Responsible Animal Ownership

[The Snark]

Wonder why there are laws restricting animal availability?
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[Biollantefan54]

Wow. That is just terrible. The snakes live on hard wood and newspaper! He has all of them together in that one tank and only one hide! That is just so ignorant! He needs to be taken to jail and fined.

 

[sbullet]

uhhh many people use newspaper for flooring (bedding i guess, although its not really bedding). its easy to clean up and cheap. although the articles tend to get printed on the skin of the animal lol.

 

[JZC]

The thing that gets me the most is that that cop seems ok with how he keeps the snakes, and will call him if he needs a snake removed.

 

[ShredderEmp]

The thing that gets me the most is that that cop seems ok with how he keeps the snakes, and will call him if he needs a snake removed.

I agree, but I think the officer was trying to just leave and not be rude. He even said he doesn't like snakes so I highly doubt he knows proper husbandry and such.

Also, I'm no snake expert but aren't the last two snakes has Burmese Pythons? I could be wrong but aren't they an invasive species that causes a lot of problems?

 

[pitbulllady]

I agree, but I think the officer was trying to just leave and not be rude. He even said he doesn't like snakes so I highly doubt he knows proper husbandry and such.

Also, I'm no snake expert but aren't the last two snakes has Burmese Pythons? I could be wrong but aren't they an invasive species that causes a lot of problems?

No, those were NOT Burmese Pythons. All of the snakes shown were Common Boa Constrictors. The only place that the Burms have proven invasive and caused any problems at all is in the extreme southern part of Florida. They cannot survive, let alone propagate, any further north due to the winters being too cold for this highly tropical species. Other than the fact that the guy had too many young Boas in that one cage, and the lack of substrate in the cage with the two adult Boas, I have no problem with how he was keeping them. I use newspapers for substrate for my large snakes myself, since it's cheap, it's clean and easy to clean up. Snake keepers maintained snakes on newspaper long before anyone got the idea to sell aspen shavings or all those other commercially available reptile bedding, most of which is too expensive to use for any large-scale snake keeping unless you have a cheap wholesale source. The thing which bothered ME the most was the guy himself; when he said something about "hypnotizing" snakes that he found, that automatically sent my "fruitcake" alarm off! Anyone who knows snakes knows that you can't hypnotize a snake, nor can a snake hypnotize a human! The snakes appeared to be in good condition, though, with clean cages and nice coloration, not dulled by lack of proper care. Even the hardwood-floored cage could have been treated with a sealant which can be used to make clean-up easy and protect the animals. The cages looked to be well-made, complete with locks.

pitbulllady

 

[ShredderEmp]

I did say I could have been wrong.

 

[The Snark]

It's not just noodledude that has to climb in through a window. What does he teach and tell others about animal keeping? No doubt all his friends are staid upstanding members of the community.
More to the point, it is videos like this that get tossed around in congress when they are making the laws regarding animal control and ownership. Not PBLs or Najakeepers set ups.

 

[cantthinkofone]

I own the same types of snake he had their and that was just cruel. It is like 5 years old looking at the quality of the shot and I'm sure that outstanding citizen there has been arrested by now.

 

[jgerou85]

She tore muh shirt n starrted swingginn muh arrund. Im peerrmentially desabled lol.

 

[cantthinkofone]

Thes snake 'r myh life ^ haha

 

[zonbonzovi]

Wow! Don't do drugs, kids

Jacksonville is a convenient place to fly into...just don't forget to leave ASAP(no offense to residents, I have family there and it's sometimes too slackjawed even for their NASCAR-lovin', chicken finger eatin', cracker arses).