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How come so many people name one of their snakes "Gandalf"? Every time I see that I can't help but picture some jack@ss in his room using his ball python to regain middle earth from the all-encompassingly evil cal-king who......Oh, sorry, I guess I didn't get enough sleep last night. See you in the shire-Brett

I've named my 2 snakes after Lord of the Rings characters. A lot of people seem to name their snakes after characters or use a movie theme, etc. I've seen so many people name their BP "Monty" or other names after people with the last name Python. Just a personal preference - don't see how one can put down another for a name they pick for their pets.

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1.0 Ball Python
"Aragorn"

1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa
"Gimli"

0.1 Australian Cattle Dog/Pointer
"Kira"

Personally, I think Gimli is a really cool name for a Kenyan. Short, stocky, auburn beard and brown leather....yup. Cool name!

Judy
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1.0 red cape gopher (Caesar)

Gimli thanks you too!

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1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa
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"Kira"

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I almost named one of my pets after one of the characters in LOTR but decided against it and went with Mr. Bean instead..I think it is very hard to find good names for pets. Most people get ideas from books or movies..here are my pets names...

2 rats ..Splinter and April
1 jcp mix..Mr Bean
1 ferret..FooFoo
1 Rosehair T..Jigglypuff
1 Border Collie..Kipster
1 prairie skink..Rayquaza
1 spoiled cat..Thomas BadCat
1 ball python..unnamed because I dont know the sex..Maybe I should name it Gandalf....hee
Perhaps someone can help me name it......

I once had a Tokay gecko that I named BALFAZAR (means Lord of the Flies). More recently I have a Wagners Viper that is extremely nasty. I call her U'BER B---H.

FRank
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Now those are some intellectually stimulating names rearfang. Fits the temperaments and behaviors of those animals well. Maybe this will make out to be an interesting thread. So let's hear them- What is your snake’s name? My favorite so far is "Jigglypuff" the tarantula

As my signature below states, I have a corn snake named Mr. Hat after Mr. Hat on southpark. The funny thing is, it's actually Mrs. Hat! And I also have a ball python named Kitty.

I am watching another snake, that also took a name from Southpark, its Leopold Stotch aka "Butters". I guess, you have to be a southpark fan to get that one!
jesse
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1.0 Corn Snake
"Mr. Hat"
1.0 Ball Python
"Kitty"

I had a green tree python named Mitch. Like in Road Trip...doesn't get much better than that.
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Well, if you're going to beg... Here's all the names of everything that lives in my house with a name, excepting the couch. I currently have 2 unnamed snakes, known sadly as Miller Flames A and B

Snakes

Murmur
Jormongand
Nidhogg
Tiamat
Raziel
Meretseger
Lowly Worm
Endymion
Selene
Mugin
Hugin
Penthesilea
Cascabelle
Magdelena
Teiris
Madruk
Junon
Ash
Embla
Eileithyia
Cytherea
Adonis
Ryu
Ho-oh

Kenyan sand boas specifically

Apep
Herqet
Dizzy
Testament
Tehuti
Seshet
Zero
Hemera
Hotot
Nebhet
Anpu
Sekhmet
Bes
Auset
Selkit
Nyx
Sobek
Khonsu
Oser
Hauhet
Heh "Bandit"
Mehen
Bennu
Wenunut "Bunny"
Bastet
Sakhmet
Ra

Lizards

Sammael Typhon
Ifrit
Thisbe
Tweek
Hyacinth
Azalea

Turtles

Blueberry
MonsterMonster
Kelpie

Ect.

Zippy
Lucinda
Sparkster
Pasithea
Astaroth
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch

That is nuts. How do you take care of all that? I assume you’re not a college student. I can barely take care of the ten or so snakes AND uno leopard gecko that I possess. What, do you hire a staff? Seriously though, you have some unique labels for your captives. -Brett

Oh, but I AM a college student. However, I'm married, work full time, and my parents pay my tutition. So I sort of have it made except for the negative hours of free time I have left for myself.
Feeding the snakes only takes 3 or 4 hours a week with 2 people, which really isn't too bad. The lizards take 5 or 10 minutes a night if I hurry. The turtles, half an hour every week for tank cleaning. Food costs me about 50$-80$ a month, which really isn't bad for a hobby. I'm also an expert in cheap effective caging. I can house an adult sand boa for 5$. I also might stand to make a nice chunk of money this breeding season, if things go right, which they usually don't. I've also been pretty lucky with not having to go to the vet, which is nice, because my vets have no idea what they're doing.
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch

