Bill Prawn Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 A friend of my daughter's has three pet snakes. One of which - a python - she lets curl up and sleep with her at night. It recently stopped eating so she took it to the vet. The vet could find nothing wrong with the creature and asked if it was doing anything different. The girl said that it usually sleeps curled up on her bed but had just started to sleep stretched out next to her, but that was the only thing other than that it wasn't eating. At this the vet looked horrified and explained that the snake was starving itself and measuring the length of the girl in readiness to eat her! Needless to say the snake is now kept in a cage at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 A friend of my daughter's has three pet snakes. One of which - a python - she lets curl up and sleep with her at night. It recently stopped eating so she took it to the vet. The vet could find nothing wrong with the creature and asked if it was doing anything different. The girl said that it usually sleeps curled up on her bed but had just started to sleep stretched out next to her, but that was the only thing other than that it wasn't eating. At this the vet looked horrified and explained that the snake was starving itself and measuring the length of the girl in readiness to eat her! Neadless to say the snake is now kept in a cage at night. Wowzers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keancy Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 A friend of my daughter's has three pet snakes. One of which - a python - she lets curl up and sleep with her at night. It recently stopped eating so she took it to the vet. The vet could find nothing wrong with the creature and asked if it was doing anything different. The girl said that it usually sleeps curled up on her bed but had just started to sleep stretched out next to her, but that was the only thing other than that it wasn't eating. At this the vet looked horrified and explained that the snake was starving itself and measuring the length of the girl in readiness to eat her! Neadless to say the snake is now kept in a cage at night. Who in their right mind would want a Snake sleeping next to them anyway?? My Cat does but I am sure he isn't about to eat me,lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 http://www.snopes.com/critters/snakes/measured.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Prawn Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 http://www.snopes.com/critters/snakes/measured.asp There's always one. Now I remember why I stopped using this site and it wasn't because I sold my Supra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 *shudders* - even with the knowledge it's fake. What's the deal with snakes though, I mean if they're kept as pets do they have to have things done to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Prawn Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 What sort of 'things'? The mind boggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 What sort of 'things'? The mind boggles Like teeth removal or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Like teeth removal or something... You don't have to remove teeth. My friend has a milk snake and it bites HARD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 What's the deal with snakes though, I mean if they're kept as pets do they have to have things done to them? Like what for example? Edit to add: Too slow again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Prawn Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 What's the deal with snakes though, I mean if they're kept as pets do they have to have things done to them? What sort of 'things'? The mind boggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 You don't have to remove teeth. My friend has a milk snake and it bites HARD. When I first looked at that I read "milk shake" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 You don't have to remove teeth. My friend has a milk snake and it bites HARD. Scary. What about the venom though? Edit: I'm very stupid when it comes to snakes - like no knowledge at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 When I first looked at that I read "milk shake" That would be a funny trip to A&E: "what happened sir?" "why, I was bitten by my friends milk shake" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Scary. What about the venom though? Edit: I'm very stupid when it comes to snakes - like no knowledge at all! Pythons don't have venom, they squeeze you to death instead. Many poisonous snakes are no worse than bee stings. The really poisonous ones I should imagine you'd need a special license for, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 There's always one. Now I remember why I stopped using this site and it wasn't because I sold my Supra. Terribly sorry, I didn't realise you wanted to string folks along for a while, in hind sight I should have left it a while before posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShamelessTT Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Wowzers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Scary. What about the venom though? Edit: I'm very stupid when it comes to snakes - like no knowledge at all! His milk snake has no venom and I'm not sure about the laws on this although I'd have thought you'd have to have them "sorted" in some way. He's also got some firebelly toads though and they have toxic skin so I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Prawn Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 Terribly sorry, I didn't realise you wanted to string folks along for a while, in hind sight I should have left it a while before posting. Apology accepted. I thought it was amazing at first, but checked it for facts and found out the truth. Just thought it was a fun story to post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Pythons don't have venom, they squeeze you to death instead. Many poisonous snakes are no worse than bee stings. The really poisonous ones I should imagine you'd need a special license for, I don't know. Ahhh ok. Pythons are the ones that can eat huge things, or is that an anaconda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 There's always one. Now I remember why I stopped using this site and it wasn't because I sold my Supra.LOL - So if you knew it was false, why did you pretend that it was your friend then Bill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 He's also got some firebelly toads though and they have toxic skin so I'm not sure. How do you keep toads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Ahhh ok. Pythons are the ones that can eat huge things, or is that an anaconda? That's correct. Anaconda's are Boa's (boa constrictors), pythons are a sub-family of boa's. Or something like that. Both are non-venomous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Prawn Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 LOL - So if you knew it was false, why did you pretend that it was your friend then Bill? Never once pretended it was my friend, please read again before accusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Prawn Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 How do you keep toads? Ask Sonic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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