My New Pet

BOOBOO Join Date: 2003-07-28 Member: 18504Members
edited August 2003 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">i have to post this</div> I love my new pet.
She is a 6 month old African Rock Python named Fade
They can grow extremely fast depending on how much you feed them.
She is a bit over 4 ft now. compared to the 23-29 ft female Rocks get.
Im expecting her to be about 10 ft or so in a year or so.
She is extremely friendly, and loves to be on people. even strangers. which is a strange temperment for Rocks. They are known to not be very friendly. or more so hard to train to be friendly. once they are though, they are extremely friendly. She likes to sit ontop your head, and watch everything. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • GrimmGrimm Join Date: 2003-04-13 Member: 15448Members
    Very cool. Is this your only one, or do you have others? And, what other pets do you have?

    I'm still stuck with a cat and a dog, but I'd like to get something more unusual eventually.
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  • DubbilexDubbilex Chump Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9799Members
    Oh jebus :O A snaaaake!

    The icing on the cake is the fact that you named it <i>'Fade</i>'

    Just plain awesome <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    I'm not to into reptiles, but that's cool. You can't really do much with a reptile but lay it places, and watch it eat stuff. ^_^ () I like Puppies and Kitties because they're so cuddle you just want to pop their head off! *Cries when he relizes he doens't have a pet.*
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  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    I had a gold fish once. He swam in cirlces in his little bowl, sometimes he would stop and go the other way... Tricky.

    I need a real pet <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • BOOBOO Join Date: 2003-07-28 Member: 18504Members
    edited August 2003
    I have had 3 snakes over the course of my life. this is the first large snake ive gotten. i have had a few birds, hamsters, and a turtle.
    Well the turtle is still ours, but my uncle is turtle sitting her for awhile <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
    i have 2 dogs though.
    my birds both died last year along with my other dog. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
    i would like another snake though...they are sooo much you can do with them, i take her with me places, on walks, she loves to crawl all over you. and snakes actually are affectionate. Most people think snakes are boring, but actually not. i thought so to. but in Fades case. my thoughts were completely changed. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> and you like the name? i thought Fade was awesome. just seems to fit <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Plus since she was getting older. the pet store wanted to get rid of her before she got to use to it there, they can have a hard time adapting, they knocked the 139$ down to 50$ and we got a deal. since rock pythons are a bit rare to find as a pet, you can find them, its just not so common.
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    edited August 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--(SoD)BOO+Aug 19 2003, 09:55 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ((SoD)BOO @ Aug 19 2003, 09:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> they are sooo much you can do with them,<b> i take her</b> with me places, <b>on walks</b>, she loves to crawl all over you.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Please explain to me how that works.
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  • TrojanTrojan Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4611Members
    23-29 feet?!


    Whoa, its supposed to be a pet, not a bleetin' monster! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->


    Still, looks like an interesting .... pet, and its character sounds rather good aswell <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> Where are you going to keep it when it hits the 10feet mark? From my limited knowledge snakes hang out in modified fish tanks, or somesuch... Gonna have to be a big fishtank for a 10' long snake <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->


    oh, ps, could'na picked a better name <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • BOOBOO Join Date: 2003-07-28 Member: 18504Members
    - snakes show affection by be on you constently. and not trying to run off you. she likes to be close to your face. and always has to check your face out when she gets on you. when she gets scared she always goes to me. as her source of protection. she sleeps on me alot. she wraps around my neck and sleeps. when she gets scared she will hide under my arm <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> or behind my back. its hard to explain snake affection. but if you ever got a snake you would understand <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    - you make places for it to stay. it doesnt require much. you can also buy huge netted areas. we have on now. that are meant for snakes. the requirement is it has to be half the size as the snake. thats comfortable for them. and they actually can be trained. rocks are the smartest of their kind. i was wondering how you get them in their cage when they get that big <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
    but i guess ill find out.
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  • BOOBOO Join Date: 2003-07-28 Member: 18504Members
    edited August 2003
    Im not sure if this is a rockits to dark to tell the markings, but i think it is, its not a burm , and there are few other pythons people get as pets that get this big. Sorry for the quality . i got this off a site. and this is how it looked <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    the wall to the right im assuming is her cage. since males are a great deal smaller. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    edited August 2003
    Woah, that's a big snake...


    Uh.. don't people keep snakes in cadges?

    I'm sure it's just fine, but just keep on your toes... people that have snakes for years have had them suddenly bite them outta nowhere.
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  • BOOBOO Join Date: 2003-07-28 Member: 18504Members
    edited August 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--404NotFound+Aug 20 2003, 12:24 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (404NotFound @ Aug 20 2003, 12:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Woah, that's a big snake...


