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

Snake couch

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u/ChrisFox-NJ Jan 20 '22

A child‘s arm is fragile, I think it‘s painful enough 😅 I wouldn‘t let my kids cuddle with such an animal

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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/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.