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GrotesqueBurgess
at Wed Sep 26 15:38:14 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by GrotesqueBurgess ]
Honestly, why are you posting this "sad story"?
and now my comments on it:
1) you mention that you killed it without talking to the vet. Does this indicate that you are remorseful for killing it? Are you saying you should have had the vet kill it?
2) I have a young burmese python who absolutely hates me. She strikes at the cage, hisses, and bites. I would never think about killing her for this. She is captive bred. It is her temperment (for now) and it doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with her. Snakes are not dogs. They shouldn't be expected to conform to your idea of a pet.
3) How long did you have this snake before killing it? All snakes require adjustment periods. Some can take as long as half a year or more before they feel comfortable in a new environment. This snake may have just been scared of being in a new place and was reacting defensively. That is perfectly normal.
4)Why didn't you take it back to where you bought it from? Or sell it? Plenty of people are willing to take aggressive snakes, especially ones that aren't full grown. Other people understand that snakes aren't lap pets.
5)In your posts you still seem to be blaming your actions on the snake. It wasn't even an adult. You took its life away before it even had the chance to grow up. Unless you realise and are remorseful for the fact that you MURDERED a young snake because you didn't like its personality, then I don't think you should get another pet at all. Are you going to kill a kitten if it bites you? That's pathetic.
So many people seem to have unrealistic expectations of reptiles. People want to treat monitors and iguanas like dogs, or large snakes like cats, and it just doesn't work. It never will. For all we know, this "aggressive" snake may have just been in too high of temperatures. That makes them act aggressively.
You should be sad.
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~Sara~
5 ball pythons
1.0 Black-lined plated lizard (Lizzy Butt)
0.1 Burmese Python (Pixil)
lots of Rats
1.1 Dogs (Ozzie and Mandy)
0.1 Cat (Isis)
0.0.1 Synodontis Catfish (Big Spotty Fish)
0.1 Convict Cichlid
0.0.1 blood parrot cichlid
0.0.1 African Featherfin Catfish
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RE: Bad old story about Burmese python - GrotesqueBurgess, Wed Sep 26 15:38:14 2007