    Uh.. don't people keep snakes in cadges?

    I'm sure it's just fine, but just keep on your toes... people that have snakes for years have had them suddenly bite them outta nowhere. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    there is a mental thing burmese can get, that will make them do that. and considering most people own burmese, thats what happens. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
    There are types of pythons, some are not very good some are, rocks if trained, can be the nicest. there is under a 1% chance that a snake would kill its master, a 6% chance that it could hurt you.
    Rocks give you a number of warning signs, before they would ever strike. they will hiss at you. and evidentally their hiss is so load and frightening it has made people in Zoo's actually pass out. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> and if you still dont listen if they are bigger, they will bump you away, and if your dumb enough not to listen to that and you do get bitten, you dont deserve to have a snake.
    Although Rock Pythons teeth are huge...and they have lots of them. at least a couple inches. and the teeth i seen where on a 12ft one. i dont even want to think of how big the teeth get at 25ft ...
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  • GrimmGrimm Join Date: 2003-04-13 Member: 15448Members
    edited August 2003
    I'd probably be pretty worried about that also, a snake just randomly biting me or something.

    Although my pets are rather boring, just a cat and a dog, and I'm not much of a dog person.

    I'd actually like to get a scorpian, and I've got the perfect climate for them down here in sunny San Diego.

    Edit: Just realized something, need to make a warning :

    NO "HOVARS WITHOUT FLAPPING" COMMENTS PLEASE!!! THERE IS NO NEED TO BEAT THE DEAD HORSE ANY LONGER!!! <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo--> THANK YOU!!!

    I seriously do want to get a scorpian, very curious little critters.
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  • ConfuzorConfuzor Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2412Awaiting Authorization
    <img src='http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/images/simpsons/milhouse_0s.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

    <i>Hey cool! There's a rabbit in here!</i>
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  • BOOBOO Join Date: 2003-07-28 Member: 18504Members
    Here's what a 12ft long rocks teeth look like...this one got stuck in an electric fense...and attacked it and died. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • KillymageeKillymagee Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3136Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--(SoD)BOO+Aug 20 2003, 06:22 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ((SoD)BOO @ Aug 20 2003, 06:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Here's what a 12ft long rocks teeth look like...this one got stuck in an electric fense...and attacked it and died. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    F**k those are some really big mother f$%^&*'in teeth!!! <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->


    meh me, I like to pet and play with OTHER people's pets, then I don't have to worry about the responsibility hehe. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • RatRat Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11486Members
    I love pythons, always have. Friend of mine had a 3-4ft ball python about 6 months ago, dont' know what he did with it. I was the only one that would pull it out and spend time with it. Seeing as he got it in december from his mom (her bf tried to kill it/get rid of it by throwing it out the window), and he didn't have a heat lamp, it really needed affection from a warmblooded person, and he loved to hide in the pockets of my hoody and stick his head out if he got adventurous. it was great. once he warmed up, he was really playful and would crawl all over me, in my sweatshirt and out the neck, around my neck, in my hood, and onto girls. if the girls were cool, it was a great chick-magnet, but i was all in it for the snake, because i'm fascinated by them. Probably gonna be my second pet (smaller ball python, dont want a 25 foot python of any variety :o) after I get my German shephard, but that's about 4 years off.
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  • kidakida Join Date: 2003-02-20 Member: 13778Members
    My old, terrible friend, who me and my other friends ditched, had a snake, couple of toads, salamanders and stuff, but the only pets that I have had are dogs, cats gerbils, hamsters, insects like bees, ants, and ladybugs.

    But I have a question thats been itching me, how in the world you going to take care of the snake when it gets that big?<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->??
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    Anyone worried about snake biting...

    Dogs and cats are more likely to bite you than a snake. Also, they're much more dangerous than non-venomous snakes.

