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Besides her being absolutely gorgeous, she has also proven to be quite a good breeder/producer her first season(being an '07). And she's also one of the most layed-back, easy-going of all the Hondo's I have as well. ....She's just plaine hard to beat!

I thought this photo is cute the way my little buddy Miniature Wire-haired Dachshund "Bucky" is contently looking on..LOL!

enjoy, ~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Nice snake Doug. The doggy better watch out, hondos get kinda big! HAHA. I did however have a large burmese when I was a teenager and that snake DID go after our family dog.

Thanks Joe,....

I hear ya, but with this little guy it's the other way around..LOL!, if I were to let the dog get near it, he would take a little lick or sometimes even a nibble on the snake..ARRGH!

He just LOVES the smell of snakes!, I found this out years ago..LOL!

Now my large 8 ft Colombian boa's could easily do a deadly number on him, but fortunately, he is never allowed anywhere NEAR those guys, and can't get to where they are anyway, being in the garage with the rest of the snakes.

I'm afraid I would have to go absolutely BALISTIC on anyone, or anything that ever harmed little Bucky,.....I love the cute little dude like there's no tomorrow..LOL!

Here's another pic of Bucky, and another priceless photo of an ultra-cute puppy from one of my moms previous litters before she passed away in 2006. These guy's cuteness is hard to come close too...hahahaha!!

~Doug

what a classic cute photo!

and a hatchling milk pic to stay in theme

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

I DID however have a similar incident with a 14 foot Burmese I had about 25 years ago that tried to eat ME!. MAN! did that hurt!..LOL!

She grabbed my entire hand from top to bottom, and was trying to constrict my arm. Luckily, I was barefoot at the time, and just put enough pressure on her neck area about 3 feet behind her head, while I held her directly around the neck until she finally realized it was me(after a couple minutes), and not a large rabbit. Yes, I was bleeding like a "stuck-pig" all over the place too,.....not fun..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Ah man I had something just like that happen to me in highschool when I was chosen to take care of the school snakes for the summer!

They had a 7 foot boa and a 13 foot Burmese. I had a 6 foot gopher snake so they nominated me for summer duties. Anyhow, I had a big ol wooden box cage that my dad made for me, prob like 6x3x3 or so. So they all kinda shared the box together since I didn't have anywhere else to put them. Yeah I know not good looking back. But anyhow, on this particular feeding day, I decided to feed the boa first. So I take out the Burmese and put him in my shower to chill until the boa was done. Then I would switch. So while I take the Burmese through my room he caught a wif of the rabbit's sitting in the box nearby. I hadn't noticed it though. So I set him in the shower, and shut the door. Then I go get my gopher snake and put him in the shower with the Burmese. Stupid yes I know. So I walk away and hear this loud crash of shampoo bottles, I run back to see what happened, and find the Burmese with my gopher snake in his mouth trying to constrict him. I go grab my dads motorcycle gloves, put them on and jump in the shower to save my gopher snake. I pry open the pythons mouth and get my gopher out, but by the time I had done this a few minutes had spanned and the python had gotten some coils around me. So I find myself completely jacked by coils moments later and I am thinkin...wuh oh this not good. So he is squeezing the crap outta me, my arms are basically pinned, and I decided...ok time to play dead so he wont squeeze even tighter and then maybe really frickin kill me! So I stopped struggling and sure enough he quit tightening his coils moments later. So a minute or so goes by and he starts loosening up and doing the "where do I start to eat this meal" search. Once I felt him loosen up enough I was able to get an arm free and grabbed his tail to stat unwinding him off me. Took me a while but its kind like when someone is squeezing your hand, once you get their thumb with your other hand you can kinda unwind their entire grip. So I found that to be true with the snakes tail there. I was pretty bloody from the bites but my clothes took most of the damage and I patched myself up without too much trouble. Anyhow, thats my story haha! I can imigine my moms face if she woulda found me on the shower floor with a python trying to eat me lol!!! She hates snakes alot and that would not have helped at all. The whole thing was my own fault cause this snake was the coolest thing ever to everyone that held him! I just had to learn a good lesson of animal instincts haha! After the whole song and dance he calmed down and we made up. He had his rabit a few minutes later and all was well in the world again

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~Markus Arelius

Ok fine just Markus.

The very existence of flamethrowers means that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves..."You know, I really want to set those people over there on fire...but I'm just not close enough to get the job done!

HAHAHA!!,....yeah, I think moms hatred of snakes would have went through the roof if she saw that..LOL!

It was all my fault way back then when it happened to me too, because I neglected to feed her for WAY too long a time. I had the snake since it was a small hatchling in 1977, and I didn't blame the snake one bit. Like you said, a good lesson learned..LOL!

Good thing we made out okay after those incidents,....as you well know, some aren't so lucky with big snakes.

(un-cool)cool story!..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Um...yes VEEEERY MUCH!!! Haha!!!

Yeah definitely glad we lived to tell lol!!!

Otherwise we'd just be more lame biased news stories adding to the call to ban pythons :-/
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~Markus Arelius

Ok fine just Markus.

The very existence of flamethrowers means that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves..."You know, I really want to set those people over there on fire...but I'm just not close enough to get the job done!

You both got it worse than me for sure. Mine was about 15 feet when my mother made me get rid of her. I bundled her into a duffle bag and took her to the pet store where I got her as a baby.(they wanted her for breeding). When the guy behind the counter opened the bag the snake bit him in the face. Oooops.

I am trying hard not to laugh cause that mustv hurt like hell....but no luck, I am still finding it really darn funny haha!!

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~Markus Arelius

Ok fine just Markus.

The very existence of flamethrowers means that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves..."You know, I really want to set those people over there on fire...but I'm just not close enough to get the job done!

Holy crap!,...that must have came as quite a shock!

Similar to this favotite pic of mine, but way worse it sounds like!

Did he hang on?, or was it a quick "tag" and release?..LOL!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

LOL! I actually was not there when it happened but the guy made sure to call me immediately after it did! He said it only "glanced" him but sliced his face open good!

Sounds like "dude" was EXTREMELY lucky!,....that could have easily been stitch city!..LOL!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

I got a thing for the doggies too so I definitely get you! I have 2 little squirts, a min pin and a jack russell terrier chihuahua mix. I adore my guys like no other!!!
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~Markus Arelius

Ok fine just Markus.

The very existence of flamethrowers means that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves..."You know, I really want to set those people over there on fire...but I'm just not close enough to get the job done!

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

I like that snake a lot, Doug! The dog is pretty nifty, too!

-cole

Thanks Cole!,...

Yeah, I would never part with either one..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Wow! She is really perfect; very nice hondo!!!

Thanks Dan!, glad you like her.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

I can certainly see why, Doug. Great color and good size for an 07. Great animal!

Dave
DNS Reptiles

Thanks Dave!,...yeah, those two accentuating shades of orange she has are just way too cool!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"