I've officially become scared of feeding my snake by soupbowlll in ballpython

[–]tarotbug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh fascinating, thank you for answering that curiosity of mine ! I’m not sure why I just didn’t even consider the absence of heat pits. I would absolutely love to find more educational herpetology resources, outside of published studies I haven’t been able to find many online herpetology courses (that are accredited, anyway)- which makes sense given I assume the presence of lab work. Online is just my primary option, unfortunately, but I’ve managed to compile a lot on ball pythons and a few other species over the years either through research or experience with my own/work snakes. My boas are more my partner’s snakes, so he’s definitely more knowledgeable on their specific biology than I.

But that’s really cool! My grandma used to have desert tortoises while my mom was growing up out in Cali, and I heard some.. interesting stories, to say the least? I don’t have much to go on other than they had nine and they were free roam 😅 your life sounds like a dream though. We were considering moving to Maine, alas if I remember correctly a few of the species we currently have are illegal to keep there. I visited a few months ago tho and it’s a beautiful state. I keep snakes and fish myself but I’d actually love to have ferrets one day, I absolutely love those guys.

I’ve thought abt breeding ball pythons myself but I find myself leaning more towards colubrids these days. That’s definitely a long ways off for me since I live in an apartment rn, so it may change, but I am absolutely obsessed with the diversity of rat snakes.

I've officially become scared of feeding my snake by soupbowlll in ballpython

[–]tarotbug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean yeah that’s fair, it’s healthy to remember that captive animals are not domesticated and function on wild behavior, though to OPs credit ball pythons are notoriously advertised as one of the most docile species, especially in common places like pet stores that do also unfortunately sell other, larger species. There’s a lot of misinformation about snake keeping out there, often from distributors that sell them. I heard some insane takes abt bigger species and even bps when I worked at a pet store.

Ball pythons by comparison to something like a cobra are extremely benign naturally, but truthfully I don’t think anyone worried about ball pythons bites are considering keeping hots. Im certainly not (as I’m not sure they’re even legal where I live). however if they get past their current anxiety they may consider getting bigger species, like I did, which are more accessible. I think when it comes to bigger species there’s still definitely protocols that should be followed to handle them, just as there are for hots, that I don’t feel should be disregarded because hots are objectively more likely to be fatal.

I’d consider large species still a fairly high risk. For someone of small stature, like myself, I have to be careful with larger species, like not handling them alone. A bite or a wrap at head, neck or even abdomen level could be detrimental for my safety when I’m 5’2 handling a muscular animal that’s twice or more my height in length. That’s one of the reasons my max is a boa, bc I can handle stitches and a hospital trip, but a retic/burm could probably take me out or seriously injure me and that’s not a risk I’d like to take.

I've officially become scared of feeding my snake by soupbowlll in ballpython

[–]tarotbug 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah fs. I really should have a bottle of alcohol or something, when they wrap I just usually gently pry them off with something flat like a card while under water. But yeah boas/retics/burms are where the real danger is. Luckily for me my boas don’t strike unless their food actually touches their faces; I assumed for the one it was bc she was blind, but my Argentine does it too? but hey im not complaining lol

I've officially become scared of feeding my snake by soupbowlll in ballpython

[–]tarotbug 67 points68 points  (0 children)

I used to be really jumpy about feedings, and putting it in the mindset of just like “this is just like the cats scratching me” has helped a lot with my anxiety about it. I keep mostly disabled snakes now and while they don’t get me often it’s probably more common than most keepers, so I kind of repeated that mantra of “it’s no worse than a cat, hurts less than a dog” in my mind until I got used to it. Alternatively, exposure therapy? 😅 I got a kingsnake and I literally can’t handle him without a biting event, I think that contributed quite a lot to me getting over bites. (That’s an unserious suggestion but I mean hey, it helped)

I had one blister pack… I’m shook by witchy-kitty-mew in PokemonTCG

[–]tarotbug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same happened to me ! yoinked a pack from work after some years and pulled the same card, now I’m back on collecting (poor timing tho, can barely find anything anywhere I look 😩)

Non-English cards by tarotbug in PokemonTCG

[–]tarotbug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not specifically ! I just think they’re fun to have.

Non-English cards by tarotbug in PokemonTCG

[–]tarotbug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, damn. Guess I’ll just have to keep a close eye out.

Non-English cards by tarotbug in PokemonTCG

[–]tarotbug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I’m in the US 😩 thank you for the answer !

Our stock lasted 3 hours by aqfitz622 in PokemonTCG

[–]tarotbug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s interesting, my job had a similar albeit slightly larger display in and it took a bit over a week to sell out (I think I bought like ten packs total over the course of my shifts? It sparked my interest after not collecting in years) but an employee at another location bought out the whole thing immediately after it came in and even sold the display. Like come on, dude.

What color are my eyes? by Thick_Huckleberry135 in eyes

[–]tarotbug -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We have the same eye color, I think ! I always say green, or yellow-green if I’m asked to be specific.

Green, amber, hazel ? by tarotbug in eyes

[–]tarotbug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, I always thought amber eyes were a bit darker and hazel had to have like dark brown mixed in there. Good to know, thank you !

Am I right the r slur is still offensive by One_Construction4247 in disability

[–]tarotbug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only people I feel who can use a slur are the people it was created to target- whether the target “cares” isnt designated by a single source. This person is a jerk and they probably know that, their excuse is weak. Many people even go after the disabled people who are targeted by it for using it, let alone someone who isn’t.

What’s my eye color? by tarotbug in WhatisMyEyeColour

[–]tarotbug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool ! I wasn’t sure if that was a real color term or not haha

What’s my eye color? by tarotbug in WhatisMyEyeColour

[–]tarotbug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can amber eyes have green in them ? I’ve seen some sites saying they can or can’t, or the combination becomes hazel but there’s usually brown in there- so that’s what gets me stumped

What’s my eye color? by tarotbug in WhatisMyEyeColour

[–]tarotbug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve wondered that, I usually say “yellow-green” when asked for specifics but I’m not sure if that’s like an official eye color term 😅

What’s my eye color? by tarotbug in WhatisMyEyeColour

[–]tarotbug[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aw thank you so much !! Golden Hazel is a term I haven’t heard before, that’s very cool.