Personal funny reptile moments

Surely many of us have had those times where our scaly friends did something that made us laugh.

For me, this very night I was putting my ball python Zebes back in his enclosure, but I forgot to put his log hide of choice back as I had removed it to clean some toiletries underneath earlier. I didn't notice it wasn't there until I saw that, after he reached the ground and started crawling over to where his hide should be, he froze and had this honest to goodness "...What" moment. :rofl:

I have a half log next to my ball python's hide. I saw his butt through the hole in his hide so I thought he was in there...that all of him was in there...but I got a surprise when I lifted up the half log to check for poop. He had buried under his hide through the substrate and was staring right back at me. I jumped lol.

First, some background: Back when I kept rattlesnakes, I had some given to me that were "venomoid" (their venom glands had been surgically removed, so they could not envenomate their prey or anything else). One of these was a large adult Eastern Diamondback who, as a result of having no venom glands, was now unable to digest his meals. You see, their venom glands are similar to our own salivary glands- while their venom is more concentrated, of course, it not only kills their prey (or serves for self-defense) it actually begins their digestion. This rattlesnake, now being without venom glands, had trouble digesting his meals, & apparently he had a "weak stomach" that didn't contribute well enough to his digestion to make up for his lack of venom. His problem was obvious (triangular body, underweight, stools oily & very bad smelling) but what to do about it? I tried adding digestive enzymes to his pre-killed prey without much success, so then I got the idea to try a "venom-donor".

I had a very feisty Southern Pacific rattlesnake that was extraordinarily skilled at envenomating rodents- no shortage of venom whatsoever, so I decided to try letting him envenomate a few extra rodents, then steal them away before he could consume them & feed them to the Eastern Diamondback, hoping he could then digest them. It worked very well, but oh, the dirty looks I got from the "venom donor" snake! :rofl: His method was to hide & envenomate rodents at lightning speed when they got near enough to his hiding place; he'd wait briefly & then emerge looking for the rodent, except that when he came out, he saw only me holding my 24" non-locking hemostats & his rodent was GONE? I had no way to tell him that it wasn't me eating them, & the look on his face was priceless! Who says snakes are expressionless? I couldn't help wondering if I caused him to doubt the potency of his venom, because he seemed to only get more & more "dangerous"- more determined to kill the next rodent, which by the way, most seemed to never know what hit them, they died almost instantly.

Snagrio, your description of your BP's look of "what!?" made me remember this incident. Glad I'm not the only one seeing some snake expressions, no matter how subtle. :snake:

The funniest thing for me is still the time I thought Spotticus hadn't eaten his pinky mouse so I reached in to pull it out and there was a very surprised snakeling attached to it. He's albino, I feed in a white bowl, and it was dark. I put the mouse back down and he finished his dinner. I still felt a bit stupid, though.
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I put two corn snakes together in a tub for breeding. The male was really worked up and doing his courting thing on the "other snakes" back. The female was on the other side of the tub just watching him put the moves on himself while in a loop. Took him about 5 minutes to figure out why his lady friend was playing hard to get.

When I was keeping hognoses, I had a little male I was trying to get to take a F/T pinkie. I kept kinda wiggling it around with the thongs but he wouldn't take it so finally I just laid it in the enclosure to see if he'd find it on his own. He did after a few minutes but only after he had coiled all around it. When he finally realized there was a mouse in there he did this weird little dance trying to figure out how to get it without biting himself, kinda like when you run into someone in a narrow hallway and do that left/right shuffle.

He finally gave up after a few minutes and then of course didn't eat for 3 weeks lol.

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I put two corn snakes together in a tub for breeding. The male was really worked up and doing his courting thing on the "other snakes" back. The female was on the other side of the tub just watching him put the moves on himself while in a loop. Took him about 5 minutes to figure out why his lady friend was playing hard to get.

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I'm so glad my male rosy boa wasn't the only that liked to loop on himself- :rofl: Did they ever get together, & if so, how did their "kids" turn out?

