Lost snake found again

[Kai]

You should start wearing him as a belt.

I never lose my belts.

[etjoyride]

I personally find that set up correctly, rubbermaid tubs are a cheap but decnt alternative to aquariums for long term use. Just asl ong as you get a heat mat and a good storng lock lid.

[ojhspyro89]

Sorry for my misunderstandings, but uh.... how did you lose a 5 foot snake?!

[behemoth]

DAMNIT!

This thread has rekindled my desire for a pet snake.

-- lack of money and parental support threw that out hte windo a long time ago.

[Army]

Sorry for my misunderstandings, but uh.... how did you lose a 5 foot snake?!

Yes. It has been wandering/hiding in the house for at least 3 months now. I guess it came back out to find something to eat. It wolfs down small rats. The other snake is still working on mice.....so does the frog (yeah, meat eating frog).

[tsc]

Yes. It has been wandering/hiding in the house for at least 3 months now. I guess it came back out to find something to eat. It wolfs down small rats. The other snake is still working on mice.....so does the frog (yeah, meat eating frog).

Kitty took a 1-pound rat before he got out, and Snuggles has moved up to small rats. The frog is up to pinky mice.

[Thordic]

Depending on the snake, the length is kinda deceptive. A 5' long milk snake doesn't seem all that big unless you get it to straighten out.

[slade]

so wtf do you do.. like.. walk over.. pet it.. uh? frick. if i had a snake that got out i'd move!

whats wrong with you?

[tsc]

Depending on the snake, the length is kinda deceptive. A 5' long milk snake doesn't seem all that big unless you get it to straighten out.

Exactly. Kitty could easily curl up in the bottom of a shoe, or something similarly sized.

Snakes are damn tricky creatures, unfortuately.

I still love 'em though :)

I personally find that set up correctly, rubbermaid tubs are a cheap but decnt alternative to aquariums for long term use. Just asl ong as you get a heat mat and a good storng lock lid.

I currently have my Surinam red tail in a 'tub' setup, wibht with an aftermarket screen lid I've modified to hinge, and lock with a bungee cord (at full extension). I really prefer the ability to modify the enclosure by drilling holes in the side and bolting things to it, it's really made him happy to have extra branches to climb.


Kitty is doing well, he ate yesterday with gusto, and is dealing well with the new kitten we got since he's been gone, who likes to stare at him through the tub (She does it with the redtail, too, but he likes her). He's been drinking alot and has filled out a bit, so hopefully we can avoid any longterm reprecussions of the dehydration.

Pics:
Kitty doing his favorite thing: Climbing.




There's a birdhouse behind him in this picture. A few minutes later, he managed to do this:




Pics of everything else:



My Bearded Dragon, The Don Vincenzo Luther Giovanni III.


My Sulcata Tortoise (year old now)




Snuggles, the Surinam Red Tail Boa Constrictor (Was lost in someone else's apartment, they moved, new residents found him. I'm the snake catcher around here.)




I also have two rats, an ornate horned frog, and a cat. That's just *my* animals. Not the ones in the house :)

[RingOfScale]

ohhh bearded dragons are sweet ! I have a friend who has one, awesome creatures.

-rIng

[Indignant]

Word, my friend used to have a couple bearded dragons. Cool things.

[wanna-b-ballin']

i used to have newts, geckos, toads, iguanas, and still have my two turtles. among other pets.
my mom always said we had too many pets, so when one would die, she wouldn't let us get another.
i have always loved snakes, and always wanted one, but my mom didn't like the idea of feeding them mice. so i would wander in the fields around my house and catch snakes. garder snakes, gopher snakes, and western racers. i have learned to avoid the stupid garder snakes, because they pee all over your hands. the western racers are fast, really cool when they are mature, but really defensive, and bite alot. so my favorite ones were the gopher snakes. biggest ones i have cought here were about 5 and a half feet long, which is huge for them; i think they can reach 6 feet.

then most of the snakes went away because houses started being built.

one of our turtles was given to us from a friend, who had found it on the bluffs above the beach here. its a box turtle, but with a flat shell. it had most reptile experts around here stumped. he is really cool, and his name is Mr. T

and one of our iguanas was given to us. i'm suprised we didn't have to pay anything. he was found in the middle of the street in down town san francisco, and the guy found him, and paid something like 650 dollars in vet bills, advertised a lost iguana in all the newspapers, and after a long time nobody called in claiming it. so we called and told him we would take him if nobody claimed it in about a month, and a month went by, we got a phone call, and then we had a large iguana. if i remember right, he was about 5 feet long.

[Target Practice]

i used to have newts, geckos, toads, iguanas, and still have my two turtles. among other pets.
my mom always said we had too many pets, so when one would die, she wouldn't let us get another.

Yeah, I'm pretty much at that point. However, I have an older male rat, and I keep my rats in tanks (better for their feet), and he's in a 20g. When he vacates the premises, I may be picking up an african bullfrog-- the second largest species of frog.

The males can easily be the size of a dinner plate, and 3-4lbs.



Past that, if I get very adventurous, I may start a mice/rat feeder colony so I can have alot of frozen stock on hand.

Edit: Whoops, this is TSC over at TP's house!

[SCpoloRicker]

Edit: Whoops, this is TSC over at TP's house!

Unpossible!