What's in Your Sporran?

[McClef]

TREFOR!!!!!!!

I am sorry if it rattlered you Jamie.

I guess my humour can tend towards the Pythonesque sometimes.

[James MacMillan]

Sure are pretty snakes! Corn Snake skin would make a really nice hatband..

[ccga3359]

Sure are pretty snakes! Corn Snake skin would make a really nice hatband..

Enough of 'em would make a nice sporran. Hey F-H.C.A.G. wanna start breeding and harvesting them?

[James MacMillan]

Enough of 'em would make a nice sporran. Hey F-H.C.A.G. wanna start breeding and harvesting them?

Already being done - look here.

Do corn snakes eat corn? How long would you have to keep the little darlings around before you could chop their heads off and tan their hides?

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

Enough of 'em would make a nice sporran. Hey F-H.C.A.G. wanna start breeding and harvesting them?

You think you're joking, but I've been raising my python, boa, and milk snake for nearly 20 years now, always with the intention that I'll be tanning them eventually. At this point, Pandora (the ball python) is going to be a sporran and Prometheus (the Sinaloan Milk Snake) will make a very good belt (although a hat band would work as well):



Perseus (the Red Tailed Boa) is going to be boots (for me!):

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Do corn snakes eat corn? How long would you have to keep the little darlings around before you could chop their heads off and tan their hides?

Milk snakes were called such because farmers believed they were drinking the milk of the cows in their barns, when in reality, they were eating the mice and rats attracted to the cattle feed. Likewise corn snakes-associated with their prey's food.

I imagine to make a decent hat band, one would have to wait at least 5 years. In that picture, there are seven of the "little darlings" in there! Unfortunately, they are not mine-I was just "snakesitting" for a week.

Be well,

[James MacMillan]

I know that you don't want to hasten the process, but it looks like that boa has enough hide for several sporrans already.... The little girl in blue isn't really sure if she likes snakes or not.

That must be fun, showing off the slitherens to the kiddies!

Nice pets!

[McClef]

Let's hope that it's a long time before Pandora's Box is opened.

[JRB]

That picture really makes me miss my pet Burmese python, Morticia. She grew too big for me to handle safely so I had to donate her to an exotic pet store.

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

...The little girl in blue isn't really sure if she likes snakes or not.

That must be fun, showing off the slitherens to the kiddies!
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The kids love it almost as much as I do! Oddly enough, it's usually the little girls who are most eager to handle the snakes and the boys who tend to hang back (oh, and the parents are usually quite intimidated).

That picture really makes me miss my pet Burmese python, Morticia. She grew too big for me to handle safely so I had to donate her to an exotic pet store.

Yeah, Perseus is at a size where I prefer not to handle him when I'm alone, but he wouldn't compare to a full size Burmese! You were lucky to have a pet store take yours. Last time we were at the San Francisco Zoo, they were doing a presentation on pets, and commented on how they are overwhelmed with large snake "donations" from people who didn't quite know what they were getting into.

Be well,

[JRB]

... You were lucky to have a pet store take yours. Last time we were at the San Francisco Zoo, they were doing a presentation on pets, and commented on how they are overwhelmed with large snake "donations" from people who didn't quite know what they were getting into...

I gave up my Burmese python about 15 years ago. She was over 10 ft. long, I was in between apartments and I couldn't provide her with a good home. Luckily, one of the local pet store owners was a big fan of snakes and made her the store mascot. She actually drummed up a lot of walk-in business. I still miss her sometimes but I know she had a better place to live than I could provide for her at the time.