Hey, I had a different male rosy boa years before that, & when he was snuggling around my neck, he started spurring ME! :rofl: All I could figure is that he felt the pulse in my neck & thought I was nudging him first...? That was the best "excuse" I could come up with for my poor delusional rosy boa flirting with me...:rolleye2:

I love this thread! So many great stories haha. Your rattlesnake "venom donor" story is one of my favourites Bogertophis! I'm imagining how that Southern Pacific rattlesnake must have felt after envenomating "his" prey and then poking his head out to find it gone with you standing there :rofl:What an ingenious solution for the poor venomoid Eastern Diamondback too, I'm sure there aren't many people who would think to take prey from a rattlesnake :D

I put my BP Noodle into a separate plastic bin with one of his hides for security while I am deep cleaning his enclosure. One time I got distracted while doing this and left the hide upside down in the bin with Noodle. By the time I noticed my hands were already full so I just left it like that while Noodle was smelling it like ":confusd: this is my hide but something isn't right!" and then when I looked again he had coiled up inside the upside down hide! It was very cute and silly.

Another time when I was spot cleaning I took Noodle out of his hide and rested that hide on top of the other to clean one end of the enclosure. I thought he would just go into the other hide but instead he had a better solution:

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I can't imagine it was comfortable to lay on a slanted surface like that but apparently he liked it lol

I was on my bed with my bp in my lap. I was sitting with my legs outstretched, next to each other, so most of his body was in my lap, but his upper body was stretched down my legs. I'd been handling him for awhile and he'd been acting a little grumpy so I didn't want to try to put him and his hide back in his enclosure at the same time. I called out my dad and asked him if he could put the hide back in the enclosure for me. My dad is a bit scared of my snake, but is okay being in the same room as him. He came in, saw the bulk of my snake's body on my lap, and assumed that was where all of him was. My dad walked to the back of my room, put the hide in, and turned around to find himself very close to my snake's face. My dad jumped and yelped, which in turn startled my snake. In short, they both seem the feel the same way about each other.

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...I'm imagining how that Southern Pacific rattlesnake must have felt after envenomating "his" prey and then poking his head out to find it gone with you standing there :rofl:What an ingenious solution for the poor venomoid Eastern Diamondback too, I'm sure there aren't many people who would think to take prey from a rattlesnake :D

I put my BP Noodle into a separate plastic bin with one of his hides for security while I am deep cleaning his enclosure. One time I got distracted while doing this and left the hide upside down in the bin with Noodle. By the time I noticed my hands were already full so I just left it like that while Noodle was smelling it like ":confusd: this is my hide but something isn't right!" and then when I looked again he had coiled up inside the upside down hide! It was very cute and silly....

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It was a gamble on my part because they weren't the same species of rattlesnakes, & I didn't have a "hot" Eastern Diamondback to use for venom donation (I actually had a pair of Eastern Diamondbacks, but they were both venomoid), so it was the best chance that I could give him- I was elated that it immediately improved his digestion, & allowed him to gain weight. I do like to share that story now & then, because there are quite a few "venomoid" snakes around, so it's unlikely that he was the only snake ever with this sort of problem. Someday maybe my experience will help someone else with their snake in a similar situation- sometimes we just have to "MacGyver" things.

By the way, I hope you know that my "venom donor" got plenty of his own rodents "for keeps". :cool: The venom of the Southern Pacific rattlesnake is quite lethal (especially for their natural prey), as it contains not just hemotoxic but neurotoxic components- I think he could easily have envenomated 20-30 mice at one sitting. He had been given to me from the "Living Desert" zoological park in Palm Springs CA, because while he was a native species in Southern California, their location was not in his range- at least, that's the "excuse" they gave me? :D I had an "extra" Mojave Green rattlesnake that needed a new location at the time, so we swapped, so they could display only those relevant for their location. Mojave Greens have similarly dangerous venom too, but that snake was so much mellower. ;)

Your story made me laugh too, thanks! I can totally picture a snake recognizing the scent of their hide & unable to figure out why it's not working the same as it did before? :rofl:

I've done a lot of wildlife education work, and helping people overcome a fear of snakes was always one of my favorite parts of presentations.

