Reptile Numbers.

[toby63 1,236]

 

 

My daughter's garden risks being declared an SSI for the numbers of slow-worms it harbours!

There is a bit of tin on the compost heap and once a week the grandchildren are allowed a quick peep underneath.

Slow worms late july 2011.jpg

watching a program not so long back , about keeping big snakes pythons, and anaconda , not sure they kept anaconda as pets, but they had some tree pythons 12-18ft 9st . wonder how much they eat a day lol, and if they dangerous , the owner said they were ok if you knew how to handle them, but female snake could get bit cranky at times, I think I will stick to dogs its safer lol.

i use to have a 10ft red tail boa use to feed on jumbo rats . 1 every 2 wk but bigger snakes 1 meal can last them for months . daughter has a corn snake and feeds on medium mice every 10 days

[Neal 1,930]

Thanks Forest of Dean Redneck, I thought that might be the case.

 

Bird, a friend of mine told me about a radio vet phone-in show she listened to once. The caller was concerned about the health of her python as it had stopped eating; she was aware they don't eat often but this bout of abstinence had gone on for too long. While questioning her, the vet found out she slept with the snake in her bed...he told her to immediately stop doing this as the python was preparing for a particularly large meal!

 

What a horrible thought. I doubt a pet python would be big enough but could still do some damage if, as in that case, it was that way inclined.