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11-Jan-05, 09:07 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Sefton, Australia | | | Help for young enthusiast (Inner South Sydney) Python
 My son has been in love with snakes for a year, and has handled several in the company of a supervising adult (not me). My son is eight, after much begging I have gotten the licence and we are now the "proud" owners of a hatchling Eastern Small Blotched Python. We now have a problem - my son lacks the confidence to handle the snake on his own and I am not the best person to be helping - being terrified myself.
I need someone, who has patience with snakes and interested kids, that we can go and visit for an hour, for a couple of Saturdays or Sundays in a row, so we can build up our confidence in handling our new pet.....to cut down on stress for everybody!
Is there a society that meets in Sydney south each weekend or is there any one out there, still that nice, that they would help us?
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11-Jan-05, 09:11 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Usually on the lounge watching the TV. | | | | Re: Help for young enthusiast (Inner South Sydney) Python
I see you're at Sefton. I'm at Liverpool. You're welcome to come round and let your son meet my kids (12 and 8 ). They can show him how easy it is. I have plenty of snakes and Lizards here to play with.
Cheers, Greg.
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11-Jan-05, 09:12 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Sefton, Australia | | | | RE: Re: Help for young enthusiast (Inner South Sydney) Pytho
Greg you shouldn't have been so quick to answer I will take you up on that offer please.............we fed our snake last night and we all needed a rest after..........
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11-Jan-05, 09:12 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender:  | | | | RE: Help for young enthusiast (Inner South Sydney) Python
Really commendable of you! Not too many people who are willing to forgo their own fears to help with an others fascination of these animals. If I was living there I would gladly help out. You won’t have any problems finding someone from here to help you. Good Luck 
ps - gee that was quick  :wink:
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11-Jan-05, 09:19 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Usually on the lounge watching the TV. | | | | Re: RE: Re: Help for young enthusiast (Inner South Sydney) P
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Originally Posted by tatham .............we fed our snake last night and we all needed a rest after.......... | It can get a bit that way early on....lol.
Just email me fatboy@optusnet.com.au and we can arrange something. Don't use the PM function here cause it doesn't work for me for some reason.
Cheers, Greg.
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11-Jan-05, 09:45 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Townsville | | | | RE: Re: RE: Re: Help for young enthusiast (Inner South Sydne
You'll love it! Greg's a good guy with a great family, and some fun snakes for you to play with good onya greg 
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11-Jan-05, 10:07 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Feb-04 Location: Sydney | | | | RE: Re: RE: Re: Help for young enthusiast (Inner South Sydne
I have been round to Greg's place with my kids and they really loved it. We were made to feel welcome. My daughter was so relaxed she pee'd on their floor. That was a while ago so his snakes will be hungry again by now. I know his offer is sincere tatham so take him up on it.
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11-Jan-05, 10:36 PM
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Top work Greggles!!!
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11-Jan-05, 11:16 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-04 Location: Albury NSW | | | | RE: Re: RE: Re: Help for young enthusiast (Inner South Sydne
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You're welcome to come round and let your son meet my kids (12 and 8 ). They can show him how easy it is. I have plenty of snakes and Lizards here to play with.
| good on ya greg! i offer myself to people all the time (sometimes even my reptiles) but once they see me they run, lol, i should grow some kids eh, might help to educate. Good work mate.
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17-Jan-05, 09:21 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: bathurst, n.s.w., australia Age: 30 | | | | RE: Re: RE: Re: Help for young enthusiast (Inner South Sydne
If your ever out Bathurst way for a sunday drive or the weekend please feel free to contact me. I have a very friendly olive python and a not so friendly bredli. I have mates bring their kids over a fare bit. Anyway the offer is there and i am always happy to meet another person with a fascination for snakes.
Joel
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17-Jan-05, 10:35 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: North Queensland | | | | RE: Re: RE: Re: Help for young enthusiast (Inner South Sydne
"I'll tell you 'Tatham', what say to others with a similar problem. Just reach in, in one smooth motion and pick it up, whats the worst it can do?, bite you?, its non-venomous, carnt hurt you, your dog or cat would do far more damage. Just dont panic, and pull your hand in and out, they pick up on it and will play on it, by looking nasty and stricking etc. Remember the elemient of supprise, reach in and pick it up, you'll find once you do, it really wasn't that bad.........go-on give it ago"................
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17-Jan-05, 10:53 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Townsville | | | | RE: Re: RE: Re: Help for young enthusiast (Inner South Sydne
that's a very good point.. and one that even a few keepers I know don't realise! A bit of confidence picking it up goes a long way.. one of my bigger bredli is, to be honest, pretty scary the way she looks at you lol, and with her history of biting. But confidence when getting her out of the cage (almost) always works 
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