In undergrad school I was doing a presentation about the insects, arachnids, and reptiles in our collection. One of my favorites was a beautiful California King who, between his appearance and his temperament, was a fantastic ambassador. My audience that day was a group of nine-year-olds, many of whom were very nervous about snakes - maybe partly because their teacher was obviously terrified and had retreated to the furthest possible point in the room.

I turned on as much charm as possible, and brought out my trusted ambassador to seal the deal and convince everyone that snakes are nothing to be scared of. Just as I got the King into my hands, our huge and definitely unfriendly Bird-eating Tarantula flung herself against the glass of her enclosure for some reason, and the loud 'smack' plus the sight of that big spider caused an uproar. The uproar - kids jumping around and screaming - startled the Kingsnake, who whipped around and bit me on my hand. He apparently hit a capillary, so blood started just streaming down my arm.

It was a freaking circus. I don't think I converted any snake- or spider-phobic kids that day!

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I've done a lot of wildlife education work, and helping people overcome a fear of snakes was always one of my favorite parts of presentations.

In undergrad school I was doing a presentation about the insects, arachnids, and reptiles in our collection. One of my favorites was a beautiful California King who, between his appearance and his temperament, was a fantastic ambassador. My audience that day was a group of nine-year-olds, many of whom were very nervous about snakes - maybe partly because their teacher was obviously terrified and had retreated to the furthest possible point in the room.

I turned on as much charm as possible, and brought out my trusted ambassador to seal the deal and convince everyone that snakes are nothing to be scared of. Just as I got the King into my hands, our huge and definitely unfriendly Bird-eating Tarantula flung herself against the glass of her enclosure for some reason, and the loud 'smack' plus the sight of that big spider caused an uproar. The uproar - kids jumping around and screaming - startled the Kingsnake, who whipped around and bit me on my hand. He apparently hit a capillary, so blood started just streaming down my arm.

It was a freaking circus. I don't think I converted any snake- or spider-phobic kids that day!

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Oh, that was awfully bad luck! Funny mostly in hindsight, I daresay? I'm glad I had better luck when making "converts". One time I was asked to do a snake presentation for a kid's summer "camp"- & the man in charge who set it up told me his son was in the group, but not to be insulted if he was the first to run from the room- he said his son took after him (disliking snakes) but he still felt they should learn about them. So it turned out his son was in the front row, & as I started talking & handling snakes, he was first out of his chair alright, but it was only because he was fascinated & wanted to touch the snakes! :rofl: Sorry dad...

Had another funny moment last week. It was feeding day and I had a mouse ready to present in front of my BP's usual haunt. But he didn't appear for longer than he'd usually take to notice dinner was served. Started to look around and saw his head had just popped out of the humid hide, which meant he had just started a shed cycle as that's about the only time he uses it. Nonetheless he was hungry so he grabbed the mouse and, kind of just ate it while hanging halfway out the hide (it's a plastic tupperware with a hole cut out in the lid).

He clearly didn't want to leave the moisture but his stomach made him compromise. :rofl:

My Aussie spotted python often makes me laugh when I feed her- her feeding response is SO strong & she wraps her f/t mice really tight, then can't bear to let go enough to get her mouth around any part of them! :rofl: She's a really good feeder but it can take her a while, silly snek- and I'm glad she's never mistaken me for prey. She has heat-sensing pits as BPs do, but never seems to care about the temperature of her prey either, so I make no effort to warm them up. I'm glad she's only the size of a corn snake, she'd be scary-fierce otherwise. :snake2:

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My Aussie spotted python often makes me laugh when I feed her- her feeding response is SO strong & she wraps her f/t mice really tight, then can't bear to let go enough to get her mouth around any part of them! :rofl: She's a really good feeder but it can take her a while, silly snek- and I'm glad she's never mistaken me for prey. She has heat-sensing pits as BPs do, but never seems to care about the temperature of her prey either, so I make no effort to warm them up. I'm glad she's only the size of a corn snake, she'd be scary-fierce otherwise. :snake2:

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I'm convinced my BP has Stormtrooper aim. Maybe it's because I always have it dim for feeding time and there tends to be fake foliage in the way but I swear it takes him several strikes hitting nothing but air before he actually lands a hit on the rodent mere inches in front of his face due to sheer eagerness.

