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So does a person just saunter into your local Petsmart and buy a snake? You steal em from zoo's or what?

I don't go to stores much let alone pet shops. I'm not planning to go buy one, just curious.

Had a niece that was into lizards, great big thing it was, kind of skeery too.
 
Bawanna said:
So does a person just saunter into your local Petsmart and buy a snake? You steal em from zoo's or what?

I don't go to stores much let alone pet shops. I'm not planning to go buy one, just curious.

Had a niece that was into lizards, great big thing it was, kind of skeery too.
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Yes. Nowadays most major pet shops will have a herpetological section where one can buy many types of reptile or special order you one.
 
I stay plumb out of them questionable neighborhoods Karda. I don't want nothing to do with that herpetological stuff.

I don't think penicillin can even cure that stuff.
 
Depending on what type of snake you want, and how much you care/are willing to spend on its genetics, yes you can.

Kinda like dogs and cats, there are specific breeders for almost every kinda snake you can think of, but there are also plenty available through petsmart/petco and mom&pop pet stores. Both of mine were from petco originally, but the other species I mentioned would have to be through a breeder or specialty reptile shop.

When you buy reptiles from the big names, you don't really know how they were bred or cared for, and there is generally more "risk" involved, in the looks department especially. A lot of baby snakes look nothing like what they will grow up to be, so it's a bit of a crap-shoot anyways.

With breeders, you can get specific variations, or morphs, and usually pics are posted of the exact snake up for sale, with length and weight info and hatch date to boot. The price reflects the difference though. For example, my Rainbow Boa would be $150 as a baby from Petco, and I got her on sale for $75. From a breeder online, I could have gotten the exact snake that I wanted, but it woulda been $300 BEFORE shipping, which isn't cheap for live animals.

I happen to live not more than a half hour from this place called New England Reptile Distributors, NERD, which is actually one of the larger breeding operations in the country, and they have just about every kinda snake I could wish for. I go there just to play with snakes a couple times a month.

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Also, it's worth noting that when I got this boa from Petco she was kept in an environment far too dry, and was very pale/dull in color. A few weeks of being in the vivarium with proper humidity and good soil to hide in, and she was practically glowing. People who worked at the store couldn't believe the pictures. Just goes to show that the care given can have a huge effect on appearance.
 
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Well I've had a hankering for a Hedge Hog to carry around in my pocket. Hopefully that will offset any lack of desire I have to owning a snake to call my own.

Maybe just to expand my horizons some I'll visit a Petco if I can find one and see if they'll let me play with the snakes.

I'll try to get pics if it happens.
 
Bawanna said:
Well I've had a hankering for a Hedge Hog to carry around in my pocket. Hopefully that will offset any lack of desire I have to owning a snake to call my own.

Maybe just to expand my horizons some I'll visit a Petco if I can find one and see if they'll let me play with the snakes.

I'll try to get pics if it happens.
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Hedgehogs aren't something you want to carry in your pockets unless you want to be neutered.
 
I thought lots of people had them as pets, know a fella that had one, cute little bugger, fit in your shirt pocket.

They do look like a pin cushion for sure but I didn't think they purposely tried to stick you.

Maybe he left that part out?
 
Bawanna said:
I thought lots of people had them as pets, know a fella that had one, cute little bugger, fit in your shirt pocket.

They do look like a pin cushion for sure but I didn't think they purposely tried to stick you.

Maybe he left that part out?
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They don't stay little and they don't need to purposely stick you. Most of them can be pretty prickly.
 
I knew an engineering student who had a talking frog, carried it in his pocket and showing it off all the time,..... and the frog was forever saying "if you would kiss me, i will turn into a beautiful sexy rich princess and make ALLLLLLL of your dreams come true!", .....and if anybody asked him was he going to kiss it, he would just stick it back in his pocket and say, "you know, princesses are all over the world, but a talking frog....now, that's NEAT!"
 
Bawanna sounds like you need a sugar glider. Makes a cute party trick. Pull a little squirrel outta your pocket, toss him up the air, and have him fly right back to your pocket.
 
Well with that avatar I'd say you are for sure our resident expert on healthy squirrels so I for one and gonna take your word for it.
 
philllll said:
Bawanna sounds like you need a sugar glider. Makes a cute party trick. Pull a little squirrel outta your pocket, toss him up the air, and have him fly right back to your pocket.
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I used to have a flying squirrel and let him out of the cage every day and when I wanted to put him back in the cage for the night id throw a sock on the ground and he would climb into it and id put him back in the cage. Thats just how you catch them. No his name wasnt Rocky:D
 
ndog, flying squirrels are such cool pets. Big mistake not naming him Rocky though.

Bawanna: I hopped on the Googler machine and apparently there's this place called the Monroe Reptile Zoo right in your backyard! Looks to be pretty good sized too. Might be a good little family adventure!
 
Yeah, know right where it is, been there for years. He used to go around the schools with snakes and snapping turtles. Never been in the place. I might have to stop in and check it out.

I honestly wasn't impressed with his handling of the snapping turtles around little kids. We used to have a janitor here that was really into snakes, and turtles and stuff and he wasn't fond of his practices either. I can't really say, don't know much of anything about it.

It's only about 15 minutes away so probably worth the trip.
 
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