Talk about a schedule! I am what is known as a professional slacker. I was impressed with your animal arsenal, but a life long mate! also under the belt, now THAT is impressive. I mean snoring can become quite the thorn in ones side. So long says I-Brett

The dog snores. HE just kind of gurgles sometimes. Nothing I can't live with.
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch

>>Well, if you're going to beg... Here's all the names of everything that lives in my house with a name, excepting the couch. I currently have 2 unnamed snakes, known sadly as Miller Flames A and B
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>>Snakes
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>>Murmur
>>Jormongand
>>Nidhogg
>>Tiamat
>>Raziel
>>Meretseger
>>Lowly Worm
>>Endymion
>>Selene
>>Mugin
>>Hugin
>>Penthesilea
>>Cascabelle
>>Magdelena
>>Teiris
>>Madruk
>>Junon
>>Ash
>>Embla
>>Eileithyia
>>Cytherea
>>Adonis
>>Ryu
>>Ho-oh
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>>Kenyan sand boas specifically
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>>Apep
>>Herqet
>>Dizzy
>>Testament
>>Tehuti
>>Seshet
>>Zero
>>Hemera
>>Hotot
>>Nebhet
>>Anpu
>>Sekhmet
>>Bes
>>Auset
>>Selkit
>>Nyx
>>Sobek
>>Khonsu
>>Oser
>>Hauhet
>>Heh "Bandit"
>>Mehen
>>Bennu
>>Wenunut "Bunny"
>>Bastet
>>Sakhmet
>>Ra
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>>Lizards
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>>Sammael Typhon
>>Ifrit
>>Thisbe
>>Tweek
>>Hyacinth
>>Azalea
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>>Turtles
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>>Blueberry
>>MonsterMonster
>>Kelpie
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>>Ect.
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>>Zippy
>>Lucinda
>>Sparkster
>>Pasithea
>>Astaroth
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>>"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
>>Alexander Skutch
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male gopher walnut
female gopher peanut
female gopher stubs end of tial is missing
albino female calking Caw
banana female calking franciene
high white male calking creamer
female grayband levie
african rock python zooloo
and then here is my personal favorite name
male ball python named balls
lol i think that one is original

can take a joke. My hat is off to you-Brett

Thier have been some great names here so far but I dont know how Meretseger remembers all his.not to mention trying to pronounce them.. I cant even remember my kids names half the time and I only have four..

LOL, Do you ever do the thing where you are trying to get the attention of one of your kids and end up naming them all, but the kid you were trying to get ahold of is the last name out of your mouth? Ex.- Ta,Ro,Bre, Amy! Oh well, never mind.

Concerning my lack of a post involving my snake’s names, I personally choose not to anthropomorphize my serpents and other caged animals that I keep for my own selfish pleasures. To me, adopting a name to these animals makes it easier for one to forget the nature of these animals’ lives. But to each his own, and I was making a joke. Though, after reading many of these posts I have realized that I do have names for my snakes and it’s actually quite sad. I just label my pairs with an abbreviation like for example- SK1 and SK2 for the scarlet kings. I also have PK1, PK2, YB1, YB2,YE1,YE2...etc.etc.

I just wanted to say that I have at least two personal friends who have named their snakes after characters from LOTR. The joke was aimed at them, since we tease each other about it often. I apologize if I offended anyone. It sincerely was not my intention. I will keep you guys and gals posted when more fitting names are applied. I do how ever have names for my cats, and that is where my screen name comes in. One of my cats name is Smokey, and we are always following each other around. Hope all is well-Brett

but I kinda felt bad for those who did name thier pets after LOTR because they might feel like dweebs after your comment.Sometimes its really hard to figure out when people are joking or serious on posts.
Do you really think we anthropomorphize our pets by giving them names? BTW I had to look that word up in the dictionary, I am not a learned person..Anyway I dont think that by giving my snake a name I expect him to start acting human in any way..It is just better than calling him snake...and no, I can never get my kids names straight ever no matter how hard I try and it really pisses them off, lol.

