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I have a jack russel do you think haveing a ball python 36' in the same house indanger the dog at all?

I also have a Jack Russell, I wouldn't worry about the dog as much as I'd worry about the snakes being loose around the dog, Jacks will hunt down anything that moves...

Worry for the snakes

Marc

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Those Jack Russels will probably pounce on the snake before anything else! They are funny dogs!
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they aren't funny they are nuts........

my daughter has one......

he is cool though........not what I am used to....my dog outweighs the jack by about 100 pounds.....

........keep snakes in cages and dogs running loose....

have fun.......
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I had a friend who's Jack Russell stole the rats thawing for his snakes, lol. Jus thought it was a funny story to go here.

LOL..yea ......Ted at Susquehanna Ectotherms just told me the other week about his young chessy that stole and ate 35 thawing mice...and kept them all down ......

......dogs........gotta wonder....

(my golden eats wild mice but not domestic.......wonder why?)

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JY
You know JY your dog inside acts like a gentleman. Outside brings out the beast in him!

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it's a wonder my gold hasn't cooked for himself.....I think he just likes the special treatment of a catered meal though...

we did try to get him to set at the table......I figure if he is going to eat my food he might as well set up like a human..

he was scared of setting at the table though.......

.........he looks just like the pic.........well....they are all coned anyways more or less........

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Here's what happend when a golden meets a chow! Talk about a bipolar animal. He's a I'm happy to meet you/what are you doing in my house type of guy. His personality and looks are split right down the middle.

A ball python isn't going to have any desire to eat your Jack Russell, it is not his natural food source. Now, if you rub the Jack Russell all over with rat scent, the ball may take an interest but I think the size of the dog will prevent any strikes in that case.

Now a Jack Russell puppy may be more appealing, as in a newborn..but again, I think it will have to be a pretty hungry ball python or one who isn't finicky at all, to take a puppy of any sort.

I think the dog would pose more a danger to the snake, so best to not let the two interact unsurpervised anyway. Better to keep the snake in his cage and the dog elsewhere when the snake is out of the cage, to play it safe.

Jack Russells are hyperactive little dogs, needing alot of exercise and entertainment, hence why they are so good at agility sports etc. I think they were bred originally to hunt rats or some sort of small game....can't remember off hand anymore.
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