Posted by methylated_spirit
I've not been interwebbing too much, busy at work, and any spare time i have had has been taken up by this fella:
Frankie, My new corn snake. I've wanted a snake for about 10 years, but only seriously looked into buying one about a month ago, and took the plunge. S/he's about 3 months old, eats baby mice, and will grow to around 5 feet. Its too early to tell what sex it is, but i'm not particularly bothered anyway. I love Frankie, s/hes great, and has only bitten me the once, the friendly little critter!
So, meths is now a Herpetologist! Or, "the snake guy" - Thats what i get, anyway. Honestly, i was standing at the bus stop the other day and this kid i've never seen before comes up and says "excuse me mister, do you have a snake?" I've never seen the kid before in my life! *Sigh* Just village life, i suppose. They all love a gossip! Not a big snake area, you understand, Its all wee brown dogs around here
If anyones interested in snakes, heres the forum i use: http://john1979.proboards43.com/index.cgi
Anyone else got a snake? Post some pics if you do
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Posted by batesie
wicked colours. how old do they live to?
Posted by methylated_spirit
The oldest snake on record is 32 years, they generally live to between 20 and 25 years though
Posted by *Jojo*
@meths -
What a pet to have mate 
I heard that the more 'colorful' the snake is, the more venomous it is? Any idea about this?
OK, here's my PYTHON eating a - Kangaroo
Just kidding here pal, you just know where I got it 
Posted by methylated_spirit
Nah JoJo, thats a load of old Hooey, they come in all colours and sizes, just like people do. Doesn't make a difference, the colours. Snakes are actually very timid creatures, and will generally shy away from you if you approach them. Its a common misconception - fuelled by Hollywood and blind ignorance - that snakes are "evil". Once a snake gets to know you, it will actually come up to you for a cup of tea and a chinwag, but it does take time and you have to be patient, before that level of trust is reached.
Looking at that pic, i'd say if the python ate that kangaroo, it would be very lucky, snakes are stretchy, but their upper limit is around one and a half times the width of their own body. That kangaroo is far, far too large for it.
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Posted by *Jojo*
@meths - Yeah, very well posted ! But they say that snakes can be TRAITORS also (just like humans too), specially when they are HUNGRY
When your snake have eaten a small mice for a meal, will that already suffice his week long starvation?
Posted by methylated_spirit
Yeah, at his age it eats twice a week, but once its fully grown, once a week at the most. They can go for a couple of months without eating if they have to, they are very resiliant creatures. I feed it pre-killed mice, which i buy frozen, as in the UK its illegal to feed live animals to snakes, which is absurd in my book, its natural, after all! Having said that, i might slip it the occaisional live one every now and then....and video the slaughter! mwahahahhaha! Sorry, got carried away there
Posted by JK
Aghem
He got to brave!!!
Posted by methylated_spirit
Yeah i've seen that pic, if the snake was another 3 or 4 feet longer it would probably have managed to eat the croc. Must have been some battle, i would love to have seen it! big alligator, versus snake? oooh, bet it was close!
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Posted by *Jojo*
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@meths - Yeah and I will surely be AWAITING that video get uploaded here pal !
I've seen that Croc vs Snake duel in a local TV station (news). Looks like that the snake have underestimated the length of the croc as he (snake) was cut in half, during the process of digestion
or did the croc fight still while being devoured . . .
Posted by methylated_spirit
Hmm, i would say the croc was dead, that snake is a constrictor, it would squeeze the life out of anything before trying to eat it. The croc is just too big.
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@meths - Yeah, looks like it . . . With this, I am now having second thoughts about the saying: Go and PICK your OWN Size !
Posted by jagger2k
ahhhh snakes, if i saw one, i would sooo stomp it to death.
Posted by methylated_spirit
Snakes are very greedy, they don't think like that If, for example, a corn snake like mine, in the wild, got into a birds nest, it would eat every chick in the nest, then go and and hide away for 2 or 3 months while digesting - if it gets the opportunity, a snake will take it.
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Why? becase of what you've heard in the media and films? Or because you've handled snakes, studied them, and know them to be violent, evil, nasty creatures?
Snakes are so misunderstood.
Posted by EastCoastStar
lets not all get mad here!
maybe @jagger is just afraid of snakes, no big deal... (well killing a snake would be a big deal to a snake fan, but you know what i mean) everyone doesnt liek every animal
me personally, im not afraid of snakes, but i wouldnt want one as a pet... (i only like a few animals as pets
)
Posted by *Jojo*
@ecs - Yup ! Everyone has his/her OWN pet to like and keep . . . Let's just LEAVE Meths with his RED-colored snake here - OK? But given a choice, I would rather OWN/keep an Iguana rather than a snake . . .
Posted by EastCoastStar
ive babysat my friend iguana once hahaha it was funny.
personally, im a dog person
haha how original lol
Posted by methylated_spirit
I wasnt getting at the guy, it just peeves me that snakes have a bad reputation, thats completely undeserved. I like dogs, always had a dog, ever since i was tiny. Well, apart from my neighbours yappy little poodle. Pain in the arse that it is. When Frankies fully grown, i'm going to feed that poodle to him, i swear
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Posted by EastCoastStar
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snakes really do have a bad reputation... i guess its becuase so many people are scared of them... i wonder why... i never really thought about it.
haha yea, little poodles can be annoying hahaha
Frankie haha nice pick for the name
itll be one little bite for him one day lol
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Posted by methylated_spirit
Already bit me - i was prodding it for a while trying to get it to do something, though! Corn snakes dont have fangs, just little teeth to help grip the food as they swallow, even when fully grown a bite will barely break the skin. They are generally one of the most docile snakes you will find, they are very easy to look after, and are a little bit different. I like 'em!