It's like watching a cat suddenly go nuts over a laser pointer. Normally all dignified and discreet in their movements, but put the one thing they love in front of them and it's like they turn into a kid in a candy store. :rofl:

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I'm convinced my BP has Stormtrooper aim. Maybe it's because I always have it dim for feeding time and there tends to be fake foliage in the way but I swear it takes him several strikes hitting nothing but air before he actually lands a hit on the rodent mere inches in front of his face due to sheer eagerness.

It's like watching a cat suddenly go nuts over a laser pointer. Normally all dignified and discreet in their movements, but put the one thing they love in front of them and it's like they turn into a kid in a candy store. :rofl:

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All I can say is, it's a good thing some of our snakes have "room service"! They do some awfully goofy things- someone should make a movie of snake "out-takes"? :D

Oh, I know...I almost forgot about this time: it was years ago and I was looking in on one of my adult king snakes (an albino cal-king) & not only had she fully shed her skin, but then she re-entered the shed backwards, through the "mouth" and GOT STUCK once she got most of the way in! WHAT!? :rofl: Because of course the tail end gets narrower. I watched for a bit, but she couldn't tear her way out & I was afraid she might have trouble breathing, so I helped her out of it, but...:rolleye2: I dunno what she was even thinking? I mean that's true "talent", lol.

The funniest thing I have had happen, was with one of my Woma pythons.

Woma's can be fiesty, and I have one male in particlar that believe's it's his mission in life to attack me, any chance he gets.

I keep them in stacked PVC, and this particular time I was cleaning one of his ladies' cage just below him.

He slowly crept towards the front, and when he thought I wasn't looking he smacked the glass (well, acrylic) as hard as he could, mouth open super wide. And sat there.

He stayed with his mouth open, facing me, pushed up against the front, without moving...for about another 5 minutes, while I cleander the cage below. I guess he thought he would eventually get through it...via osmosis or something....but it was funny to see how long he just sat there.

If you need a snake with tons of personality, I recommend the Woma python :)

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He slowly crept towards the front, and when he thought I wasn't looking he smacked the glass (well, acrylic) as hard as he could, mouth open super wide. And sat there.

He stayed with his mouth open, facing me, pushed up against the front, without moving...for about another 5 minutes, while I cleander the cage below. I guess he thought he would eventually get through it...via osmosis or something....but it was funny to see how long he just sat there.

If you need a snake with tons of personality, I recommend the Woma python :)

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Oh, that is funny! :rofl: My enthusiastic spotted python did something similar once recently when I was feeding her (after she missed the prey & saw MY motion thru the glass instead), but she gave up quicker than your woma did, so you definitely win the prize on this one! :D :gj:

Oh, Bogertrophis I had just remembered a story from when I had a vacation in Florida years ago. My mother and I were taking a walk through a palmetto forest trail and there was a big sign on the path with some information on the wildlife that lived there. Included on it was stuff about pygmy rattlesnakes.

And quite literally right below the sign was a pygmy rattler as if the little one was presenting itself. :rofl:

The giggles aside though it was neat to see a rattlesnake in the wild up close. Here in Ohio rattlers are very rare.

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Oh, Bogertrophis I had just remembered a story from when I had a vacation in Florida years ago. My mother and I were taking a walk through a palmetto forest trail and there was a big sign on the path with some information on the wildlife that lived there. Included on it was stuff about pygmy rattlesnakes.

