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Here in Victoria BC Crystal Gardens might be closing and either way they got a BTS whos got a bad burn that's healed and he's totally healthy and doesn't have any problems. Ihopefully be getting him. But he doesn't look nice so they can't use it as a display animal so zoos won't probably take it in. The only problem is my mom doesn't really want him but I'll try to get him. They really don't want to ship him to another zoo so they want me to take him with his old enclosure for free!!!! The only only problem is the old burn covers half his back but it's totally healed.

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Andy Maddox
AIM: SurfAndSkimTx04
MSN: Poloboy32486@hotmail.com
Yahoo:surfandskimtx04
Houston Herp Key
The Reptizone

Burgundy baby, With your blue eyed soul, You play the hits and I'm on that roll, Capricorn sister, Freddie Mercury, Jupiter Child cry

The burn wouldn't have messed it up too bad, but before you get it read up on the species. A small warning though: I don't know you, and therefore don't know if you are squeemish or not, but I will warn you, as I get bitten a lot, that in relativity to the other "pet-lizard" options, they hold on like a friggin vise. To me it kind of feels good, but if you've only owned Pogona and geckoes the bite will surprise you.
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without electricity, we'd be watching television in the dark

yep it's an Irian Jaya Blue tongue skink and he's never bitten anyone and he's quite calm. I have had a couple painful reptile bites( including a five foot pine snake) so I have an idea how it would hurt and I'm not squeamish about being bitten at all just my mom lol.

Think pine snakes are bad? Try a 5 foot water snake. Then we will talk about a harmless snake bite hurting. I got nailed by my green tree python when I still had him...that was not pleasent either.
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Andy Maddox
AIM: SurfAndSkimTx04
MSN: Poloboy32486@hotmail.com
Yahoo:surfandskimtx04
Houston Herp Key
The Reptizone

Burgundy baby, With your blue eyed soul, You play the hits and I'm on that roll, Capricorn sister, Freddie Mercury, Jupiter Child cry

"Let's Trade Pansy Bite Stories" forum? No American snakebite is painful unless it comes with a rattle. It's cool that snakegal's into pituophis though. My pituophis really seem to like the taste of my arm for some reason. Their bites feel kind of cool, especially the juvies, because their teeth feel like those thin acupuncture needles that don't give you pain but kind of tickle. The worst bite I've had came from my own family (brother). I got my finger nawed on by one of our parrots (we don't keep birds anymore- doesn't feel right) when I was about 4 years old. That was worse than any snakebite I've had. I vaguely remember having my large spiny softshell turtle bite through my garden glove when I was in elementary school. I'd like to get a hot bite from my Hypsiglena to see what happens. It only bit me once with no reaction. I would be very curious to see what a heloderma bite would feel like.
P.S. Snakeguy- This "Snakegal" is into the Pituphis. Maybe you two should hook up.
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without electricity, we'd be watching television in the dark

You mean to tell me you havn't had any bites from 5 ft Nerodia where their teeth have gotten stuck in your arm? I agree that is still doesn't hurt too bad, but its definitely worse than a rat/king/pit. I will not even dignify a reply to the hooking up part of the post.
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Andy Maddox
AIM: SurfAndSkimTx04
MSN: Poloboy32486@hotmail.com
Yahoo:surfandskimtx04
Houston Herp Key
The Reptizone

Burgundy baby, With your blue eyed soul, You play the hits and I'm on that roll, Capricorn sister, Freddie Mercury, Jupiter Child cry

I was kidding about you guys hooking up. She's obviously quite a bit younger than you, amigo. I just figured "Snakeguy-Snakegal", you know...
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without electricity, we'd be watching television in the dark

Brandon, you are much more of my type anyway.
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Andy Maddox
AIM: SurfAndSkimTx04
MSN: Poloboy32486@hotmail.com
Yahoo:surfandskimtx04
Houston Herp Key
The Reptizone

Burgundy baby, With your blue eyed soul, You play the hits and I'm on that roll, Capricorn sister, Freddie Mercury, Jupiter Child cry

I know, but don't tell Scott. He'll be jealous.
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without electricity, we'd be watching television in the dark