Posted on 07/21/2021 11:33:22 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Monday night, drivers along Theodore Street in Joliet got a shock, when a 10-foot long ball python slithered across the road, stopping four lanes of traffic.
...The owner, who did not say how his pet got out, took the pet home without further incident.
(Excerpt) Read more at wjol.com ...
“One of our own FReepers keeps very large Retics [and I mean *very* large] and they are gentle, spoiled babies.”
LOL... I’m assuming you’re referring to me? Yes, I do and yes they are. It utterly amazes me how stupid people sound when they talk about these animals and don’t know the first thing about them but try to come off as “experts”.
—”Wait...isn’t this a programming thread?”
That’s over in the propeller head section on Wednesday mornings.
The people I knew who kept these snakes were somehow not the owners? Just renters or boarders, perhaps? Interesting way to view it, I have to say.
Ain’t nobody here got that but you, my friend.
:D
I still look forward to your “walking the sneks” photos.
—”a $5000 snake.”
Oh my!
What would be the approximate street value of the above mention reptile?
LOL
Man I miss those guys.
Every weekend on the local PBS station.
Dang, I’m old.
Just the retics. Don’t forget the Burm, the anaconda, the boas of several different flavors, and oh... the rattler.
Well, I’m glad I didn’t blunder in here claiming to be some sort of an expert. All I said was what I experienced.
BTW, the only time I saw a captive snake being fed frozen rodents was in the Staten Island Zoo, when it was feeding time for the rattlers.
99% of retic owners will laugh at you for thinking that they feed live. The prey items are large enough to be a danger to the snake and the owner. Secondly, the retics are ambitious and securing live prey will most likely result in destruction of the enclosure. I’m going to just say you pulled that out of thin air or read it online somewhere.
^Ask him^ about the value of that particular type.
There are wildly differing prices depending on the color morph, rarity, the locality, etc etc.
I only have some poor sad slobs I took from bad situations and except for the old Arabesque Boa boy, mine are just pet price snakes.
It’s a wild type pattern, nothing particularly special about it. I’d say that animal is probably worth $200-$400 in the trade. Ban them and the value will go up to thousands of dollars.
OMG, you mentioned little shaky tail.
They’ll have it in for you, now.
:D
[I assume he’s become a “foster failure” and is staying?]
And those boas are really friendly.
I have a dozen retics, a Burmese, anaconda and about 60 more snakes including venomous. I work with these animals every single day. They all have their personalities, likes, dislikes, good days, and bad days. They can learn, and associate. They are extremely curious and can be amazingly gentle. Out of the hundreds upon hundreds of snakes I’ve interacted with, retics are by far my favorite.
The other day on a FB rescue group, somebody found a stray kitten they wanted to rehome and at least a dozen people jumped in, warning against “snake owners who feed cats to their animals”.
Ugh.
As if.
Sometimes a little too friendly.
Several of mine have progressed to being “needy” and they sulk if not given attention often enough, in their minds.
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