierarchy of reptiles in their heads:

    Dog: "Snakes are lizards?"
    Mr. Nibbles: *CHOMP*
    Dog: "Ouch! No, snakes are cats."

    But our third dog is CHESTER the Chicken Killer, and he thinks a bite on the nose is a challenge. I've gotten a lot more paranoid about keeping the tanks secured and the door to the snake room closed at all times. I'm pretty sure he would eat a snake if he could. Because CHESTER eats everything.

    Meanwhile Dog #4 is a foster pointer, maybe mixed with whippet. He likes to watch the snakes in the tanks, but cowers when you show them to him up close. He's never even been bitten!
  • 03-07-2017, 01:03 PM
    FNG
    Re: Dog and snake?
    @loonunit

    too funny.

    I own one female bp and want to get a dog in the future, i prob will NOT let them be around each other during handling sessions / letting her roam free but is it ok to let the future dog into the room if my bps in her cage? i keep her in my room so i was just wondering if the dog could sleep in the same room? or would that be something to sort of "feel" out
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