Ha that's great LOL!Originally Posted by Mr Sully
Your on 100% Gio.. She lives up the road here and Chewy is actually 13 ft not 14. Jade is a bit smaller/younger and they never did lock this year.. She also has 2 - 14' Argentine Boas. She loves them but they are nasty. She has permanent nerve damage from one locking onto her forearm. When you drive by her house the Boa Sunroom goes around the side. Its like a big enclosed snake porch they enter from a window inside hahahahah. She also has Corns and a clutch from them now along with Balls ect.. Here in NY she is called " The Crazy Snake Lady" and she is a kind and very well known women
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Chewy is no doubt huge, but I think she said he was at least 60 pounds. I think the largest EVER recorded was only 49 pounds. I'd have to re-check my copy of THE COMPLETE CARPET PYTHON.
I remember her (softkiss) from the old redtailboa.net site and she took a beating there early on. Lots of knowledgeable boa folks called her out. She was just trying to have fun and make friends, but she was WAY off on some of her practices back then.
The thing is, I dig her attitude and I think her snakes keep her going and happy so more power to her.
My main concern is some of her advice isn't really suitable for beginners. Snakes DO NOT love us or typically enjoy us. I think they can recognize our scents and possibly come to have a secure feeling in our presence after some time, but it is fairly well documented that they lack areas of the brain that higher intelligent animals posses. She tends to put a lot of human feelings and emotions into her animals which is misleading to folks that don't know any better.
Even still, I think she sends a positive message and I like that. I can totally see people thinking she's nuts, but I also get some strange looks when I tell people we have 4 snakes here LOL!
I think the OP's snake is more than likely OK.
Thanks for the info Sully, I think its pretty cool you have info on softkiss. She's really into these critters, that's for sure.
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