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Well, I read a bit about this and then listened to Jeremy Vine ( only usually last about 5 minutes before I cannot stand him) and think snakes and other exotic animals shouldn’t be kept in houses. Sorry the guy is dead but projecting human emotions ( as he and his mother did) onto a reptile was never going to end well.
 
Don't have a problem with people keeping snakes but I read the article and he liked playing with them and wearing them?
deserved to get bit then.
 
"This is the first death or serious injury in the last 100 years of snake keeping and there really isn't the evidence to show the snake was directly involved in this case," Mr Newman said.

Did he not watch that documentary called deathly hallows where a snake called Nagini killed a boys teacher?

:D
 
camerassassin said:
and indeed according to the BBC News Site there is some doubt at present as to what was the cause of his death
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I'd agree with that also.
I used to keep a lot of snakes at one time, the largest was a pair of Indian Pythons, the female was about 14 feet in length and thicker than my upper arm.
She gave me a hug, one day, on my bare lower arm, and I ended up with "friction burns", but at no point was there ever any doubt that I couldn't have pulled her off, ( unwound her) even if that had been my neck ....
 
Am I right in thinking that you unwind from the tail should you find yourself needing to remove a constrictor from someone?
 
Cobra said:
I'd agree with that also.
I used to keep a lot of snakes at one time, the largest was a pair of Indian Pythons, the female was about 14 feet in length and thicker than my upper arm.
She gave me a hug, one day, on my bare lower arm, and I ended up with "friction burns", but at no point was there ever any doubt that I couldn't have pulled her off, ( unwound her) even if that had been my neck ....
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I can see the headline now...

"COBRA PULLS OFF PYTHON!"
 
Nod said:
Am I right in thinking that you unwind from the tail should you find yourself needing to remove a constrictor from someone?
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I'd personally start at the sharp end, yes you can do it from the blunt end, but there is nothing to stop it striking out, if it gets p***ed off, if you start at the other end,
you have control of the sharp end.
 
I used to pull off my snake quite often .these days I can't even find its tail :beer:
 
snakes as pets way to weird, maybe he go chomped or squashed buy iy dunno.
but pet snakes, no way.
 
Cobra said:
I'd personally start at the sharp end, yes you can do it from the blunt end, but there is nothing to stop it striking out, if it gets p***ed off, if you start at the other end,
you have control of the sharp end.
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I see your point(s)! It was a few years ago that I have a dim recollection of the advice being grab tail but as I say, the recollection is dim, especially from a few years back! I have a feeling that it was something about the way the things do the constriction, meaning that tail first reduces the squeeze faster but, as I say, memory isn't my strongest suit!
 
Cobra said:
I'd agree with that also.
I used to keep a lot of snakes at one time, the largest was a pair of Indian Pythons, the female was about 14 feet in length and thicker than my upper arm.
She gave me a hug, one day, on my bare lower arm, and I ended up with "friction burns", but at no point was there ever any doubt that I couldn't have pulled her off, ( unwound her) even if that had been my neck ....
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I started off with a couple of corn snakes, then had a Burmese, but it was only around 5-6 feet in length. A lovely animal though. :cool:

I once met a chap who was fairly well known locally, & when I needed some advice I contacted him again & he invited me round to see some of his collection (inc a 4` iguana) & in a large vivarium he had a mahoosive reticulated python (14-16ft range) :wideyed:
 
OldCarlos said:
he had a mahoosive reticulated python (14-16ft range) :wideyed:
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Lovely looking snakes :thumbs:
Although they do ( did ) have a bit of a reputation, The wild caught ones ( you can't do that any more) were rather snappy!
Certianly the youngsters!
 
He had actually been bitten by it previously. Bit of a school boy error TBH.
He'd been out to get a couple of chickens & on return hadn't washed his hands before he opened the viv to check/do something ............. it lunged & got his hand.
 
OldCarlos said:
it lunged & got his hand.
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Yeah that'll do it.. Hurts like hell too, ( from the larger snakes)
The teeth hinge backwards and when they bite they "pull back" to get proper grip ...
You then have to push the head forward to "unhook" ....
Don't ask me how I know .... I just do :D
 
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Having kept several reptiles in the past, lizards, snakes, frogs etc. ... it still amuses me when people seem to think you can treat them like a domesticated animal.... even though you keep them in captivity, they are still essentially wild animals that survive on their basic of instincts.
My ex and I had some fairly large snakes, which he took with him when we separated . the Boa and the Burm being the biggest ones at around 10ft each in length, the boa being pretty chunky... and even though they were used to being handled (mainly for when their enclosures were cleaned or when letting them free roam to give them 'stretching' space), we were both still very aware that something of that size/power could do some serious damage if not kept an eye on.
 
OldCarlos said:
I started off with a couple of corn snakes, then had a Burmese, but it was only around 5-6 feet in length. A lovely animal though. :cool:

I once met a chap who was fairly well known locally, & when I needed some advice I contacted him again & he invited me round to see some of his collection (inc a 4` iguana) & in a large vivarium he had a mahoosive reticulated python (14-16ft range) :wideyed:
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A 16ft retic is still a teen! now if it was well in excess of 20ft, say 24ft for instance, thats mahoosive! (belonged to an old friend of mine together with a 17 ft burmese.)

I worked with snakes/reptiles/amphibians and insects such as various spiders/scorpions etc etc for many years as well as running a local petshop and a reptile rescue service, yes I've been hit a few times, most of us have at one time or another, you can only be so careful, the rest is in the hands of the gods so to speak and I've had a retic try to put the squeeze on, he was only a baby at just under 7ft but it was a real struggle to unwind him on my own, it shook me up a bit to be honest and from then on I wouldn't handle a snake on my own if it was over 6ft, just to be safe.
 
magicaxeman said:
I worked with snakes/reptiles/amphibians and insects such as various spiders/scorpions etc etc for many years as well as running a local petshop and a reptile rescue service, yes I've been hit a few times, most of us have at one time or another, you can only be so careful, the rest is in the hands of the gods so to speak and I've had a retic try to put the squeeze on, he was only a baby at just under 7ft but it was a real struggle to unwind him on my own, it shook me up a bit to be honest and from then on I wouldn't handle a snake on my own if it was over 6ft, just to be safe.
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I'm sure you know that spiders and scorpions aren't insects!
 
MartynK said:
I'm sure you know that spiders and scorpions aren't insects!
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Indeed Martyn but most of the general public think they are so its easier to say than explain they're arachnids, especially with a shop full of inquisitive kids and adults asking all kinds of questions from how much are your mice to do your balls have bells in!!
 
Frogs aren't reptiles either. :-)
 
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