AmyAlker
Not so new Member
Good Morning everyone,
I have a very sad story of a spotted.
Friend A bought a spotted to overcome his fear of snakes. So after being bitten a couple of times by the juvie, he gave up and then gave it away to my other friend, Friend B, who already owned a snake.
The small enclosure friend A bought with the spotted was also passed onto friend B. The lid for this enclosure was broken, so B fixed it with gaff tape.... This spotted was quite the escape artist. She tried escaping and became stuck to the gaff tape, along her face and down the side of her neck. Friend B then tried to pull the gaff tape off, Friend B said 'as carefully as possible.' The spotted recovered and was left with no scars.
As Friend B already owned a childrens python he decided to chuck the spotted in with childrens. They were both fed in the same enclosure, which led to many complications, often the spotted would begin to constrict the childrens after or during a feed.
The spotted would often escape its shared enclosure and was left to roam around the house until it was found. Once found it was caught with socks on hands. Sometimes it was left to roam the house for many months.
My two friends are work friends, i am now good friends with friend B. After hearing about this horrific spotteds story, i took the spotted 'off their hands,' as after being left to roam the house for about 6 months, she was looking a little thin.
I gave the spotted her own medium enclosure. She is now fed 1 - 2 times a fortnight. She is looking a lot healthier. She is also very active and is a great snake to sit back and watch.
I am not an experienced snake owner, i have only had snakes for about 2 - 3 years and i still make mistakes sometimes. My problem is that this spotted is now very angry and vicious.
She will strike and constrict almost anything, including snake hooks, boxes, rocks. She struck the snake hook and wrapped around it and i heard her teeth grinding against the metal. She is fast and agile. She does scare me a bit which makes trying to clean her enclosure a nightmare. I cannot get her out, she just wraps and holds onto something or strikes the snake hook. She has a hide but doesnt hide in it often. I don't want to accidentally hurt her but i don't know how to deal with her. I never handle her because of her past, which is fine because she is stunning just to look at. Any advice on how to make cleaning time and checks ups a bit easier would be appreciated.
Thank you for reading my very long story! My two friends are ignorant and stupid, i do not condone their actions at all!
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Also, she is now about 3 years old.
I have a very sad story of a spotted.
Friend A bought a spotted to overcome his fear of snakes. So after being bitten a couple of times by the juvie, he gave up and then gave it away to my other friend, Friend B, who already owned a snake.
The small enclosure friend A bought with the spotted was also passed onto friend B. The lid for this enclosure was broken, so B fixed it with gaff tape.... This spotted was quite the escape artist. She tried escaping and became stuck to the gaff tape, along her face and down the side of her neck. Friend B then tried to pull the gaff tape off, Friend B said 'as carefully as possible.' The spotted recovered and was left with no scars.
As Friend B already owned a childrens python he decided to chuck the spotted in with childrens. They were both fed in the same enclosure, which led to many complications, often the spotted would begin to constrict the childrens after or during a feed.
The spotted would often escape its shared enclosure and was left to roam around the house until it was found. Once found it was caught with socks on hands. Sometimes it was left to roam the house for many months.
My two friends are work friends, i am now good friends with friend B. After hearing about this horrific spotteds story, i took the spotted 'off their hands,' as after being left to roam the house for about 6 months, she was looking a little thin.
I gave the spotted her own medium enclosure. She is now fed 1 - 2 times a fortnight. She is looking a lot healthier. She is also very active and is a great snake to sit back and watch.
I am not an experienced snake owner, i have only had snakes for about 2 - 3 years and i still make mistakes sometimes. My problem is that this spotted is now very angry and vicious.
She will strike and constrict almost anything, including snake hooks, boxes, rocks. She struck the snake hook and wrapped around it and i heard her teeth grinding against the metal. She is fast and agile. She does scare me a bit which makes trying to clean her enclosure a nightmare. I cannot get her out, she just wraps and holds onto something or strikes the snake hook. She has a hide but doesnt hide in it often. I don't want to accidentally hurt her but i don't know how to deal with her. I never handle her because of her past, which is fine because she is stunning just to look at. Any advice on how to make cleaning time and checks ups a bit easier would be appreciated.
Thank you for reading my very long story! My two friends are ignorant and stupid, i do not condone their actions at all!
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Also, she is now about 3 years old.
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