One upside to living in cold climates...

You don't have to worry about burmese python invasions...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528971,00.html

Apparently there is some concern that they could spread through out the south-east and like to eat bigger prey (dogs, cats, small children).

Nothing against the snakes, they're just doing what they do, but yikes!

 

you know what...i'd rather have to deal with huge ass snakes than this f'ing snow anymore LOL

 

One of those would feed a family for days..:tooth:

 

The author is an I D I O T. Pythons don't have "Fangs". The teeth are for assiting in the feeding process. It helps the snake move its prey into its mouth.

 

That's good Ron...makes me a little less terrified of a 20' snake....LOL..

 

^ good call ron. Hell I would love it if I could go hiking and find a 20 foot snake that would be sick in my book. But then agai your talking to some one that owns the worlds longest snake and the worlds fatsest snake types( reticulated pythons and an anaconda ) Tam I will bring one of them to the next Meet and Greet if you want?

And those theeth can still hurt my friend got bit last night by are 8 foot retic. H was holding the mouse all wrong while feding and it wa shis own damn fault he got struck. But his hand was covered in blood adn had 3 really nice openings on his hand from the teeth. he jsut superglued the skin back to gether and called it a night.

 

He is still feeding an 8 footer mice? WTF? That Retic should be on Rabbits already. lol

But yea, the teeth are sharp and obviously can cause damage, but they aren't fangs. lol

Shit, my old Albino Burmese got me a couple times and both were MY FAULT. haha Once when she was 7 feet and another when she was 10 feet long. Let me tell you, the second strike was painful. hahahahahaha

Super Glue FTMFW

 

ummm, before that they're used to "secure" their prey so it doesn't get away while they're squishing it.

 

I'm not so much afraid of them, just have a healthy respect. I'm more worried about them carting off my kid is all.

 

yea very true, Make you think about people living in Australia and Africa right.
Here I am just walking down this dirt path minding my own biz then wack a tiger or snake grabs you for the count!!! wouldnt be good.


Hey ron she is eating large full grown rats right now shes 7 feet but not that girthy we are tryin to keep her some what small hahahaha only feeding her 2 times a month. nowthe littlealbino lavender retic is eating a med. rat a week. we want him to catch up to the female. I am not starving or force feeding any thing either btw.

 

The diet is fine.

And yea, you have to be careful of over feeding. That is what I loved about my Albino Burmese, we could power feed her and not worry about her choking to death...

We got her to 14 feet in just under two years. haha

 

Not only is that author a complete idiot, they also need to do a LOT of research before they started this experiment. First of all Bermese do NOT get 25 feet! Females top out generally at 18 feet and males at 16 feet. Secondly Reptiles are ENDOTHERMIC which means their body tempeture is regulated by their enviroment ( like sitting in the sun basking or cooling off in the shade or water). When the temp in s.carolina drops below 70 all of those snakes (unless they can find warmth somewhere) will get a respitory infection which can be deadly to reptiles. I can 100% promise you those snakes will NOT live long enough to see snowfall (which happens in s.carolina).

Im going to have to agree with Ron on this one, mice are a waste on a retic over 4 feet. 8 feet is a good time to start on small rabbits.

try getting nailed in the face by something over 8 feet!

Only thing I'd be worried about eating me in australlia would be a croc, its the only thing big enough unless you're in the ocean! Sure Australlia does have a snake that can reach lengths over 20 feet but its very very rare and that snake would be the Amethystine Python aka Scrub Python.

The biggest concern with power feeding any reptile especially snakes would be the snake to grow faster then its organs. Over feeding a snake can greatly reduce its life span. Also a general rule on feeding is to not feed it anything larger in diameter then the largest part of the snake.

 

Yup.

OUCH!

Our Herpetologist told us that Burmese were the only snakes that could handle power feeding and that the Burmese would know when enough was enough. Our snake pretty much proved that point, so we had no reason to doubt the Doc (this was in the early 90's). haha But yes, you are correct.

 

not defending the author or anything, but snakes do not have teeth, they do indeed have fangs.

the definition of a fang is a long pointed tooth. dogs are the same, they have fangs as well. teeth bite and chew so by your own comment, snakes do indeed have fangs, not teeth as they arent used for chewing.

 

Sorry Steve, but your definition is wrong.

Here ya go...

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For other uses, see Fang (disambiguation).
The four canines, or fangs, of a domestic cat. (The largest two teeth of the top and bottom rows of teeth.)
The fangs of a dog.

A fang is a long, pointed tooth. In mammals, a fang is a canine tooth, used for biting and tearing flesh. In snakes, it is a poison-injecting tooth (see snake venom). Spiders also have fangs, which are part of the chelicerae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang

 

Ever see a 13 foot retic at a year old? I did once, before and after it died of kidney failure. I wouldn't exactly trust every herpetologist or vet, they do make mistakes that can cost you an animal or 15..... Took one of my bloods to the vet to get some medication for a respitory infection (damn power went out during a cold night) I also asked the vet to check and see if she was gravid which the vet said no. not 3 days after I started treatment of her she popped out 14 eggs and a slug. Between the stress of laying the eggs and the treatment she died. I also didn't get the eggs into an incubator in time. Anyways a good sign to look for if you think your overfeeding your snake is obesity marks ( several vertical lines of ruffled scales going down the side of the snake).

 

here ya go....

teeth



Fangs

 

Yea, that's how we lost our snake. Heavy snow fall knocked out power to my friends house while he was at work. 12 hours later, we lost Casper and Rex. Rex was my 4 foot Iguana.

But yea, our Herp told us Burmese were prone to power feeding symptoms. She never once had obesity marks.

 

Cool info dragging got any pics of ur snakes email me them [email protected]

 

its all semantics. a fang doesnt need to deliver venom to be a fang, dogs dont deliver venom, neither do humans. we need a vet to stop by and give a definite answer.

def of tooth:

tooth
  /tuθ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [tooth] Show IPA ,noun, plural teeth, verb, toothed  /tuθt, tuðd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [tootht, toothd] Show IPA , tooth⋅ing  /ˈtuθɪŋ, -ðɪŋ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [too-thing, -thing] Show IPA .
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–noun
1. (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
2. (in invertebrates) any of various similar or analogous processes occurring in the mouth or alimentary canal, or on a shell.
3. any projection resembling or suggesting a tooth.
4. one of the projections of a comb, rake, saw, etc.
5. Machinery.
a. any of the uniform projections on a gear or rack by which it drives, or is driven by, a gear, rack, or worm.
b. any of the uniform projections on a sprocket by which it drives or is driven by a chain.
6. Botany.
a. any small, toothlike marginal lobe.
b. one of the toothlike divisions of the peristome of mosses.
7. a sharp, distressing, or destructive attribute or agency.
8. taste, relish, or liking.
9. a surface, as on a grinding wheel or sharpening stone, slightly roughened so as to increase friction with another part.
10. a rough surface created on a paper made for charcoal drawing, watercolor, or the like, or on canvas for oil painting.

def of fang:

fang
1  /fæŋ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [fang] Show IPA
Use fang in a Sentence
–noun
1. one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
2. a canine tooth.
3. a tooth resembling a dog's.
4. the root of a tooth.
5. one of the chelicerae of a spider.
6. a pointed, tapering part of a thing.
7. Machinery. the tang of a tool.