Carnivorous plants in with my ball

Here's a random question for you guys. Has anyone ever kept a venus flytrap [or any other kind of Carnivorous plant] in with their ball pythons? Would it be safe, assuming I could find a way to secure the plant. I'm thinking strong velcro. A snakes habitat would be the perfect environment for a venus flytrap to thrive in; I just want to make sure the snake would be okay with it. Opinions? Please and thank you. :sweeet:

no harm to the snake. Lots of harm to the plant, it will get trampled in a second.

Well if it won't hurt my snake, I'm definitely going to at least give it a try.

I know it probably wont happen, but, what if the snake decides to coil up right next to the plant and his tail gets in it. The snake doesn't notice, and it closes on the snake. Over night it could deteriorate the scales, or harm the snake. I don't know, just a thought. Anything is possible. IMO I wouldn't take the risk.

Thats why I asked if anyone had tried it. That thought did occur to me, but then again the chances of the snakes tail being "caught" by the trap and held in long enough for it to do anything is like one in a million. Seriously. I'm pretty sure the snake would notice something clamping down on it's tail. =p

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Originally Posted by jorgasm

Thats why I asked if anyone had tried it. That thought did occur to me, but then again the chances of the snakes tail being "caught" by the trap and held in long enough for it to do anything is like one in a million. Seriously. I'm pretty sure the snake would notice something clamping down on it's tail. =p

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yeah but its a pretty subtle movement.

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Originally Posted by jorgasm

Thats why I asked if anyone had tried it. That thought did occur to me, but then again the chances of the snakes tail being "caught" by the trap and held in long enough for it to do anything is like one in a million. Seriously. I'm pretty sure the snake would notice something clamping down on it's tail. =p

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Ok, so chances are one in a million. Is it worth it to you? Not worth it to me. Why put something in there if there is even the SLIGHTEST possibility of it being harmful?

Wow. This is not the kind of reaction I was expecting from this place. LOL. Thanks for your responses though. [=

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fly traps are awesome!

I think so too.

I think they're really slick too. But, you asked for opinions.

Another reason I wouldn't wanna use live plants in my snakes cage is just bugs and other nasty stuff that's probably in the soil.

Just sounds like an all around bad idea in my opinion.

True. Bugs are not on my balls guest list. And I realize I asked for opinions. Which is why I thanked you for them. I just wanted to hear more opinions that lined up with my own opinions. =D

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True. Bugs are not on my balls guest list. And I realize I asked for opinions. Which is why I thanked you for them. I just wanted to hear more opinions that lined up with my own opinions. =D

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LOL.

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Originally Posted by jorgasm

True. Bugs are not on my balls guest list. And I realize I asked for opinions. Which is why I thanked you for them. I just wanted to hear more opinions that lined up with my own opinions. =D

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x2 hahahha lmao

I would say no, venus fly traps require quite a bit of "pure" water (distilled, reverse osmosis, rain water), hight humidity and high light so the humidity and frequent waterings may cause problems with your snake, i.e. scale rot. The lighting could potentially also be a problem, Ball pythons being primarily nocturnal and having the light level required for the fly traps to grow could cause problems.

Why not look for a plant that is native to ball pythons home range or some type of succulent that would be more suited for them? To me with fly traps being from North and South Carolina in a enclosure with an animal from Africa seems a little weird to me. Best of luck to whichever you choose to do.:)

I dont think you have to worry about the fly trap " catching " your snakes tail. Those arent very powerful, I've seen big flies able to get ouf of them lol. I think a python would be a bit stronger :D

Go ahead and give it a try, you know you want to anyway... Make sure to post pics when your snake squashes your fly trap flat. :snake:

Yea... that snake will crush them. Is the secretion from the venus fly trap harmful?

If that snake is going to be rubbing and climbing all over them (which he will, there is no way to stop them or deny it), will he will come into contact with the flowers "juice". It sounds like a bad idea, and an injury waiting to happen if the secretions from the flower are acidic or destructive to organic material.

i think planting a venus fly trap in your bp's enclosure would be more destructive to the plant than the snake. i really dont see it being any concern to the snakes health even when he does crush it. and he will crush it so its kinda pointless actually...

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If that snake is going to be rubbing and climbing all over them (which he will, there is no way to stop them or deny it), will he will come into contact with the flowers "juice". It sounds like a bad idea, and an injury waiting to happen if the secretions from the flower are acidic or destructive to organic material.

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Sorry Connie, worrying about the potential toxic nature of venus fly trap plant juice is WAY too overly protective to the point of being ridiculous.

I think he should just give it a try. Then when he fails he'll have learned a lesson...