A lot of people are. Actually, i bet if you handled one, your opinion would change. Having said that, my aunt has a real phobia of snakes, even if she sees a pic in a magazine, the magazine goes flying across the room! I suggested she hold my snake, to show that theres nothing to be scared of, and she started having hysterics. Seems daft to me, but then i don't like spiders...
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Posted by EastCoastStar
how big does that kind get?
Posted by methylated_spirit
Corns? usually between 3 and 5 feet. Your from Florida, aint ya? Thats their natural home, Florida and the South in general.
Posted by EastCoastStar
haha yea i knowwww haha
i see so many snakes, i dont even know whats what anymore haha. seeing snakes is VERY common around here.
but being colorblind, i cant always tell what color is what, and i get the kinds of snakes confused, so i gave up! haha
(ill talk about the colorblind thing in another thread if anyone wants to know about it lol, im sure there are a few more colorblind people on this forum)
Posted by methylated_spirit
Yeah, Britain isn't really a snake country like the U.S. (apart from the Isle of Arran, which is riddled with Adders) so here a corn snake is classed as "exotic" even thought they are very common in other areas
Posted by EastCoastStar
very true. i didnt even realize how different a pet snake is over there compared to here in florida. how much did you pay for it?!
Posted by methylated_spirit
Paid £45, but you can get them as cheap as £15 if you go for a Common. Mines an Amelistic, something to do with the colouring. I still paid over the odds for it, but i just loved the colouring, plus it was the most alert, inquisitive, and friendly one there
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Posted by EastCoastStar
well looking at it, you made a very good choice
just make sure it doesnt get out haha
sorry for all the questions! lol
do you feed it rats/mice?
Posted by methylated_spirit
I feed it baby mice, or "pinkies" at thisage. As it gets larger it will eat adolescents, then adult mice, then if it gets really big, small rats. In the UK its illegal to feed live mice, so they are gassed with carbon dioxide and frozen, i buy them from my local pet shop and defrost them. I'm going to give it the occasional live one though, even though i can be prosecuted(!) the law here is just bizarre.
Posted by BlueQuill
What about drinking milk? Does it drink milk?
Posted by EastCoastStar
its illigal?! how weird! people here do it all the time!
they do sell frozen ones here also, but not many people ever buy them. what a strange law.
Posted by p900 lover
wicked, got a few questions tho.
where did you get it from?
how do u look after it?
where does it live/sleep?
just asking cos iv always wanted a snake, might get 1.
thanks
Posted by EastCoastStar
usually in a class cage... liek a fish aquerium
Posted by BobaFett
also known as : terrarium
Posted by JK
Hey Meths u seem to know alot bout snakes...
Couple of years ago in the area I stay, it was full of snakes mainly Rinkals(type of cobra) and Puffadders!!! When I was younger we used to kill them
... with a garden spade, and chop them up!!!!
My question - Is it true that you have to burn a snake to kill it because the snake takes a pic of you with its eyes and your pic will be there till another snake comes along and sees who the killer is and then avenge his snake friends death????
So it better to just burn them??
Or is it just another urban legend???
Posted by methylated_spirit
@bluequill: No, just water
@786KBR: lol, urban legend! Its stories like that, that give snakes a bad name.
@p900lover:Snakes live in a "vivarium" you can buy specialist ones, butr i just sterilized an old fish tank. All you need is a water bowl and a hide, and some sort of substrate. I'm using a cardboard box for the hide and newspaper as a substrate at the moment, i'm going to get some better looking stuff when i've got a bit more cash to spare, though it has to be said newspaper is excellent and fits the snakes needs perfectly well, it just isn't particularly pretty.
They pretty much look after themselves, they are one of the easiest animals around to look after - check out http://john1979.proboards43.com/
Check me out, i'm turning into David Bellamy!
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Posted by methylated_spirit
Frankie was taking a drink this morning, first time i'd seen it...man it looked strange! I dashed off to get my camera, but when i got back he's finished, and was slithering off to investigate a poo he'd just made.
Posted by batesie
whats the latest on yer snake meths?
Posted by whizkidd
I've always wanted to know this!!
Do snakes pee??
Posted by BobaFett
@meth i was in poland, visited the local aquarium exhibition, this pic was made especially for u
its a south american anaconda:
Posted by methylated_spirit
Thats a beauty, boba, i like anacondas but they are a little big to keep at home!
Frankie died of a respiratory infection, mid december
when they get what he had, there aint really a lot you can do unfortunately. More info on Frankies untimely demise here:
http://john1979.proboards43.c[....]tion=display&thread=1134380814
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Posted by BobaFett
rip frankie
sorry to hear your lost...
could u pls link here the video where u feed it with the mouse? didnt find it...
Posted by methylated_spirit
Heres the link Boba, enjoy, it aint for the faint hearted!
http://video.google.com/video[....]d=-7347398479149566458&q=snake
Posted by SCORPIONKING1982
sorry I missed the last page there didnt realise it had died lol
Sorry to hear that mate!
You going to get another?
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Posted by methylated_spirit
Yeah, in a couple of months, when i'm settled into my new house etc. Been offered a couple of hatchlings, one is a Silver Queen Ghost, which is utterly stunning:
Posted by leeboy13
wow, thats one nice snake....
Sorry to hear bout your other one - RIP
Posted by SCORPIONKING1982
Wow that one looks great!
Is it a bigger one or is the camers just close up lol
Posted by methylated_spirit
Thats an adult, probably around 2 years. I've been offered a hatchling from its next clutch, i'm sorely tempted. Its a beauty aint it
Posted by vanquish
@meths
that isnt you with painted fingernails is it ...