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epidemic
at Thu Aug 26 15:48:45 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by epidemic ]
I've said it before, I'll say it again! For what you are describing, and taking your budget into consideration, I would suggest you look into the acquisition of a Drymarchon corais melanurus (Black-tail cribo).
BT Cribos are large, inteligent and personable serpents, they recognize their owners and keepers, do not spend the majority of their time hiding and are very docile, though I have encounted the rare "sheepish" specimen, out of the many I have maintained and handled.
The two draw backs with BT, or any member of the Drymarchon complex, would have to be the extra maintenance requirements, as they have high metabolisms and they can consume massive amounts of food, though they most readily feed on virtually anything offered, but you can expect to clean the enclosure at least twice per week, and daily water chnges and bowl cleansings should be considered mandatory.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's a photo of my seven year old son, with one of 7' 1.0 Balck-tail Cribos.
Regards,
Jeff
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RE: Same Ol' Question - Snake Suggestions - epidemic, Thu Aug 26 15:48:45 2004 