Bought another pet

[El Pirata]

Last night at the pet store while buying mice and rats I saw a new 18 month old red tail boa for sale. They didn't know how much it was going to run however they said the person that priced them was going to be in today. Anyway, I went in this morning and bought him.

He has mites but I have the mite medicine and a free tank to keep him segregated from my other snakes, beside mites or not he was a steal. My daughter wanted to call him Llego but I decided on the name Diego which my daughter agreed on also. I will post pics later. I am presently getting his tank and rocks ready to kill some mites.

Llego (Spanish, pronounced yey go)

 

[Mayhem]

lol another snake

 

[El Pirata]

Here's a pic:

 

[El Pirata]

One more:

 

[nitro dave]

we should start calling you Slash from GnR.

 

[El Pirata]

Why?

 

[Kevrone]

Not realy into snakes... but that is a nice looking reptile.... Can we see him eat?? Like a cute little mouse or something??
That is the best part!!!!!

 

[El Pirata]

If I had good editing programs I could show a video of one of my others in the strike yesterday but the fils is 25mb and I have nowhere to upload it.

 

[hpiracer]

what is mites is it a disease or infection of some sort

 

[El Pirata]

Mites are little microscopic bugs similar to fleas.

On another note, one of my other snakes which has refused to feed in almost a month finally ate tonight. I bought a fairly large tupperware container and put air holes in it. I then put my snake into the tupperware then I put a dead mouse in the tupperware. I figured if the sanke was in there for an hour or two she'd finally get tired of looking at lunch and eat it. It actually only took about 15 minutes for her to start eating. I am now really relieved that I don't have to take a trip to the vet tomorrow.

 

[ImBroken]

Hey El, nice snake ya got there... I used to have quite the collection myself... I ended up selling them to a breeder and I picked up some Beardies...
My very first snake, (red Tail boa) was going threw a bad shed, and the Pet Shop jacka$$ told me to put him in a wet pillow case overnight. Well, you can guess what I found the next morning..
I brought his lifeless body to the pet shop the next day, and in front off all his customers made him look like a fool... If I was a bit older at the time, I would of kicked the ever livin crap out of him..... Right now I'm reptileless.... I may have to pay the PetShop a visit...:classic:

 

[El Pirata]

Next time you have a reptile that is going through a bad shed soak them in the bathtub in water about 80 degrees. You may have to hold them or at least keep your hands in the water to allow them to feel like they are holding something but after about 20 minutes or so let them dry. and generally they can take care of the shed themselves. If they can't time to earn your combat pay and manually help them shed. Some snakes enjoy the owner assisted shedding while others do not.

 

[ImBroken]

Hey El, I think I'm going to get a Mali Uromastic for my son. I have a nice dry reptile habitat I made for my Bearded dragons sitting in the shed... Like I said, that was my first snake. I have since researched and owned many snakes. Good luck with your new addition...

 

[x_789]

AH YUCK NASTY damn I hate snakes.. Man you reptile lovers make me wonder what the hell is out of wack in your brains.. how the hell can you want to play with those damn things Oh gross. Man the only good snake is a dead snake.. Nothing personal El those freeking things just give me the hebbeee geebees I don't give a crap what kind of snake it is. X

Also when the hell are you leaving. I thought you were out of here a couple weeks ago? Don't you need to go kill some people
? X

 

[Rob D]

espically one where the dang think can crush you

 

[El Pirata]

Originally posted by ImBroken
Hey El, I think I'm going to get a Mali Uromastic for my son. I have a nice dry reptile habitat I made for my Bearded dragons sitting in the shed... Like I said, that was my first snake. I have since researched and owned many snakes. Good luck with your new addition...

That's good.

Originally posted by x_789
AH YUCK NASTY damn I hate snakes.. Man you reptile lovers make me wonder what the hell is out of wack in your brains.. how the hell can you want to play with those damn things Oh gross. Man the only good snake is a dead snake.. Nothing personal El those freeking things just give me the hebbeee geebees I don't give a crap what kind of snake it is. X

Also when the hell are you leaving. I thought you were out of here a couple weeks ago? Don't you need to go kill some people
? X

Oh yeah, then you'll love this.

Originally posted by Rob D
espically one where the dang think can crush you

My snakes will really not get big enough to crush you but the meddlesome poodles down the street, I'll say no more for fear to incriminate me....

 

[ImBroken]

These guys rock..... Bearded Dragon... One of the friendliest, most docile lizards you will find... I miss mine now... The damn crickets drove me crazy though...lol

 

[El Pirata]

Pretty cool. Check out my other thread, especially for x: https://www.rcnitrotalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3007

 

[x_789]

This is more my speed

I like this one also

 

[El Pirata]

That shares a speed factor to your T-Maxx.