- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Another snake thread spinoff who keeps venomous snakes...let's see em
Posted on 5/9/14 at 11:09 am to NOLAGT
Posted on 5/9/14 at 11:09 am to NOLAGT
quote:
I know this very well!!
When I was a kid, my uncle hatched some blue racer eggs and gave us around 14 babies, which we kept in one tank in the bedroom. One night around 5 got out. Found one in my sister's shoe and one in my mom's bathroom. The rest disappeared. My mom was cool about that stuff though. My dad and uncle were hard core. My dad was bit by a Cottonmouth as a teen, and my uncle had 3 or 4 venomous snake bites plus a Gila monster bite while working at the zoo. My dad traded a 6 ft. Canebrake rattler for our first pet gator - it was in the front display case for years at the old snake farm on Hwy. 90 in Slidell back in the day. Some crazy frickers hung out at that place. There was one guy with 3 or 4 fingers missing who would still handle a big Mexican Green Rattlesnake that was "nice" - wouldn't even hold the head, he'd just let it crawl all over him.
2
Posted on 5/9/14 at 11:30 am to 911Moto
My mom didn't like them but was ok with me having a couple in high school. Had a albino cal king get out and my dad (luckily) found it in there bathroom. Found a nile monitor and my iguana in my sisters room when they got out. Found my Brazilian rainbow boa in the bathtub in collage when it got out and lost some tangerine Honduras milk snakes when they got out. im sure theres more I dont remember lol.
Posted on 5/9/14 at 10:31 pm to 911Moto
quote:
My dad traded a 6 ft. Canebrake rattler for our first pet gator - it was in the front display case for years at the old snake farm on Hwy. 90 in Slidell back in the day
Growing up in Athens, Alabama there was a fantastic pet store named BJ's Pets that was right down the street from where we would get our hair cut. It had saltwater and freshwater fish, reptiles, puppies & kittens, etc, in a beautiful old downtown building.
Its claim to fame was that they had a crocodile (or possibly it was an alligator) in a big tank in the front window--I never once saw it move but it was alive because over the years it got bigger and bigger. I wonder what happened to it when they closed.
Page 1 of 1
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News