And quite literally right below the sign was a pygmy rattler as if the little one was presenting itself. :rofl:

The giggles aside though it was neat to see a rattlesnake in the wild up close. Here in Ohio rattlers are very rare.

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That was GREAT luck! :gj: I enjoy rattlesnakes, I used to rescue & relocate them (also kept some & did programs with them) when I lived in the desert southwest. Glad you got to meet one.

Very funny coincidence, & he was probably sticking his tongue out too. ;) Unfortunately, even the signs & rules don't stop some people from killing or harassing them in parks.

A new one. Had my boy Zebes out for a bit longer than usual as I had just cleaned out his enclosure and wanted to wait until temperatures stabilized (dead of winter so dismantling everything to clean was going to fluctuate the interior no matter what). I go to put him back and he was tightly wrapped around my upper arm. Tried to gently nudge him off but he wasn't feeling secure enough to move, so I had to awkwardly lower my entire arm to the bottom until he could feel the floor of the tank and release the grip on his own. In hindsight it's like he was in a cartoon where he thought he was falling from a great height and panicking, when in reality he was a couple inches from the floor.

As if that wasn't ridiculous enough, he then spent the next 5+ minutes looking around confused as to how to enter his hide, just because there were a few fake foliage leaves in the way that are always in the same place. Literally trying every approach except ducking his head low. Truly his intelligence is boundless. :P

I feel satisfied that I can post one of my own. here we go! just now, I went to pick Beans up! and he crawled right onto my shoulder, I had my hair up in a bun so that he could properly go around my neck without having to dodge or get tangled in my hair! and he decided he would get a better view, from the bun. so he wrapped around my bun, and just sat there, resting his head on the top of my head. doing a scope of his surroundings! when I tried to get him off, he just resisted. so someone had to get him off for me! life lesson! Beans likes hair. and tall heights. and snuggles.

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I feel satisfied that I can post one of my own. here we go! just now, I went to pick Beans up! and he crawled right onto my shoulder, I had my hair up in a bun so that he could properly go around my neck without having to dodge or get tangled in my hair! and he decided he would get a better view, from the bun. so he wrapped around my bun, and just sat there, resting his head on the top of my head. doing a scope of his surroundings! when I tried to get him off, he just resisted. so someone had to get him off for me! life lesson! Beans likes hair. and tall heights. and snuggles.

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So you have one of the infamous "bun pythons"! :rofl: Might be related (distantly) to my Aussie spotted python- I had an AWFUL time removing her from my long hair...:O (lesson learned!)

You could always start a thread for snake hair-dos. ;) Snakes get very creative when it comes to hair.

another story, I am currently witnessing him trying to crawl on ceilings. I love my little stupid noodle. so curious, so derp, so stupid. he makes me think of me. I love him.

Years ago defiantly young and dumb. I wasn't thinking and was eating chicken nuggets with my gtp out. She took it out of my hand and proceeded to "kill" it. which it just oozed out of her coils.

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Years ago defiantly young and dumb. I wasn't thinking and was eating chicken nuggets with my gtp out. She took it out of my hand and proceeded to "kill" it. which it just oozed out of her coils.

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Seriously? :rofl:So, which of you ended up eating it? :D

Lol it just went in the trash, she squished it to the point of unappetizing

I had a corn snake (the only one who wraps when eating for me) that didn't strike. I had set prey down in her tub, and she coiled it like she was cuddling it, and slowly, little by little over the course of 15 mins her coil went from being loose on the ground, to wrapping vertically around the prey. After a good 15-20 mins of this, she decided to give it a good sniff, looking like she was going to try and eat it, but she didn't let her grip loose like they usually do at this point, and then turned her head away and just stayed wrapped. About an hour later, she was still doing this, so I tried to take it away to throw out, and that movement got her excited again and she gripped it tightly, not wanting to let go. Then back to sniffing, and giving up again but remaining coiled. So I had to uncoil her from it manually to get it away from her, desperately not wanting to let go. Such a silly girl. She is usually my best eater of the corns and does what she is supposed to, and quickly.

