Reptiles!

I never thought I'd find myself so involved with reptiles. Don't get me wrong, I have no aversion to them, but I never expected THIS! Besides all the mammals in my apartment, I now share the premises with three corn snakes, two ball pythons, a painted mantella (a kind of frog for those who don't know), & a chameleon. Plus, there are corn snake eggs incubating, which will hopefully hatch any time now.

Are you cringing yet? You'd be surprised how non threatening the whole situation can be...even to a 98 pound woman! That's not to say I haven't had some interesting experiences. On this page, I'll share a few of them with anyone who cares to read on.....


How To Keep A Reptile Warm.....

For all those who are squeemish about snakes, you may not want to read this little tale. However, for anyone else, this story will be pretty funny.

This past winter was, as many know, a bit rough. My area was no different. I woke up after an enormous snowfall to find that my electricity had been out for hours while I had been asleep. The temperature in my apartment was around fifty degrees & dropping. My first thought was, "Oh no! The snakes will freeze!" So, I hop out of my nice warm bed, open a snake cage & grab a very cold ball python. Sticking it under my shirt & trying not to shiver too much, I hop back under the covers to warm the snake up. This continued for about four hours, and I switched snakes every half hour or so until the power came back on. I've never been so happy to see the lights come back on in my life.

Is that devotion, or simple insanity? My coworkers all think I'm just nuts, but if they didn't have this excuse to call me crazy, they'd find another one!

Escapee

Everyone who owns snakes must have at least one "escaped snake story". So, why should I be different?

We keep our snakes in sweater boxes, which is pretty escape proof, as long as the human in charge doesn't do anything stupid, like not put the lid back on properly. But such perfection would be asking a bit much. Needless to say, my wonderful other half, who claims actual ownership of said snakes (even though they stay at my place), didn't take that little extra care to make sure he'd replaced the lid on the ball python "cage" properly. So, lucky me, as I lean down to turn up the fan in the kitchen, I come face-to-face with the escapee. I didn't get scared, since I knew exactly what I was looking at, but I was far from pleased!

Fortunately, none of the other inhabitabts of my little apartment got consumed by the loose snake. You see, I have a cockatiel whose cage sits on the floor, & two hedgehogs, who, at the time, lived loose in the bathroom. Had anyone been missing, I would have had that snake for dinner, & the careless handler for desert!




Briar Rose

bri_rose@hotmail.com

United States

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