Dena, got a snake question for you.

[Lizgirl]

You mentioned that you have a rosy boa. Are you familiar with Ball Pythons? I thought they only got to be 5-6 ft. long. I was talking to a guy yesterday who said he had a friend who had one that 12-15 ft. long. Could he have been mistaken about the species?

[Ravnos]

I'm not Dena, I am 99.9% sure he is mistaken... most likely it is a burmese python that he has, not a ball python. I'll refrain from commenting on what I think if people who don't even know what species they are keeping.

Rav

[Dena]

I agree with Rav - especially since he knows a lot more than I do. Ball pythons are very popular because they stay on the "smaller" size. That is one of the reasons I have a rosy boa. He stays very small. I had a Luesistic Rat snake, she was so beautiful but oh so nasty! All the research I had done said they were just like corn snakes and the people I talked to said that they were just like corn snakes. No one bothered to mention how fast they are to strike at any moving thing. Not a great starter snake to be certain but I love my Max. He is so gentle and "slow" like a big snake but little so my relative are not afraid to come over LOL

[Lizgirl]

Thanks for the info. I had thought that this guy was confused. I hope his friend, the owner of the snake, wasn't confused.