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I had a corn snake (the only one who wraps when eating for me) that didn't strike. I had set prey down in her tub, and she coiled it like she was cuddling it, and slowly, little by little over the course of 15 mins her coil went from being loose on the ground, to wrapping vertically around the prey. After a good 15-20 mins of this, she decided to give it a good sniff, looking like she was going to try and eat it, but she didn't let her grip loose like they usually do at this point, and then turned her head away and just stayed wrapped. About an hour later, she was still doing this, so I tried to take it away to throw out, and that movement got her excited again and she gripped it tightly, not wanting to let go. Then back to sniffing, and giving up again but remaining coiled. So I had to uncoil her from it manually to get it away from her, desperately not wanting to let go. Such a silly girl. She is usually my best eater of the corns and does what she is supposed to, and quickly.

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I wish they could just tell us what they're thinking! :rofl: Maybe her hesitation had to do with going into shed? I'm sure snakes can feel that before we can see it, & many avoid eating at that time. Otherwise, I dunno?

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I wish they could just tell us what they're thinking! :rofl: Maybe her hesitation had to do with going into shed? I'm sure snakes can feel that before we can see it, & many avoid eating at that time. Otherwise, I dunno?

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Yes, I get so puzzled sometimes. Very well could be shed coming, I haven't seen it yet but she is probably due for one.

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Yes, I get so puzzled sometimes. Very well could be shed coming, I haven't seen it yet but she is probably due for one.

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Watch & see, maybe in a week she'll cloud up if that's it? Some of mine will eat in shed, others don't.

.. I was dangling a thawed mouse in front of a King snake ( who have crazy feeding responses as you probably know ) and it lunged forward and grabbed it’s stainless steel water bowl and was swinging it around it’s head !!


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THAT innocent-looking little serpent did THAT? :O Yes, king snakes DO "know how to eat". :rofl:

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THAT innocent-looking little serpent did THAT? :O Yes, king snakes DO "know how to eat". :rofl:

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They can be deceptive :)
My scariest snake ever was about 15” long :)

A stunning Bamboo Rat snake .

This little swine bit me nearly every time I changed his water or moved him to do a viv clean .

He had the sharpest little razor teeth that used to really hurt .. LoL

I was literally a nervous wreck when I was sliding his glass door open ... he had loads of bark pieces as hides and I never knew where he was gonna come from ..

At feeding time I opened the glass carefully then FLUNG the mouse in and slammed the door closed again :)

Here he is ..

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They can be deceptive :)
My scariest snake ever was about 15” long :)

A stunning Bamboo Rat snake .

This little swine bit me nearly every time I changed his water or moved him to do a viv clean .

He had the sharpest little razor teeth that used to really hurt .. LoL

I was literally a nervous wreck when I was sliding his glass door open ... he had loads of bark pieces as hides and I never knew where he was gonna come from ..

At feeding time I opened the glass carefully then FLUNG the mouse in and slammed the door closed again :)

Here he is ..

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So pretty, and sounds like a real "joy" to keep! :rolleyes:....:rofl: Was his name "Slash" by any chance?

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Years ago defiantly young and dumb. I wasn't thinking and was eating chicken nuggets with my gtp out. She took it out of my hand and proceeded to "kill" it. which it just oozed out of her coils.

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"chickey nuggie!..." - snake :3

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"chickey nuggie!..." - snake :3

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I have to admit that at times, I've been guilty of "eating in front of my snakes" but never have any of them tried to take my food! :O That's truly hilarious.

Sooooo years ago we ( me my son and his girlfriend ) had three young albino garter snakes ( sisters ) out of their viv on the carpet ..

They were small , friendly and gorgeous.

Anyways in a blink of an eye one of them went to our dog’s food dish and grabbed a chunk of dog food that was about four times the size of it’s head ... and proceeded to eat it slowly


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Sooooo years ago we ( me my son and his girlfriend ) had three young albino garter snakes ( sisters ) out of their viv on the carpet ..

They were small , friendly and gorgeous.

