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Permalink Reply by angela bennett on October 20, 2011 at 9:16pm

No snakes for me

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Permalink Reply by Charles Cook on October 21, 2011 at 7:49am

If the snake needed a home and I was the only one who could or was willing to provide it, then, yes.

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Permalink Reply by Louis Pollaro on October 21, 2011 at 12:54pm

I say it depends on the snake.

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Permalink Reply by Joe C. on October 21, 2011 at 7:04pm

No, I would not have a snake as a pet. There was a incident in a county north of Tampa . This couple had a white boa or paython. The snake got out of it cage went in to the bed room of there 2 years old girl. Now the bad part. The snake killed the child an try to eat her. The husband and wife are now serving time. 5 year each. With all of the big snake running lose in south Florida it only a matter of time untill a child get taken. Hear in Tampa out at McDill AFB a 12 foot paython was found on a parking lot at the base. The snake was taken in to custody by Florida fish and game.

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Permalink Reply by Marie Petty on October 25, 2011 at 11:11pm

When my son was young he had a ball python named Vernon for several years. We found it to be an interesting learning experience watching him eat the live mice and lose his skin as he grew. He inter-acted with the other household pets (a cat and poodle) very well and never struck at anyone. In fact, Louis, you may recall that you and Joe did a Rambo type commercial and needed a large snake for it and used Vernon, so, of course, Scott told his friends his snake was a movie star! But, seriously, he had a nice, wooden, glass paneled cabinet the width of his bed with heated rocks and a sun lamp. He was let out to crawl around under supervision because I felt sorry for him being in an enclosed space. He was healthy and happy, considering he had purchased him from a friend. I took him to John Brakebill for ck. ups & I think he got a kick out of it. When Scott got older & tired of his snake he sold him to a friend who moved away. I feel they are a pretty big responsibility due to the fact that the bigger they get you do have to feed them live rats so that they can stike at them, swallow them whole and digest them the way they do when they hunt them. Luckily we were able to give Vernon that type of environment.

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Permalink Reply by Donna Merrill on November 3, 2011 at 12:47pm

Snakes make wonderful pets. In fact, my very first pet at 3 years old was a snake we found was a garden snake. I kept Jake for a few weeks and then set him free. Though misunderstood by many, they are responsive to humans.  Years ago I had a boa for a long time.  I purchased this baby and fed it frozen mice from the start because I couldn't bear to see a live one being eaten.  Also, you have to knock out the mouse, which is too cruel for me to do. 

My brothers and I growing up enjoyed our boa and respected it's nature.  As long as you are calm, they are too.  Having a boa you need to make sure no one will scream or threaten it when you are handling it.  To me there is nothing like having a snake around my shoulders and communicating with it.  Unfortunately my husband (for the past 21 years) is deathly afraid of snakes so I cannot have one.

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Permalink Reply by Louis Pollaro on November 3, 2011 at 1:05pm

Snakes are beautiful creatures. I guess some people are just born with a natural fear of snakes and there's nothing we can do to change that. I"m so happy I am not one of those people.

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Permalink Reply by Donna Merrill on November 12, 2011 at 8:32pm

Me too!

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Tracy on January 18, 2012 at 9:39am

There was a story on the news this morning that the federal government is trying to pass a law to ban the import/sale? of pythons in the US. In Florida the Pythons are threatening the everglades.  The story told of so many people who buy these pythons and when they get too big to control, they just dump them in the everglades and this is causing overpopulation.  Florida is working to rid the everglades of these snakes

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Permalink Reply by Damir Perge on January 18, 2012 at 12:29pm

It's about time the Federal government did something about it. Ridiculous. I am not sure I ever want to come across a python in nature. :-)

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