Snakes

FitGirl0123

Cutie pie little worm snake

WYMANT0004

Fun shot of my blackhed

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FitGirl0123

WYMANT0004 wrote: »

Fun shot of my blackhed

Gorgeous!

FitGirl0123

My fiesty white sided rat snake

WYMANT0004

FitGirl0123 wrote: »

Gorgeous!

Thanks. Your white-side is pretty impressive as well


For kicks, here is what my breeding season looks like this year

PhantomPin x Mochi


Lesser het Hypo x Mochi


Lesser het Hypo x RedStripe (after I saw a RedStripeMojave at a show, I switched to this guy instead, figure I should get cool offspring regardless of who dad turns out to be)


Pastel G-Stripe x RedStripe


RedStripe x RedStripe


Striped dinker x Albino Woma


Woma x Ivory (poss OD poss Pastel poss Butter)


Enchi x Ivory (poss OD poss Pastel poss Butter)


BlackPastel x Ivory (poss OD poss Pastel poss Butter) [this is a different male than the one in the previous two pics]


AlbinoPin x Candino


Albino x Woma het Candy


FireFly x BellyFly


Mojave het DG x Enchi het CG

WYMANT0004

138shades wrote: »

I vote NO on snakes.

If you dislike snakes, fine that is your prerogative. However, you were the one who chose to click on a topic titled 'Snakes' so you have only yourself to blame for being here...

WYMANT0004

And so begins my breeding season:

FitGirl0123

WYMANT0004 wrote: »

And so begins my breeding season:

Sweet! What is the pairing?

WYMANT0004

FitGirl0123 wrote: »

Sweet! What is the pairing?

Firefly x Bellyfly. Lots of potential combos... Of course, any BlkELs are going to be a nightmare to figure out LOL

djeffreys10

Just tell me they aren't on a plane. Cuz I am tired of these mother *kitten* snakes on this mother *kitten* plane!

pfreeme

Thisnameischosen wrote: »

It's a true story! No innuendo!

Poor snake!

pechepanda

awe! its soooo cute!!!!!

TheRoadDog

We don't need no snakes on no MFP.

kmbrooks15

Um...no. Just NO.

Snakes terrify me. In my head, rationally, I know the non-venomous ones won't hurt me, and I know it's an irrational fear, but it's there nonetheless. When I walk into the reptile house at the zoo, the hairs on my arms will literally stand straight up on end.

mbaker566

but they just want a kiss

FitGirl0123

@moyer566 soooo adorable

FitGirl0123

TheRoadDog

I've eaten Habu when I was in Okinawa, back in the 70's. Tasty.

blairrob12

No! Just No!

mbaker566

blairrob12 wrote: »

No! Just No!

what?

Ws2016

Okay, I have to ask: what do all of you do with your snakes?

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FitGirl0123

Um feed and care for them like any other pet lol

sunnybeaches105

I'm against it. We have a major problem in the Everglades because of lost pets and zoo releases from hurricanes. It's now impossible to fix.

FitGirl0123

sunnybeaches105 wrote: »

I'm against it. We have a major problem in the Everglades because of lost pets and zoo releases from hurricanes. It's now impossible to fix.

Against what?

sunnybeaches105

FitGirl0123 wrote: »

sunnybeaches105 wrote: »

I'm against it. We have a major problem in the Everglades because of lost pets and zoo releases from hurricanes. It's now impossible to fix.

Against what?

Allowing people to have snakes as pets. Released non-native species are doing serious ecological damage here.

ashleyandniles16

I see enough snakes where I live lol

mbaker566

Ws2016 wrote: »

Okay, I have to ask: what do all of you do with your snakes?

all of my animals come out of their cages a few times a week too. I prefer social creatures. the dragon hangs out at the window. the frog finds a happy spot and falls asleep. the snake sits someplace and looks around

sunnybeaches105 wrote: »

I'm against it. We have a major problem in the Everglades because of lost pets and zoo releases from hurricanes. It's now impossible to fix.

the zoo releases nonnative species? no.
People should not be releasing their pets in the wild anywhere. those are irresponsible people and my herp keeping will not be determined by stupid people.

ashleyandniles16 wrote: »

I see enough snakes where I live lol

i love seeing snakes in the wild. still love having them as pets too

WYMANT0004

sunnybeaches105 wrote: »

I'm against it. We have a major problem in the Everglades because of lost pets and zoo releases from hurricanes. It's now impossible to fix.

sunnybeaches105 wrote: »

Allowing people to have snakes as pets. Released non-native species are doing serious ecological damage here.

Yes, Hurricane Andrew did result in the release of Burms and, yes, they are an invasive species there because of it and, yes, absolutely invasive species are not good...

That said, you need to do a bit of fact checking before damning us herpers. The "major problem" of snakes in the Everglade is absurdly conflated by the media and the AR movement.

Do you know what invasive species causes the most ecological damage in FL? Pigs

Do you know what pet kills thousands upon thousands of native animals and has been the documented cause of numerous species extinctions and yet ggoes unchecked? Cats.

I will go even further. Kudzu, the creeping death of the South -- Brought in by the US Government.

Japanese carp? Brought in to help clean out a totally different invasive, again, by the Government.

All of these and more cause vastly more ecological damage than the Burms in the 'Glades and you never hear about them? And why is that? Simple, because many people are afraid of snakes and it is so much easier to feed that fear to enact over-reaching regulations that are used as window-dressing to pretend something is being done rather than deal with the real problem species.


If you do not personally like snakes, that is fine. I will never tell people they have to like snakes. But do not point a condemning finger at me, a responsible reptile keeper, while your own neighbourhood is probably populated by a sizable population of feral cats, being fed by "kind, caring people" all the while killing thousands of birds and small animals every month.