    BOO, that's an AWESOME snake. I want a snake, but I don't think my cats would get along well with it, and my mom would kick me out of the house if I had one. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • 343_guilty_spark343_guilty_spark Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17462Members
    Well i have 2 Lepard Geckos, my friend use to own a snake, can't remeber what species, we were petting it when we left the room, came back 5 minutes later and it was gone lol. Took him a week to find it, his mum was in state as she thought the dogs and rats were at risk. They found it thought in the end in the shower.
    Where do you keep your snake ? Plus how do you train it to be friendly ?
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  • Dirty_Harry_PotterDirty_Harry_Potter Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9500Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--(SoD)BOO+Aug 20 2003, 12:07 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ((SoD)BOO @ Aug 20 2003, 12:07 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->snakes show affection by be on you constently. and not trying to run off you. she likes to be close to your face. and always has to check your face out when she gets on you. when she gets scared she always goes to me. as her source of protection. she sleeps on me alot. <b>she wraps around my neck and sleeps</b>. when she gets scared she will hide under my arm <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> or behind my back. its hard to explain snake affection. but if you ever got a snake you would understand <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->you live life dangerously <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    Has the snake ever tried to attack you? What if it does?
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  • 343_guilty_spark343_guilty_spark Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17462Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Has the snake ever tried to attack you? What if it does? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Run and don't look back. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    edited August 2003
    J-Lo never ran from the snake in the movie Anaconda...... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->


    <span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>AND J-LO KNOWS WHATS RIGHT DAD GUMMIT!!</span>
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  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Mullet+Aug 20 2003, 10:17 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mullet @ Aug 20 2003, 10:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> J-Lo never ran from the snake in the movie Anaconda...... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I am so going to see that film now......
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    That's a cute pet, but what's the snake doing on the picture? And isn't slavery forbidden?
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    I almost stepped on a venomous snake, once. When I realised it was a snake, and not a black stick, I ran my arse off.
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  • BOOBOO Join Date: 2003-07-28 Member: 18504Members
    Snakes dont attack people.
    You hardly ever hear of one ever attacking anyone.
    the ones that do, are not trained well. or a kind that when they get that big should not be taken out of the cage,
    You hear about dogs all the time. Mauling and killing people.
    Yet people seem to think snakes to be some sort of mean creature.
    When in fact there is less than a 1% chance that they would ever kill there master.
    Snakes are not mean. Fade i trust enough to put around my neck. Cause i know she feels safe on me not insecure. When an animal trusts you enough to handle her, all the time and even pull off things she shouldnt be on, and doesnt offer any form of dislike to that. im more worried about dogs. ive been attacked by an Akita over 200LBs. lucky i jumped in the car <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Snakes are not evil, they are not out to hurt anyone. if they do somehow, its because that person didnt show any respect to the snakes want of being left alone. or whatever. or its a burmese and it gets that mental desease.
    Snakes wont just wrap you up. they will hiss bump or in few cases bite you.
    the snake anchors around my neck so it can stretch its head out to see other people and things.
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  • ViPrViPr Resident naysayer Join Date: 2002-10-17 Member: 1515Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--343_guilty_spark+Aug 20 2003, 08:27 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (343_guilty_spark @ Aug 20 2003, 08:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well i have 2 Lepard Geckos, my friend use to own a snake, can't remeber what species, we were petting it when we left the room, came back 5 minutes later and it was gone lol. Took him a week to find it, his mum was in state as she thought the dogs and rats were at risk. They found it thought in the end in the shower.
    Where do you keep your snake ? Plus how do you train it to be friendly ? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    damn and i thought i was bad showering only every 3 days.
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  • WolfmanNCSuWolfmanNCSu Join Date: 2003-08-19 Member: 19966Members
    Cool snake. A buddy of mine has a snake, not sure what kind, but they named it ****. Yeah, pretty lame.

    I have a parrot (half moon conure) named Caesar that is mine, and I have adopted my girlfriends dog (maltese/terrior mix) named Sanders.
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  • BOOBOO Join Date: 2003-07-28 Member: 18504Members
    edited August 2003
    WE have a netted reptirium(SP?) for it. you train them to be friendly. it depends alot on how they were handled when they were born,
    if you get a snake, make sure it was hand tamed.
    Plus handling it alot and teaches it what it should and shouldnt do.
    Like evetually it will learn that if im not there or someone isnt there. it cant leave its cage unless into someones hands. course it couldnt do that anyway.
    By handleing it, it learns to trust you, and more importantly you learn to trust it. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    i had a pure bred maltese once. ill never get another tiny dog after that, <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> to fragile. she didnt realize that though. and over the course of her short 6yr life she took one to many falls. of her own doing...and developed a brain tumor <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
    I have a beagle bichon now. and i love him to death. cept i have to be sure to keep him away from the snake. cause his hunting instincts. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> plus he would be the one to die not the snake The snake woul dnever attack the dog, unless attacked 1st. Its uninterested, and only eats what is given to it in its feeding area. anything else outside that area, it generally wont try to eat. course i never tested this, but thats what they say. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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