I might have gone a little overboard with that one, but I do feel that sometimes people will think of their snakes having human like characteristics, which obviously they do not. I am certainly not accusing anyone here of this. Hopefully my point is understood. I personally don't want to lose track of why I keep my pets, but as others, as well as yourself, have pointed out, there are common sense reasons for labeling a snake with a name similar to a humans. Using a name for a practical reason such as to better serve the memory, I can most definitely understand, but when someone has a pet snake and think that the snake actually enjoys being a prisoner, I can not. In my experience this has been most common with persons who have named their snakes. Again I am not directing this statement to you or anyone here. I am sure that many readers have met or know someone who totes their snake around town as if the snake likes to go on walks.lol Here is a pic of "Y/E2" He is an everglades x yellow rat cross, maybe we can have a long thread about "hybrids" next.LOL Later on-Brett

of having pets in cages..I used to have rabbits and I always let them out to run in the yard because I hated keeping them caged then they dug holes in the fence and got away..we try to justify it by saying that they would have a worse life in the wild,battling parasites and starvation etc, etc..So why do we keep pets? Selfishness, boredom, the need to play God to some its just greed for the money to be made or the challenge of seeing what they can breed...Man this is getting way to deep for me I might start sympathizing with PETA if I dont quit now...I guess its the same reason we have kids or get married or do anything..Because we can.....LOL who has the answers

np

If I had a naming system like that... I can see it...

"plr3 didn't eat"
"which one is that"
"the yellow one"
"the big yellow one?"
"no, the little yellow one. sheesh, honestly"
"oh, you mean the one we got from the one guy?"
"no, the other guy"
"oh, ok"

We've tried numbers, but names are easier on my brain when dealing with a bunch of virtually identical animals. It's also fun to make the vet's receptionists spell them.
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch

would cause some sort of confusion at some level, considering the sheer number of animals that you own. Like I said before, I don't know how you handle it. As for my system, I just place a piece of masking tape on the particular animal’s cage as a label. Works pretty well, though I only have a mere fraction of what you own. Thought I would share a pic this is "PK2". peace

We know all their names by heart... for some reason I can remember that Nebhet is the female anery het paradox KSB and Herqet is the female anery het albino. I just can't remember anything with numbers in it. We have to label the cages so we know who's where though.
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch

The KSBs? I would love to see some pics. I have been actually thinking about acquiring a pair. Let me know if you could help with that. Thanks-Brett

Breeding KSB's is my big project, but I may only have 2 or 3 litters this year. But if you let me know if you're looking for babies or adults of which morph I can probably help you out. Anyway... oh, which picture to show? Well, why not this one- these two girls are in a breeding group right now. One is looking quite lumpy. Which is good.

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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch

Is there a way to get on your waiting list? thanx, dave
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2.1 bay of la rosy boas
1.0.8 kenyan sand boas
3.3 ball pythons
1.0 central american boa
4.9 leopard geckos
3.3 assorted cali king
1.0 greyband king

Current Waiting List:

Dave

Projected offspring

normal x flame race (just for you)
'zero' x 'nyx' and 'hemera'
might be getting a gravid female if the weather ever breaks, possibly normal or flame race mix offspring
javelin sand boas
west african sand boas
roughscale sand boas if I can get a male.

(the offspring of zero, hemera, and nyx may or may not be normal appearing. if they ARE, i'll sell them for normal $)
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch

your email address would probably be helpful. the snakes should be born between may and july.
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch

Ill email you my contact info. I live in Iowa and actually go over to Dayton to visit friends every couple months, so we can work out a way to avoid shipping. Nothing makes it next day to the town I live in. Thanx, dave
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2.1 bay of la rosy boas
1.0.8 kenyan sand boas
3.3 ball pythons
1.0 central american boa
4.9 leopard geckos
3.3 assorted cali king
1.0 greyband king

Here are the ones that have names so far...

1.0 Brooksi King---Jethro (Cause he's big and dumb, but gentle as a teddy bear)

1.0 Mex Black King---Blade (Cause he is blacker than Wesley Snipes)

2.1 Corns---We have Spongebob, Patrick (his sidekick), and Sandy (the squirrel from Texas... Got the snake in TX)

0.1 Unicolor Cribo---Cruella (cause she is super,hyper,ultra,uber,mongo aggressive and likes to do unspeakable things to fingers and F/T mice)

0.1 Redphase Bullsnake---Scarlet (cause she is beautiful yet can throw quite an attitude at you)

0.1 Pueblan Milksnake ---Betsy Wetsy (Cause she is spastic and pees when held)

1.0 Pueblan Milksnake ---Diego (Just a mexican dude name)

Thats it for the names...

Scott

Our 3' baby Leuscisic Texas................Pearl
Our Hypo Brooks............................Mr. Speckles
Our Horseshoe racer (female)with additude..DIVA

Fish

Our (ever hungry) Tilapia..................GUT
Our ever aggresive Quetzal.................The Psychotic Cichlid

And our three Sphnyx cats..................DonJuan
Casanova
Circe
And that's just the named ones......

Frank
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I have a ball python named nariko. Nariko litterally means "soft, gentle, likes to climb to high places." When I first got him I was surprized how soft he was, snakes don't look soft.

My corn snake is named pearl, because it's white.