Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

To quote Han Solo..."i've got a bad feeling about this...."

And she swims up from
Underneath? WTH! I was sooo stressed out.

That's just stupid, nice that the snake got a swim but kids should not be in there with it, especially as it was its first time

Isn't it one adult for every three feet of snake to control it?

Good looking snake. Personally I would be just as concerned for the snake that there is no added chemicals in the pool water that it drank. When I kept large snakes they were handled by hundreds and hundreds of people with no problems. Though I would not do the swimming pool with people, just too much of an uncontrolled environment. My largest Burmese Python, Samantha, was 16.5 feet and weighed 150 pounds plus, when she passed away. She hand raised from day 1, handled by 1000s of people traveled half way across the country with a friends travelling reptile show, was a great animal.

My one male burmese python I got as a rescue animal was aggressive from the day I got it, already an adult, until it died around 10 years later. I was bite by it twice and still have the scares 20+ years later.

My other 2 burmese pythons were nice and tame as well, my retic python was tame, my African rock python was nasty every day of its life. My yellow anacondas were fast but never tried to bite. My 13 foot green anaconda, was content unless you wanted to pick it up to move it somewhere quickly, then you had to grab it by the neck it then wrapped up into a ball you carried it to when you needed to and they unwrapped it.

My favorite animal still is Lou, the American Alligator, who lives at Reptilia Zoo, in Vaughan, he originally belonged to me, I raised him for about 5 years, great animal, though I don't recommend everyone go out and buy one.

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I think I have just as many scared from 2 years of poulty keeping then 28 years of reptile keeping.lol

JimW

Now was Lou aggressive or was he OK? How old was Samantha when she died?
I love the snake in the water just don't think it's appropriate to have kids in there with it.
Hey can you show us your scar, just wondering what it looks like?

kenya wrote:QR_BBPOST Now was Lou aggressive or was he OK? How old was Samantha when she died?
I love the snake in the water just don't think it's appropriate to have kids in there with it.
Hey can you show us your scar, just wondering what it looks like?

Lou was quite tame when I have him, most alligators tame quite well, but usually can get aggressive again as they get older. Crocodiles and most caimans seem to stay aggressive even if you try to tame them.

My female Burmese, Sam, was about 11 years old when see died, she should have lived double that, but she had several respiratory infections over her life, which for the big snakes slowly take their toll on them.

Ya kids should not be in there with the snake, unfortunately reptiles seem to attract their fair share of not the brightest pet owners.

The scar is hard to show, basically my one snake was in a cage at waist height I had the door open filling water dish, the snake was in shed, so eye sight is reduced when they are shedding they skin, the snake bumped up against my arm them bite my elbow and coiled up and did not let go. I had to unwrap the snake off my arm and then pry it mouth off my elbow, causing a bit of tearing in my elbow and 4 teeth breaking off in my arm. I used tweezers to pull the teeth out, disinfected the wound and a little pressure to stop the blood, and all was good. The scars left are a series of small (1/2 cm) lines where the teeth ripped my skin.

Oh the memories....

JimW

that sure is a beautiful snake but not something I would do either. I never kept any of these big snakes like Jim has here. but I sure do enjoy them and give them lots of respect. I have seen in a private collection Canadas unofficial largest snake, she was a 27 foot reticulated python, very beautiful and massive, she was kept inside a massive pen built inside a room. it takes a special person like Jim here to care for these animals properly, understand them and predict there actions as best you can to prevent injury to you, others and the snake. an experienced reptile keeper should be able to tell when to leave a snake alone.

I did have a pair of Columbian Boa Constrictors, she was 12', he was 9-10' and they were both in there 20's. I did not raise these beauties but acquired them from the person who did raise them, they were not rescues and well taken care of, he babied them. she only scared me once but didnt get me, there was a rabbit in the room and she was hungry.

the most aggressive snake I ever had was a Cooks Tree Boa, a long slender 7' snake, a crazy crazy little tree snake. would attack and attempt to eat anything all the time. there was no taming this snake. I have also had some crazy California Kingsnakes that were just plain nutty. I had to get my finger out of one once, LOL. Kingsnakes n milksnakes are my favorite snakes and are usually calm individuals as adults.

snakes do have personalities and also learn from experience, they are all wild animals but can become completly tame. these big snakes are almost always docile creatures. snakes dont usually attack without reason, when they are shedding and there eyes are blue they are blind, just leave it alone or grab it behind the head. now if you smell like food, a mouse, a rat or a rabbit and you go near them, move your hand in front of them and if you were just petting a rabbit or if there is a prey item in the room be on high alert.

most people get bite by being careless and the tragedies that have happened could have been completely avoided if the animal was kept properly. snakes dont like pure alcohol, rubbing alcohol or vodka poured on the head of a snake that is attached to you will make it let go and start cleaning your wounds. LOL

I have a buddie that had a "dwarf" caimen in an indoor pond he made... such an impressive animal but then again not for a beginner. and dwarf caimens might be one of the smallest crocodilians but they are not a small animal by any means.

haha I kinda miss my reptiles.

Jim, Lou is AWESOME! :-D