Lethal Weapons Among Us
July 3rd 2009 18:39
Years ago I was a reptile enthusiast. I mostly kept lizards with an occasional snake. I left the trade when I started seeing how people with no knowledge were keeping dangerous animals. Iguanas, boas, pythons, tegus, monitor lizards, poisonous snakes and lizards, and the list goes on. I've also seen some people's incompetence result in escapes and disasters. Somebody's pet was eaten by a python, for example.
Burmese pythons and other jungle snakes should never be kept as pets, in my opinion. I still think this will end in disaster. Snakes are great escape artists, and are silent when they escape. They hunt by detecting the heat(warm blooded) of their prey, along with their tongue that processes air particles in a grove above the mouth called a Jacobson's organ.
Reptiles in captivity should be displayed more so than handled. They never really tame and can regress to their wild behavior at any time. Their enclosures should be secure and escape proof.
In a tragic event, a 2 year-old is killed by a pet python. My opinion is that the owner of the python wasn't very skilled at keeping reptiles, let alone a dangerous reptile.
From the article:
Darnell, who lives at the home with the girl and her mother, told officers that just after midnight Wednesday he found the eight-and-a-half foot snake out of its glass case. He put it in a bag and returned it to the enclosure. When he awoke in the morning, he discovered that the snake was again out of its case.
I had a harmless and rather tame lizard escape from its enclosure. I put it back and observed it. Sure enough since I hadn't secured the point of escape in the enclosure, the lizard went back to it and got out again. This is why I observed it. Because I didn't know how it got out and I knew it would go back. Darnell should have observed the snake since he didn't find HOW it got out the first time.
From the article:
Geoghegan said Shaiunna played with the python all the time and the snake had never been aggressive toward her.
Darnell reportedly also owns a boa constrictor that was in a different container. The reptiles were considered family pets.
Considering a giant snake a family pet is a danger in itself. Once again, reptiles should be displayed more than handled. They let the toddler play with the snake. Do they know that reptiles have bacteria and can spread disease, especially to a child that puts her hands in her mouth. After handling any reptile, you should wash the areas that came in contact with it, immediately.
From the article:
According to the 2008 edition of "Florida Captive Wildlife Regulations," a python must be kept in a cage or glass case made of at least quarter-inch break-resistant glass. The enclosure must be secured by a lock.
Investigators say the aquarium taken from the child's home was about six feet long and three feet deep and open at the top, but it wasn't immediately clear to them whether the case had a lid.
If the aquarium wasn't busted or cracked, the escape was with the lid or whatever he used to cover the aquarium. I doubt it had a lock or was secure.
Burmese pythons and other jungle snakes should never be kept as pets, in my opinion. I still think this will end in disaster. Snakes are great escape artists, and are silent when they escape. They hunt by detecting the heat(warm blooded) of their prey, along with their tongue that processes air particles in a grove above the mouth called a Jacobson's organ.
Reptiles in captivity should be displayed more so than handled. They never really tame and can regress to their wild behavior at any time. Their enclosures should be secure and escape proof.
In a tragic event, a 2 year-old is killed by a pet python. My opinion is that the owner of the python wasn't very skilled at keeping reptiles, let alone a dangerous reptile.
From the article:
Darnell, who lives at the home with the girl and her mother, told officers that just after midnight Wednesday he found the eight-and-a-half foot snake out of its glass case. He put it in a bag and returned it to the enclosure. When he awoke in the morning, he discovered that the snake was again out of its case.
I had a harmless and rather tame lizard escape from its enclosure. I put it back and observed it. Sure enough since I hadn't secured the point of escape in the enclosure, the lizard went back to it and got out again. This is why I observed it. Because I didn't know how it got out and I knew it would go back. Darnell should have observed the snake since he didn't find HOW it got out the first time.
From the article:
Geoghegan said Shaiunna played with the python all the time and the snake had never been aggressive toward her.
Darnell reportedly also owns a boa constrictor that was in a different container. The reptiles were considered family pets.
Considering a giant snake a family pet is a danger in itself. Once again, reptiles should be displayed more than handled. They let the toddler play with the snake. Do they know that reptiles have bacteria and can spread disease, especially to a child that puts her hands in her mouth. After handling any reptile, you should wash the areas that came in contact with it, immediately.
From the article:
According to the 2008 edition of "Florida Captive Wildlife Regulations," a python must be kept in a cage or glass case made of at least quarter-inch break-resistant glass. The enclosure must be secured by a lock.
Investigators say the aquarium taken from the child's home was about six feet long and three feet deep and open at the top, but it wasn't immediately clear to them whether the case had a lid.
If the aquarium wasn't busted or cracked, the escape was with the lid or whatever he used to cover the aquarium. I doubt it had a lock or was secure.
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