Sometimes my python snaps at my hand. When, if ever, should I be concerned about it snapping and seriously going through my skin?
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You actually have a mean ball python? I have never seen one that actually has a bad disposition. My ball python is five feet long and her teeth are no bigger than than about , as big as that comma. They can't actually penetrate the skin but can leave a set of very small pinpricks. If it does bite, simply disinfect the scratch to avoid infection. There isn't really any real danger from a bite from a ball python and if he does happen to bite usually any snake will just let go as soon as he strikes. Make sure you wash hands thoroughly before handling, sometimes a snake will smell something on your hand and taste you. Most snake bites occur due to carelessness, and unaware that going to the fridge before you handle a snake, lizard, or even a dog will pick up on the aroma left on hands that we are unaware we pick up.
Yes, it will break skin, but they aren't big enough to do any actual damage. Ball Python teeth are pretty small, 1/4 inch at best. Nothing to worry about.
you shouldnt have much to worry about with a ball python teeth arent that bigit may hurt like all get out when hes 5 foot but no real damage should come of it
If it does, you will probably only get like scraped or scratched. It may or may not fully puncture the skin depending on how big he is. Even if he is full grown, it doesnt hurt that bad, mostly stings and wont be that bad of a wound. It mostly might make you jump. Good luck, and hold him more everyday and he should get used to you more. Go behind his head to pick him up, he is going to "strike" if his head is shaped like an S. If your feeding him in the cage, STOP, the best way to do it is take the snake out of its cage and put him in the bathtub then put its food in the bathtub with him, only leave it in the tub with the rat for 20-30 mins. (it needs to be alive, they are predators and like their food alive) then when you go to hold him, he wont associate your hand with dinner time. Its also easier to clean up, and neither the mouse nor the snake can get out of the bathtub. After a while, if you feed him in the bathtub, he wont see your hand or even the cage opening and say hmmmmm dinner time must strike.
take him to your dentist, he can fix that problem.
Jumat, 08 Mei 2009
How long and how many pounds is saltwater crocodile? Are they smart?
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Saltwater Crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
Also Called: Estuarine Crocodile
The saltwater crocodile is the largest crocodilian and the largest living reptile. Male saltwater crocodiles can reach lengths of 23 feet and females reach lengths of over 10 feet. They have a very large head and very strong jaws. Young saltwater crocodiles are a pale yellow color with black stripes and spots on the body and tail. Adult saltwater crocodiles are a dark color with occasional tan or yellow spots. The underbelly is a pale white color. The saltwater crocodile is able to travel a great distance over open sea.
it depends on how big you want to get one. The small ones weigh nothing but when you get ones that are three or four feet long then you are talking anywear from 60 to 120 pounds. Some states it is againist the law to have them.
They get very large and no, they're not smart. Not good pet material. It's never gonna love ya!
they can eat you! And they wouldn't care. They're smart predator but not smart pets. Its unnatural for crocodiles to be pets anyways. It might be illegal where you live to
it depends on how big you want to get one. The small ones weigh nothing but when you get ones that are three or four feet long then you are talking anywear from 60 to 120 pounds. Some states it is againist the law to have them.
An adult male saltwater croc can get up to 15 ft and several hundred pounds. There is no such thing as a small saltwater croc, just young ones. They are not really intelligent so to speak but have had several millions of years to evolve into one of the most efficient killers. Only a dumb*ss would EVER want to even think about having one. They do get to be monsterous lizards and will never have any loyalty toward you. Always looking at you as a snack. Thier diet in the wild consists mainly of wildebeasts. Does that answer your question ok? And Daniel what did you do copy and paste turtleguys answer? How original. Doesn't matter you both are all wrong anyway.
How how is 90 degrees?
I know this is a silly question, but how hot does 90 degrees feel? Like, is it so hot that you cant bare it, warm, warm/hot, hot but not hot enough to make you feel pain?
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warm but not hot, if you mean surface temp. My Uromastyx needs 120+ degrees for basking and their slate is almost too hot to touch.. They don't seem to mind it though.
I like it! This question shouldn't have been catorgerized under 'reptiles'
Warm to feel uncomfortable
Do you live at the North pole or something? Go outside.
If you're a reptile, it's just about right.
Reptiles would like 90 degrees
only slightly warmer than a swimming pool
if you are used to it ,it's warm but not hot , 100 + is hot ..i live in northern ca. summer temps. are normal 90+ so we are used to it we had a few days this summer 110+ that's hot
90 degrees C, or 90 degrees F?
90 degrees is ok but 100 degrees is alot worst.
