Karda... banned?!

Also a rooster over here!

Side note, took the Carpet Python out for feeding last night and ended up with a few of those little crescents we were talking about the other day. She was all fired up and in hunting-mode from the beginning. Was pulling her out of the little cave when she caught a glimpse of warm finger moving too close to her sharp end. Bite 1. Her teeth are bigger than I remember :eek:

Being all brave and such, I took her back out after the first tag and even let her climb up around my neck. Then she went back down on my wrist and decided it was a nice warm spot to post up for the evening hunt. She was clamping down really hard...When my hand started to go numb I decided it was time to try to use my other hand to get her off. Bite number 2.

15 minutes later I finally got her off me, narrowly avoiding a third bite. So now I have matching bites on both left and right index fingers haha :p
 
SingleGrind said:
Also a rooster over here!

Side note, took the Carpet Python out for feeding last night and ended up with a few of those little crescents we were talking about the other day. She was all fired up and in hunting-mode from the beginning. Was pulling her out of the little cave when she caught a glimpse of warm finger moving too close to her sharp end. Bite 1. Her teeth are bigger than I remember :eek:

Being all brave and such, I took her back out after the first tag and even let her climb up around my neck. Then she went back down on my wrist and decided it was a nice warm spot to post up for the evening hunt. She was clamping down really hard...When my hand started to go numb I decided it was time to try to use my other hand to get her off. Bite number 2.

15 minutes later I finally got her off me, narrowly avoiding a third bite. So now I have matching bites on both left and right index fingers haha :p
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I had a Macklott's python that I had to feed in the cage. She was so smart she'd smell the feeder rats as soon as I walked through the front door and by the time I got to her cage she was already pressed up against the top screen ready to go. I'd open it up and she'd pop up, grab the rat, and pull it back into the cage. There was no chance of moving her to a different feeding enclosure, she was just too quick. Amazing feeding response on that one. When there wasn't food around she was puppy dog tame and friendly though. I really miss that snake.
 
Philll, I kinda got screwed by the mites right after I got her. Haven't been able to do the feeding tank routine very long or handled the snake as much as I wish I could have. But I haven't been bitten when food isn't around, so I'm sure it's just that same feeding response. Might have to just feed her in her viv. The Rainbow Boa will only feed in her viv and will actively go after anything warm, so I don't put my hands in there after the lights go off :D
 
timcsaw said:
They're fast... but not fast enough... ;)

On a related note, snake also tastes like chicken.

http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/the-nutrition-of-snake.html
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I had snake only twice.
Rattle snake in Texas tasted like chicken, just the fibers seemed smaller and there were many tiny backbone segments.
Snake in Beijing however tasted muddy and fishy. Either they grow them in some yucky pits and the fishy taste was some film of yeast and salmonella and other good stuff, or it was eel or something else entirely :-o
 
Jens Schuetz said:
I had snake only twice.
Rattle snake in Texas tasted like chicken, just the fibers seemed smaller and there were many tiny backbone segments.
Snake in Beijing however tasted muddy and fishy. Either they grow them in some yucky pits and the fishy taste was some film of yeast and salmonella and other good stuff, or it was eel or something else entirely :-o
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I only had the opportunity once, it was a prairie rattlesnake on a ranch in Loveland Colorado. It was very good, sweet and like poultry neck meat. I'd do it again if the opportunity arose. Not much I don't like let alone at least try. Well, except Rocky Mountain oysters. I can't quite muster the intestinal fortitude to delve into those.
 
Bigbore577 said:
I only had the opportunity once, it was a prairie rattlesnake on a ranch in Loveland Colorado. It was very good, sweet and like poultry neck meat. I'd do it again if the opportunity arose. Not much I don't like let alone at least try. Well, except Rocky Mountain oysters. I can't quite muster the intestinal fortitude to delve into those.
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Uh oh.
We were exchange students in Texas and while I knew what rattle snake was my class mate got convinced into ordering lamb (?) testicles. He had no clue, but when told afterwards he wasn't grossed out. It must have tasted alright.
The restaurant in Amarillo also had a steak so big that it was free if you can finish it with all the sides and a drink of course. I still wish I'd have tried that back then.

Poultry neck meat is a very good description for the taste and consistency. Maybe a bit less oily?. I bet you must have had alligator before. Is that always a bit chewy?

Once eating ostrich I thought they tricked us. It tasted like very lean cow meat but when checking the Internet it turned out that's legit.

Reptiles tasting like birds, birds tasting like mammals, crazy world.
 
Good lord!! IMHO, there's a point where you kill the snake, and after it bit and didn't release woulda been well past that point for me haha. Luckily we all carry knives religiously and would never have suffered through 30 minutes of trying to...detatch..the snake :D

Also, snake, gator, ostrich, and also kangaroo are all fantastic
 
SingleGrind said:
Good lord!! IMHO, there's a point where you kill the snake, and after it bit and didn't release woulda been well past that point for me haha. Luckily we all carry knives religiously and would never have suffered through 30 minutes of trying to...detatch..the snake :D

Also, snake, gator, ostrich, and also kangaroo are all fantastic
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Don't know. While being bitten down there I'd probably also try not to agitate the Python too much.
 
Jens Schuetz said:
Don't know. While being bitten down there I'd probably also try not to agitate the Python too much.
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i'm with you, trying to cut it off will likely make it a bit peeved and it might get a tad agitated. i'd want it as calm as possible and hope it got bored. it was probably trying to grab the two eggs the trouser snake was holding onto, just above his head, so he could get one up on his shorter 'rival'. :)
 
kronckew said:
i'm with you, trying to cut it off will likely make it a bit peeved and it might get a tad agitated. i'd want it as calm as possible and hope it got bored. it was probably trying to grab the two eggs the trouser snake was holding onto, just above his head, so he could get one up on his shorter 'rival'. :)
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and I didn't think this story could get more disturbing...
 
Jens Schuetz said:
Uh oh.
We were exchange students in Texas and while I knew what rattle snake was my class mate got convinced into ordering lamb (?) testicles. He had no clue, but when told afterwards he wasn't grossed out. It must have tasted alright.
The restaurant in Amarillo also had a steak so big that it was free if you can finish it with all the sides and a drink of course. I still wish I'd have tried that back then.

Poultry neck meat is a very good description for the taste and consistency. Maybe a bit less oily?. I bet you must have had alligator before. Is that always a bit chewy?

Once eating ostrich I thought they tricked us. It tasted like very lean cow meat but when checking the Internet it turned out that's legit.

Reptiles tasting like birds, birds tasting like mammals, crazy world.
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The big Texan! I lived in Amarillo for a few years. Did a couple years of college there, met my wife there. I ate the steak.
 
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