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Post by Formicalondon on Aug 19, 2006 14:19:02 GMT
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Post by Jenny on Aug 19, 2006 14:22:55 GMT
What are you going to do with it? I think they can get quite big later on
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Post by Formicalondon on Aug 19, 2006 14:29:45 GMT
I was going to let him go in the next few days I used to keep a Cali king snake so I have all the gear for keeping a snake. The trouble is grass snakes have special dietary requirements such live frogs and small fish and a snake so young to, it wouldn’t be easy to feed and I don’t think I could do that to a baby frog. I must admit that he is certainly more pleasant than a Californian king snake, which always bit me and craped all over me lol.
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Post by Formicalondon on Aug 19, 2006 14:41:00 GMT
I have came across quite a few in my time always grass snakes though as there’s lot of wet swampy areas locally which this species thrive in I also have seen slowworms in some woodlands by some allotments they are actually legless lizards not snakes and there not exactly slow either.
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Post by Jenny on Aug 19, 2006 14:41:16 GMT
I like snakes too, they feel strange to the touch I also love the Terrantulas. It is the care of them I would be constantly worried about though I am afraid with snakes, I would have a problem with giving them food, even if it was dead out of the freezer. I used to have a workmate and his fridge was full of dead rats and things to feed to his snake........
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Post by Formicalondon on Aug 19, 2006 14:46:55 GMT
yes I used to have lots of frozen pinkies (baby mice) for my kingsnake before he escaped he was on slighty large fuzzys (mice just started to get fur). but I think if I was to keep another reptile it would have to be either a lizard or Pacman frog.
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Post by Jenny on Aug 19, 2006 14:55:05 GMT
We were down the "New Forest" in Hampshire, just walking about like you do, looking at Wood Ants I turned round and there was what looked like a wild lizard, he/she was sitting on a tree stump watching us. I was fast with the camera and managed to take a few shots, but then it zoomed off. I have never seen one since. It just shows you, when you creep around the woods, to keep quiet and have plenty of patience, as you don't know what you will see. Also a camouflage jacket comes in handy, as it doesn't scare the wild life off the same.
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Post by B-Rabbit on Aug 28, 2006 5:57:25 GMT
How big was your king? My garter is over 2 feet now and is eating adult mice every 2 or so weeks without problems. Oh, fish isnt a problem, go to the pet store and buy some small feeder guppies or small goldfish. I have a large water bowl that is about 5-6 inches deep that I put a dozen or so fish into and he eats them when hes hungry. He gets to hunt live food and the supply can last weeks. dozen fish cost me like 2 dollars.
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Post by Formicalondon on Aug 28, 2006 17:11:00 GMT
It was about 3 Ft but unfortunately a few years ago I was about 19 I had a really bad day my room was in the middle of being re floored and the snake escaped and I got into a punch up with my dad and kicked out the house and had to live with my sister for a while. It was just one of those days. I was looking after my sister’s dog a lot then too strange how there seems to be a connection with him and snakes. I have thought about maybe getting another snake preferably a nice corn snake one with that nice rust red colouring or even a small breed of python I have even taken a liking to horned frogs AKA pacman frogs.
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Post by kalistes on Sept 16, 2006 23:18:28 GMT
I also have a Californian kingsnake (albino). She is very aggressive (even after 7 years!) and always tries to bite me . My other pets include a 4' cornsnake, 2x pueblan milksnakes, a carpet python and half a dozen tarantulas (including a goliath birdeater)
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Post by malteser1994 on Sept 18, 2006 15:16:03 GMT
not many then ;D lol ;D
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Post by kalistes on Sept 18, 2006 18:19:51 GMT
lol, I've actually cut down on the spiders (makes me sound like an addict!) I used to breed them so I had hundreds in my flat at one time
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Post by Ant on Sept 26, 2006 1:41:57 GMT
This reminds me of the baby garter snake I caught last Sunday, he was cute until he PUKED UP A WORM! but its a natural defenses since food restricts their movement.
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Post by kalistes on Sept 26, 2006 18:21:05 GMT
Puking is fine. With kingsnakes it all comes out the other end...
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Post by Vendayn on Sept 27, 2006 2:42:04 GMT
I heard puking was bad for snakes, at least that is what the reptile shop owner told me, he seemed to know a lot about reptiles. I have a California king snake we caught in wild and a Ghost cornsnake. Both are very pretty Mine are friendly too.
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