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warm but not hot, if you mean surface temp. My Uromastyx needs 120+ degrees for basking and their slate is almost too hot to touch.. They don't seem to mind it though.
I like it! This question shouldn't have been catorgerized under 'reptiles'
Warm to feel uncomfortable
Do you live at the North pole or something? Go outside.
If you're a reptile, it's just about right.
Reptiles would like 90 degrees
only slightly warmer than a swimming pool
if you are used to it ,it's warm but not hot , 100 + is hot ..i live in northern ca. summer temps. are normal 90+ so we are used to it we had a few days this summer 110+ that's hot
90 degrees C, or 90 degrees F?
90 degrees is ok but 100 degrees is alot worst.
How intelligent are graeca turtles? do they recognise the people they see on a regular basis?
do they like to be stroked?
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Greek tortoises (Testudo graeci) are about as intelligent as a pet rat, which is actually quite good.
They recognize regular sources of food pretty quickly, and also learn to associate certain stimuli with food and other things.
Most tortoises like being stroked, but differ in what they like. Some like a little head rub, some like their necks and/or chins stroked, etc. You should be able to figure out your pet's favorites soon enough.
Can you train a turtle? To a limited extent, yes. You train by taking a natural behavior and rewarding it, then rewarding changes in it until they are doing what you want. Turtles don't have a lot of natural behaviors that we can start with for any good tricks, and it is really hard to find things that reward them enough to create the desired behavioral changes.
The easiest trick is to have them come when you tap or knock on a certain spot. Simply knock on the spot every time you bring food and after a while, just the knocking will bring the turtle around.
Intelligent enough to survive in a hostile world. Yes and Yes.
Im thinking you are actually meaning a graeca Tortoise.and they are just as intelligent as other species of tortoise.although I may be biased but I think Hermanns are the most intelligent!
In answer to the other part of your question.alot do like to have their heads scratched..or their chins tickled!!
But strocking their plastron or carapace is not going to have a very big affect!
The best thing to give them for a treat instead of a stroke would be some nice juicy weeds like Dandelion,Plantain,Sow thistle,clover.hibiscus flowers or lavatera flowers!!
So if you really want to treat your tort now you know how too!
I'm not sure about how smart they are, but they are smart enough to know who feeds them!
My Russians come running up to me when they see their green dish in my hands! hee hee! Mine like to be pet.
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Greek tortoises (Testudo graeci) are about as intelligent as a pet rat, which is actually quite good.
They recognize regular sources of food pretty quickly, and also learn to associate certain stimuli with food and other things.
Most tortoises like being stroked, but differ in what they like. Some like a little head rub, some like their necks and/or chins stroked, etc. You should be able to figure out your pet's favorites soon enough.
Can you train a turtle? To a limited extent, yes. You train by taking a natural behavior and rewarding it, then rewarding changes in it until they are doing what you want. Turtles don't have a lot of natural behaviors that we can start with for any good tricks, and it is really hard to find things that reward them enough to create the desired behavioral changes.
The easiest trick is to have them come when you tap or knock on a certain spot. Simply knock on the spot every time you bring food and after a while, just the knocking will bring the turtle around.
Intelligent enough to survive in a hostile world. Yes and Yes.
Im thinking you are actually meaning a graeca Tortoise.and they are just as intelligent as other species of tortoise.although I may be biased but I think Hermanns are the most intelligent!
In answer to the other part of your question.alot do like to have their heads scratched..or their chins tickled!!
But strocking their plastron or carapace is not going to have a very big affect!
The best thing to give them for a treat instead of a stroke would be some nice juicy weeds like Dandelion,Plantain,Sow thistle,clover.hibiscus flowers or lavatera flowers!!
So if you really want to treat your tort now you know how too!
I'm not sure about how smart they are, but they are smart enough to know who feeds them!
My Russians come running up to me when they see their green dish in my hands! hee hee! Mine like to be pet.
how is the cobra and the cottonmouth alike how are they different?
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also cobras have fixed front fangs that are relatively small while cottonmouths have retractable fangs that are much larger..
they are both venomous cotten mouth is a viperidae and cobras are elapidae vipers have infrared heat pits cottenmouths are found only in the usa cobras are found in africa and other places in asia vipers have hemotoxin and elapidaes have neurotoxic
They're both venomous snakes. The cobra can kill with it's bite , while water moccasin's venom is not usually fatal to humans(it can be @ times) Cobra venom stops your breathing while the moccasin's venom causes massive tissue damage due to bleeding. Moccasins are mostly found around water, while cobras are field %26 forest snakes. Lastly, there are no cobras in the new world,while moccasin type snakes can be found world-wide.
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