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molurus · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: Friend Asked me for my opinion ?

My manager at work asked me for my opinion about his friend's Burmese.
He knows i have been keeping herp's for a long time now, and every now and then he just asks about the gang at home and general chit-chat about the world of reptiles.

Anyway to the story.

His friend has a female Burm measuring in at around 10 ft or more in length, she absolutely loves this snake and has had it since it was a sibling.
she let's the snake have roam of the house whilst she is there and on the odd occasion it is left out to roam whilst she sleep's at night.
Now on the odd occasion she has woken up to find the snake coiled up beside her, Not a Problem !
But once or twice she has woken to find the snake stretched out alongside her, right up close.
So she goes to her local vet and asks for there advice,
(now i would really like to know where this vet is)

apparently he told her
"it's laying beside you to measure you up to see if it can eat you"

I told my friend to tell her
"it's a load of rubbish !!!
every time i feed my Indian's or Sri-Lankan python's a rabbit they Don't lay up beside it to see if it will fit first."

So what do you guy's think ?????????

jakeus · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 664

I have a friend who was told exactly the same thing. But like you say, snakes dont generally size up the animals before they eat, they just take what they can get!

Maybe its just the vets trying to stop people keeping exotic pets. Mad

Stuart · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject:

Mmm sounds exactly like the script from an article I heard on the radio months ago..
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PaulG · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject:

HAHA, this is well wierd, my dad told me this aggggeeessss ago !!
Its wierd that though. Confused

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GeckoLass · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

it started off as a joke/ myth iv heard it loads of times usually iv heard it being told with the owner being an elderly woman Laughing

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Stuart · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

Yeah this story goes around..I posted up about it ages ago and I believe Steve L said he had heard it before also..It was on the radio and the vet supposedly put the snake to sleep as it was a danger to her.. Laughing

(not that I advocate sleeping with your snake)
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GeckoLass · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject:

Aye wouldnt like to be fighting in my sleep and hit the burmese lying in my bed Shocked

Doubt he would put up with it as well as the bf did Laughing

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Lynne · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject:

ok, it was me!!!!!!! i sleep with my snakes.
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molurus · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject:

Well I'd never heard it before ! honest.

I've been woken up by my 9 ft African rock python climbing around my
headboard. but that was many moon's ago.

Godzilla · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject:

ive heard this story before and im sure its heading to the the top of the urban legend list lol , prob is most people who dont know about reptiles believe it and it gives our snakies a bad rep !!
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