Chad keeps using words like "cute" and "sweet" when referring to our youngest snake Sam. I'm not buying it...yet. Do you??? Chad's hoping that when this baby boa grows up, he will mate with Maddie and make babies he can sell for over $200. And possibly watching the live births will be a great homeschool activity. ;o) When Yoshi and Lizzie mate their eggs will be fun to watch hatch too. (No, we're not planning a mate for our bearded dragon, Frodo!) I'll have to post pics of our reptile room now that it's brimming with no less than 5 reptiles!
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Seven Surprises of the First Christmas
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3 comments:
I'd have to say no on the cuteness scale, espescially since it's not confined under glass. :) You are a very patient mama!
Just to be clear, the snake was NOT just roaming the house! LOL
Becca was holding it while I was working on its enclosure in the reptile room. She was brave and held it for a second. It liked her because she was warm and he was getting cold. She wanted to put in back, and I said, "OK, I'll put the poor thing back in this cold plastic bin while I finish up here". She couldn't stand the idea of him being cold and took him up to the computer while she worked on the blog or something... That's when he crawled off her and onto the chair... She likes him. She just won't admit it ;)
He's a Dumeril's Ground Boa from Madagascar. He is captive bred and born. In the wild, they are an endangered species, so captive bred Dumerils are helping ensure the species does not go extinct.
In the wild, on the big African island of Madagascar, there are no natural predators to the adult Dumeril's Ground Boas - a small\medium boa that averages 4-5 feet as an adult. As such, they do not have the instinct to defend themselves via striking out as many other snakes would have. They can be shy and would just prefer to hide - but they are known to resist protecting themselves. A bite from one of these, even from a wild one, is very rare, and is not dangerous even if it did happen. They are popular in the pet snake world for their docile nature and unusual markings.
Many myths surround snakes and of course there are a lot of people with irrational fears of them.
Many people wonder why you'd have one as a pet... Well, they are not for everyone, that is for sure... Kinda like birds or fish - they is a certain niche for them that many people just don't 'get'.
When compared to dogs and cats, there are actually many advantages: no dander! No pet hair all over, no chewing on furniture or clawing up drapes, no fleas or ticks and the issues and diseases associated, fewer risks of other animal to man transferred germs\diseases. Fewer vet bills, feed once a week or even every 2+ weeks for adults, kids are fascinated with them, kids are more at risk from cat bites\scratches and dog bites, and so on and so forth. Yeah, I know... it is still a yucky snake ;)
Thanks Rachel, I am being pretty patient, especially since we have 3 snakes, or so I was informed today (I guess I forgot)!
Very informative Chad, I'll give the boys a lesson in Boas if you haven't already(?).
And yes, I admit it, I was teasing about the "look what I found part" :o)
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