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08-Dec-07, 08:03 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Rockingham Wa Age/Gender: 27  | | |
Is it possible to sterilise a snake? By this i mean render it infertile
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Collecting skulls does not make me weird. My tweezer obsession does.
[9:33:25] Australis: ...... ill pull out a rare "sorry"... to jen.
I don't want to be chaste, I want to be pursued.
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08-Dec-07, 08:04 PM
|  | Geek Subscriber | | | | | Possible? I don't see why not.
Whether it's been done before--why would you want to?--I have no idea. |
08-Dec-07, 08:05 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | Keep it warm in winter - that does the trick. You could do surgery and remove the reproductive system, but keeping warm is much nicer and cheaper.
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3 Morelia, 2 Antaresia, 1 Rottie and Fang the fluff dog
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08-Dec-07, 08:05 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: North Brisbane Gender:  | | | A vet probably could. Or are you talking about doing it at home.  "your not going to perform the operation by yourself" |
08-Dec-07, 08:06 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: North Brisbane Gender: | | | | Some snakes reproduce even if kept warm. |
08-Dec-07, 08:08 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | Yeah, I guess northern species would reproduce when warm over winter. My Antaresia are very susceptible to the thermal form of birth control, so I've never worried about it much.
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3 Morelia, 2 Antaresia, 1 Rottie and Fang the fluff dog
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08-Dec-07, 08:12 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Rockingham Wa Age/Gender: 27 | | | | I would never try something like this at home, I would get a reptile vet to do it, i'm not stupid. I wanted to see if it was possible, as i have written am email to the WA parks people begging to see if i can take ari and virgil if they are unable to breed. I was hoping there was a less invasive way than surgery, but if thats what it takes then i'd do it
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Collecting skulls does not make me weird. My tweezer obsession does.
[9:33:25] Australis: ...... ill pull out a rare "sorry"... to jen.
I don't want to be chaste, I want to be pursued.
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08-Dec-07, 08:14 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: North Brisbane Gender: | | | | I was kidding- obviously not a Simpson's watcher |
08-Dec-07, 08:20 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | Not always a joke - I desexed my pet rabbit! People are always shocked when I tell them that, but then I have to admit that I am trained in animal surgery and did this properly in an animal operating room at a university.
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3 Morelia, 2 Antaresia, 1 Rottie and Fang the fluff dog
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08-Dec-07, 08:28 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: CQ | | | | Jen,
I think disease is more of a concern for animals coming into WA.
unfortunately i dont think its at all possible for a vet to clear a snake
of all possible diseases or virus (like Ophidian Paramixovirus).
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[9:34:59] dpeica: if snakes were meant to be held they'd have handles.
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08-Dec-07, 08:30 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: North Brisbane Gender: | | | | What? |
08-Dec-07, 08:42 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: SunnyCoast,QLD Gender: | | | | you can get your snake x-rays numerous times which can work. |
08-Dec-07, 08:43 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: North Brisbane Gender: | | | | lol |
08-Dec-07, 08:47 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: SunnyCoast,QLD Gender: | | | | get the x-ray torch from the slurm futurama episode and that should do the trick. "ouch my sperm" |
08-Dec-07, 08:48 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: North Brisbane Gender: | | | | lol, "it didn't hurt that time" | | |
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