Safe handling practice for large snakes

[Snake_eyes_88]

I'm loving reading through this and seeing how I approach my handling to everyone else's. Of course my retic is still young but I've approached him from day one the way I intend to for his lifetime... With Floki (my retic) being 50% madu and 25% Jampea he's on the smaller size but I've no doubt of what he will be capable of as an adult.

It's scary sometimes when you see the mentality of some keepers, and how they show literally zero respect for what these animals are... I've wanted a retic for about 5 years, so after a lot of research and thought on the matter we finally agreed on an SD.. Of course we ended up with a lottery ticket in terms of size in the end with an SD cross but at almost 17 months and barely being 3ft we should be ok.... I hope

It's when the purchase of a giant is a snap decision based on the "cool factor" that it usually turns out bad for the snake, the person... And in the end these idiots will make it worse for all of us.

[marvelfreak]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

This sounds like a troll post...especially since this is the only post they've ever made. A snake allowed to be out of its enclosure as often as this one would be dead, and essentially free-roaming an 11' snake? Sounds fake and dangerous.

My thought too.

[dave himself]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

This sounds like a troll post...especially since this is the only post they've ever made. A snake allowed to be out of its enclosure as often as this one would be dead, and essentially free-roaming an 11' snake? Sounds fake and dangerous.

Originally Posted by marvelfreak

My thought too.

I'm with you good folks that's why I asked for pics , they're either a troll or their weight and measurements are way off

[dannybgoode]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

This sounds like a troll post...especially since this is the only post they've ever made. A snake allowed to be out of its enclosure as often as this one would be dead, and essentially free-roaming an 11' snake? Sounds fake and dangerous.

@BSG you'd be surprised. I know of a couple of burms that are freeranging in people's homes. There's one that lives upstairs and their chihuahua lives downstairs. No amount of telling them will convince them that one day that dog will probably 'disappear'.

Completely stupid yes but it does happen...

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by dannybgoode

@BSG you'd be surprised. I know of a couple of burms that are freeranging in people's homes. There's one that lives upstairs and their chihuahua lives downstairs. No amount of telling them will convince them that one day that dog will probably 'disappear'.

Completely stupid yes but it does happen...

They're also asking for a host of health issues with their snake. There's no way a home could properly provide the temp and humidity needs they need without also destroying their home and their wallets. They're tropical/subtropical animals. I have seen 3 animals allowed to free roam. A ball python, that ended up dying from infections and had pretty bad dehydration despite them running humidifiers and offering multiple heating spots. A tegu that went to the vet's and had severe dehydration and the start of MBD despite multiple humid spots and basking spots throughout the house (afaik it survived but didn't follow up on the story), and a third one that was a tegu that was put in an enclosure before anything noticeable occurred.

Even if it took a few years, their snakes are going to suffer and ultimately perise without proper care, even with the dog and human safety aside. Which if their dog and their safety isn't a high priority the snakes' safety probably isn't, either.

I'm not arguing that it happens, I'm saying the way they wrote their post and the fact that it rarely happens makes it seem fake. The whole thing seems like a caricature.

[dave himself]

Originally Posted by dannybgoode

@BSG you'd be surprised. I know of a couple of burms that are freeranging in people's homes. There's one that lives upstairs and their chihuahua lives downstairs. No amount of telling them will convince them that one day that dog will probably 'disappear'.

Completely stupid yes but it does happen...

I must admit the free-range part didn't even make me raise an eye brow sadly as when I was on Facebook I saw some absolute trainwrecks that just hadn't happened yet. One guy who lived on his own had an adult burm free roaming in his bedroom 24 hours a day. I agree with everything you said BSG and when I asked him what about her humidity, temperature and everything else the answer I got was, she goes back into here viv when she wants. Sometimes you just have to walk away because you no your no going to get anywhere arguing