Boa Constrictors-The Perfect Pet for Autistics

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In Australia it is illegal to feel live animals to your pythons, and there are plenty of non-docile ones, so I'm going with "no"

That's nice that you and your boa have such a nice relationship, OP. One of my science teachers in high school had a boa constrictor/python who was pretty nice. I got to pet her once, and she wrapped herself around my watch - my teacher said she liked the ticking. I've actually sort of always been into snakes (just not the super-venomous ones) - I think cuz I was particularly drawn to Kaa from the Disney version of The Jungle Book when I was a kid.

Pythons have infested the Everglades. These creatures eat everything including alligators. My fear is that they will spread beyond the Everglades. Eradicating them has proven to be difficult. The only thing that killed many of them was a cold snap that reached into southern Florida.

I'm not sure why their care is difficult for you, I find it very easy but I have cared for reptiles most of my life. I think that if you wanted to get a snake as a pet, but didn't wish to handle it, you could still have a healthy beautiful content display animal. I recommend an amazon tree boa. They are beautiful to look at and are happiest and healthiest if never handled. They are an aggressive 'look but don't touch' kind of pet. I wouldn't advise going to a breeder since I think it's somewhat cruel to keep a animal as a pet that clearly wants nothing to do with you. But if you ever come across one that needs a good home, it might be something to consider.

I did a little research, and I'm still finding a lot of articles that state the most common way people contract salmanella is through food or unsanitary food preperation. Here is something else I found that may be of interest.



Source http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/heal ... n.html?c=r

If I thought like you, every time my cat used the litter box and jumped on the couch, I'd be following her around with disinfectant. I really think it's important not to be too concerned with disease when it comes to pets. It's unlikely to happen, especially if you wash your hands after handling any animal (which I really do, even my dogs and cats) and if it does occur and you are a healthy adult, it would be rare for you to get fatally ill. I take risks every day to ensure my happiness. I cross the street to get some coffee (I could be hit by a car, just because I HAD to have that cup of coffee) I give my large breed dog a hug around his neck, exposing my own neck (he could go nuts and tear into my jugular) I walk through a really bad neighborhood in the middle of the night to rescue a kitten I saw some teenagers toying with. Life is messy and full of risks, if we focus too much on the risks, how can we enjoy anything at all?

That's really cute. I think that's my favorite Disney movie of all time.

This is some people's opinion. I do not share it. It is always best to feed your snake frozen thawed rodents, for the snakes own safety. But I do not believe it makes them any less aggressive if they are already an aggressive animal. And I don't buy for a second that a docile snake will become aggressive simply because it ate a live meal.

My brother had snakes as a kid. I loved playing with Slither but she was an awful lot of work. I'll stick to cats who can take care of themselves when I am preoccupied and tell me when to refill the food dish. Don't have to worry about water, Little Bit only drinks from the leaky faucet on the tub, always fresh.

My brother always fed live mice, but supervised. If Slither didn't eat we removed them. I have read that it can kill the snake if frozen mice aren't thawed well and still cold in the middle

Ours would only eat live mice. He had been eating one mouse a month, and the week we got him was feeding week. The store my husband stopped at only had frozen dead ones and so he bought that. The snake wouldn't go near it. Next time we tried a live one and he ate it right up. After a while, he was getting very excited and hungry acting when it was feeding day and the pet shop guy said to feed him one a week, which we did. At the end of the last year we had him, he was eating two mice a week and growing a lot more.

They kill them immediately and then eat them, so they don't eat them alive. It's not messy either as they swallow them whole. The only problem is when you forget the plastic carrier for the mice and have to drive back home 45 minutes with two mice in a cardboard carrier from the pet store. They once got out in the car! He couldn't catch them so he went back and this time he bought another plastic carrier.

I have a pet Ball Python,a rescue.I like the feeling of the snake coiling on me.I feed frozen mice that are warmed,they won't strike at a cold object.I feed with long hemostats to prevent accidental strikes to the hand.The snake senses your hand as warmth and may strike at it.If you ever have a problem with a snake that winds to tight the smell of alcohol will get them to turn loose immediately,many handlers keep a bottle around just for that purpose.Not for drinking,but rubbing alcohol works as well.Just a whiff should do it,no need to douse the serpent.I also enjoy the snakes in my yard both venomous and non.
I've got some other reptile pets,mostly rescues,My big lovely Iguana,Tokay Gecko,Leopard Gecko,Korean Firebelly Toad,and a African Clawed Frog,the large kind.
There is a spa that does snake massage in Israel.
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/07/sn ... srael.html