Anyways in a blink of an eye one of them went to our dog’s food dish and grabbed a chunk of dog food that was about four times the size of it’s head ... and proceeded to eat it slowly


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:rofl: I hope the dog wasn't around? If that was MY dogs food bowls- they'd not take it "lying down"- they'd be freaked out, lol.

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Sooooo years ago we ( me my son and his girlfriend ) had three young albino garter snakes ( sisters ) out of their viv on the carpet ..

They were small , friendly and gorgeous.

Anyways in a blink of an eye one of them went to our dog’s food dish and grabbed a chunk of dog food that was about four times the size of it’s head ... and proceeded to eat it slowly


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I should have added that Garter snakes are different than many others in that they will happily eat mice , fish , worms ... or dog food ..


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:rofl: I hope the dog wasn't around? If that was MY dogs food bowls- they'd not take it "lying down"- they'd be freaked out, lol.

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I guess I should have added that Garter snakes are different than many others in that they will happily eat mice , fish , worms ... or dog food ..


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I know I've read that about garters, that they'll even eat dog food, but that seems pretty bold, just helping themselves to the dog's bowl. :rofl: So different from the often-picky BPs.
King snakes are pretty "open-minded" too. :rolleyes: (carrion, etc)

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I know I've read that about garters, that they'll even eat dog food, but that seems pretty bold, just helping themselves to the dog's bowl. :rofl: So different from the often-picky BPs.
King snakes are pretty "open-minded" too. :rolleyes: (carrion, etc)

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I did research it afterwards and found some cases online of unscrupulous Garter breeders who actually fed their hatchlings on dog food as it was a cheap and easy option to get them to a selling size .


Not recommended though , nutritionally


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I did research it afterwards and found some cases online of unscrupulous Garter breeders who actually fed their hatchlings on dog food as it was a cheap and easy option to get them to a selling size .


Not recommended though , nutritionally


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No, I wouldn't think of doing that, if I kept garters, & I'm glad you added that, for anyone else who might be tempted. Just not a "best practice".

He's doing that 'males found in trees hunting birds' pose. Poor dude is probably hungry but I'm not feeding him until I know the power isn't going to go out. Found him like this this morning and has been there all morning. He's scared me at first when I went in to mist. I didn't see him at all LOL. He was good and didn't strike at me. Surprising since I waved my hand right in front of him when I didn't notice him.

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He's doing that 'males found in trees hunting birds' pose. Poor dude is probably hungry but I'm not feeding him until I know the power isn't going to go out. Found him like this this morning and has been there all morning. He's scared me at first when I went in to mist. I didn't see him at all LOL. He was good and didn't strike at me. Surprising since I waved my hand right in front of him when I didn't notice him.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/asukayX.jpg

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I might not have seen him either, he really blends in! :rofl: Glad he didn't tag ya. Way better to make sure the power is reliable before feeding any snakes right now. :gj:

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He's doing that 'males found in trees hunting birds' pose. Poor dude is probably hungry but I'm not feeding him until I know the power isn't going to go out. Found him like this this morning and has been there all morning. He's scared me at first when I went in to mist. I didn't see him at all LOL. He was good and didn't strike at me. Surprising since I waved my hand right in front of him when I didn't notice him.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/asukayX.jpg

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I too have a banana that does this, nobody ever told her that she is a ball python and supposed to not climb around more than hide away. Did somebody sneak arboreal genes into the banana lines? She is by far my best eater too, absolutely never refuses a meal even in shed. She is just a weirdly colored retic as far as she is concerned.

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I too have a banana that does this, nobody ever told her that she is a ball python and supposed to not climb around more than hide away. Did somebody sneak arboreal genes into the banana lines? She is by far my best eater too, absolutely never refuses a meal even in shed. She is just a weirdly colored retic as far as she is concerned.

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Makes total sense to me, bananas do grow on trees, yah? :D

Albino Spectacled Cobra being harassed by a FLY !

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLswXXVg...=1phpxw9unn6kg


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