is this reefsafe???

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

My stepson just got a ball python and while I'll admit it's beautiful, I haven't been able to get too close yet. He carries it around everywhere but I am not showing him this thread bec he will want to see if his snake would do the same thing! Very cool pics!!

i was the same way at first lol :P

[Coasting]

Gentle Giants
They just wanna give you a big kiss, thats all!

[daniella3d]

yeah sure, what ever. My friend got her finger broken from a simple baby snake holding on too tight. I can only imagine how strong such big snake is. They not only suffocate their preys, they can hold on with a very strong grip if they feel scared or they don't want to be moved from one spot.

Do you have snakes?

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Trust me, he can't break the tank. That's just silly. constrictors simply suffocate their prey by squeezing harder when the prey exhales, preventing it from taking another breath.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

yeah sure, what ever. My friend got her finger broken from a simple baby snake holding on too tight.
Do you have snakes?

Your friend is full of crap.
I do not currently have snakes. I have owned dozens of boas and pythons, I worked for a biology department with 2 14 foot carpet pythons, and I've personally held one end of a 26 foot reticulate python. I've handled all of them, and anytime they squeeze, you simply unravel them. The thought of them crushing or breaking anything is the most ridiculous statement ever. You clearly know absolutely nothing about snakes. Whatever back. pfft.

[daniella3d]

My friend is not full of crap, sir. you have no clue what you are talking about. We were about 14 and she was holding the snake and he squeezed her hand and we heard a crack sound and had to go to the hospital. She had to wear a device for a month and half until her broken bone healed. That was just a 2 feet snake! I had snakes for many years but even though they were never larger than 3 feet they could sqeeze very hard.

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Your friend is full of crap.
I do not currently have snakes. I have owned dozens of boas and pythons, I worked for a biology department with 2 14 foot carpet pythons, and I've personally held one end of a 26 foot reticulate python. I've handled all of them, and anytime they squeeze, you simply unravel them. The thought of them crushing or breaking anything is the most ridiculous statement ever. You clearly know absolutely nothing about snakes. Whatever back. pfft.

[Coasting]

Thats totally a ball python around the dog

Well you friend must have had really f'd up fingers then. A 2 foot long snake cant break bones like that, for a snake to have the strength to break a bone like a finger it would have to be well over 2" thick and theres no way a snake that thick could easily wrap around a single finger. They RARELY even break the rib bones on the prey they eat. Unless they did something stupid like wack their finger against a table because they had a temper tantrun about a snake (sounds plasuable from they way you're talking). Snakes dont kill their prey be breaking bones, they just prevent the prey from being able to inhale. They dont break bones. Common sense?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

My friend is not full of crap, sir. you have no clue what you are talking about. .

Ya, ok. I've held snakes from 1 foot to 26 feet(at well over 200 pounds), all of them squeezed, and I just started at one end an unraveled them. No broken bones. I fed mice to 3 foot snakes, and no broken mouse bones snapping. So unless your friend has bones finer than mice, the snake did not break anything. I think sometimes we remember things from when we were 14 a bit different sometimes than the way they really happened. I'm not gonna argue about it, it didn't happen. go find a Herpetology forum and post the scenario, see what kind of answers you get.

[Kimmi7]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

yeah sure, what ever. My friend got her finger broken from a simple baby snake holding on too tight. I can only imagine how strong such big snake is. They not only suffocate their preys, they can hold on with a very strong grip if they feel scared or they don't want to be moved from one spot.

Do you have snakes?

They can't break the glass at all. Even striking the glass they don't. I had a 12.5 Burmese python, who would go after anything when he was in his tank, including myself. Hell my friend had a 16 foot retic who didn't break tanks.

Only thing I would worry about is him after a good feed. I used to put my guy in warm water a couple days after a good feed as it was easier to clean after.

Is the a red tail? Very nice looking

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Originally Posted by Kimmi7

They can't break the glass at all. Even striking the glass they don't. I had a 12.5 Burmese python, who would go after anything when he was in his tank, including myself. Hell my friend had a 16 foot retic who didn't break tanks.

Only thing I would worry about is him after a good feed. I used to put my guy in warm water a couple days after a good feed as it was easier to clean after.

Is the a red tail? Very nice looking

yes it is a red tail, very friendly.

heres a pic of our smallets boa doing his thing with tonka aka tank:P

[Aquattro]

Oh god!!!!! He's gonna eat the dog!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!! Or not.