venomous bp

I was searching through the portland section of craigslist and come across an add with someone giving away a 55 gallon tank and their bp. At the end of the ad it says snake is no longer dangerous its had its venom removed. Some people are just plain ole dumb.:snake:

Hahahahaha

what? bp's don't have venom? dang. there goes my "cool" status among my friends :(

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Originally Posted by nathanledet

what? bp's don't have venom? dang. there goes my "cool" status among my friends :(

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Lmao:rofl: you would be surprised what ppl would beleive!

so, all this time i thought i was harvesting venom to make a magic potion and save the world... now you're tellin me it's just SLOBBER???? crap!

You would be surprised. My mother in law still believes my snakes are venomous. When she hears we are getting another she tells me "It better not be venomous!" is a serious angry tone. It is extremly annoying that people are so poorly informed.

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Originally Posted by python.princess

so, all this time i thought i was harvesting venom to make a magic potion and save the world... now you're tellin me it's just SLOBBER???? crap!

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i hope your kidding lol. no BP has venom. so dont worry

I do believe she was joking....

At work when people find out I own ball pythons I am ALWAYS asked. "So do you have that antivenom stuff around for when you get bitten"... *sigh* We can't all be bright crayons

come to think of it, i don't think i've EVER been asked if my snakes are venomous... wow. guess i hang with nuttn but bright crayons, huh! lol

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Originally Posted by python.princess

come to think of it, i don't think i've EVER been asked if my snakes are venomous... wow. guess i hang with nuttn but bright crayons, huh! lol

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I get asked all the time. The 2 most questions I get asked are "arent those venomous?" and "arent you afraid theyre going to kill you while you sleep?" depending on who Im talking to and the mood Im in depends on my answer. If Im annoyed by the pesron then I usually say yes in a sarcastic voice. If Im energetic and feel like joking around and have my snake out I act like its about to bite and start freakin out. that usually gets people pretty good. But for the most part I try to geive them a little insight into the snake world. It just gets annoying to have to tell at least 25% of the people I talk to that most snakes are not venomous.

haha i love it when they say, " arent you afraid she will swallow you, or even eat your kids"? im like how a big nice hot cup of ................. :)

btw i took the venom out my bp's gland by jerking on their tails, and pinching their rear legs

I was asked just a couple days ago if my snakes could "wrap around you and kill you?" Also, "Aren't you afraid that if they get loose they will end up in bed with you?" I answered that if one of my snakes gets loose, I HOPE they get in bed with me! Makes them so much easier to find! I do regularly get asked if they are venomous (or poisonous), but it didn't come up in that conversation.

Steve

I hear that one alot, too, Steve..."OMG, aren't they POISONOUS?" "Then they don't have TEETH, right?", and my all time favorite: "So can they still BITE?"

Then here we go with bp basics, 1010...lol

I get the eat the kids or pet thing alot. Not so much of the poisonous thing.

this is funny i get this one alot wat if it were to eat ur cat or the venomous one then i say well if thts the case i would be dead then if they r venomous

It is hysterical. People will be over here, and see the snakes for the first time, and be all into touching them and even holding them. Then they will ask "is it venomous?" So, they picked up a snake that they thought could be venomous? I now just tell new people that they aren't as part of general conversation before they touch a snake.

I usually get that... "WHAT IF THEY BITE!!!"

To which I respond "well the last time I got bit..."

I am self serving though, I prefer the housepests don't touch my snakes. :)

Bruce