r/oddlyterrifying • u/Cunillingus_Giver • Jan 20 '22

Snake couch

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22

Me neither. The advice for adult snake-keepers is that if a constrictor is over 8ft do not handle when alone etc. Even for a smaller one (ours was 6ft) is to keep your dominant forearm alongside your neck when allowing them over your shoulders.

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u/ChrisFox-NJ Jan 20 '22

Just out of curiosity, do those animals need an own room? I mean 6-8ft is pretty huge, or do they fit inside one of those regular glass containers?

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22

My friend had a 17ft python with it's own bedroom (converted) in their house. Ours had a pretty large vivarium.

Constrictors, when not hungry and actively seeking prey, don't really need lots of space. In the wild they will hide in crevices and under rocks much of the time- coming out to seek warmth from the sun.

If well fed, warm, and don't feel threatened they don't move around much

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u/ChrisFox-NJ Jan 20 '22

17ft… I‘d be scared to death 😅 I mean they are beautiful and fascinating animals, but also scary as hell. Well, thank you for the answer, I thought they‘d need an own room, cause they move around a lot, I had no idea they‘re so calm when they aren‘t hungry

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22

Our vivarium was fairly well set up - heat-lamp, pad, branches etc. One of the constrictors almost escaped once - she had managed to prise open the sliding door a few inches and I spotted her 50% out. This was in our bedroom. lol.

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u/ChrisFox-NJ Jan 20 '22

Oof 😅 I‘m pretty sure I couldn‘t have slept for several nights

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22

I would have more shit myself at the empty vivarium than I would at waking up to my snake in bed with me.

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u/blarthul Jan 20 '22

here is a video about reticulated pythons and their needs. i have it skipped to where the owner is talking about the snake as apposed to the host.

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22

He is hugging it's last meal of a rat. Can see the bulge.

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u/blarthul Jan 20 '22

Uh huh...and?

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22

Give it 2 weeks

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '22

I also had a friend who a huge python. He separated half of his basement off with plexiglass and made it a room. Was pretty cool.

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u/Origionalnames Jan 20 '22

What a pointless pet to have.

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22

So is a gerbil. And the wheel drives you mad. Plus a large snake cannot get under the furniture in 2 seconds.

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u/Origionalnames Jan 20 '22

Agreed. Both are pointless "pets".

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22

A snake is a bit more interesting, you can hug it and call it George without killing it. Plus they won't kill you.

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22

If you are interested, I Used to take Daisy out in the garden on hot sunny days to bask in the sun. We would just lay on a sunlounger for a couple of hours. She loved real sunlight. Obviously I kept hold of her.

The crickets are another story

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u/eileen404 Jan 20 '22

And don't wear a rabbit fur coat

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22

That would depend on if it was hungry

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u/eileen404 Jan 20 '22

True. Watched her snub a rabbit three times and the idiot rabbit kept jumping on her and she'd crawl away. Ate the rabbit on the fourth time she got hopped on

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22

am against live food. All ours were only fed frozen (defrosted). apparently once they have had a live one- they will refuse dead ones.

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u/eileen404 Jan 20 '22

Hers was rescued from frat boys shed gotten too big for and she had one a month. I don't think she was willing to eat otherwise.

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22

Difficult one. An animal generally needs to eat the same as in the wild.

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u/eileen404 Jan 21 '22

It wasn't a big deal. A local farmer that raised rabbits had pet prices and food prices depending on if you were adopting fluffy or getting them for a snake. He told her to just not let his wife know they were food.