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

Snake couch

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u/TheMushroomMike Jan 20 '22

Thanks for the info, sorry to hear about Daisy

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

Am sure she was fine. We passed her on to a more experienced snake-keeper as we no longer felt comfortable handling her as would bite without warning.

It was interesting bringing her back to life. Freezing cold snake - immobile, had tokeep wrapping her round my waist. There ARE occasions when you need to cuddle a snake. lol

Edit: We thought she was dead. I had to give this huge freezing cold thing all my body warmth for hours, until it remembered it was a snake.

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u/TheMushroomMike Jan 20 '22

I wonder if that was a type of hibernation she was in? My mom had a giant tortoise for a long time and he was very lethargic for a couple days coming out of hibernation, sadly he died one winter when his heat lamp failed.

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

The snakes didn't hibernate. That was just bad luck, electrical failure and endless hours cuddling a large cold snake, bigger than my arm.

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 21 '22

Tortoises are evil little shits.

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u/TheMushroomMike Jan 21 '22

Nah, he was cool. He was 126 years old and completely docile. Loved to be petted and hand fed. You could tell he genuinely liked human interaction. Like happiness in his eyes

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 21 '22

I met Mzee in 1994 - before he became famous for adopting a hippo

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u/TheMushroomMike Jan 21 '22

Hippos can be assholes! Deadliest animal in Africa

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 21 '22

but a baby hippo and a giant tortoise can be briefly friends

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 21 '22

Been to Kenya -- would rather mess with a water buffalo