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Tamara Robbins
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not a climber, just related...
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 10, 2018 - 03:06pm PT
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Come on guys (gals?), is there anyone who can come to Lynn Hill's house and help me feed a rather large Ball Python??? It's a bit time sensitive, but I have even tried trolling Pearl St. for someone who isn't terrified of snakes and have not had luck.
Please - call me if you live in area and are available this afternoon (tomorrow latest)......
509-637-5415
Tamara Robbins
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Aug 10, 2018 - 03:20pm PT
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What’s Lynn Hill doing with a python??
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clode
Trad climber
portland, or
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Aug 10, 2018 - 03:43pm PT
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So a python slithers onto a plane, carrying two dead crows. The flight attendant says "I'm sorry sir, but only one carrion per customer".
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 10, 2018 - 03:46pm PT
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So, being a snake lover I gotta say, and I am unanimous in this, that pythons are easily capable of going months without sustenance, let alone a few extra days or weeks. Besides, if you shine it on you really don’t think you’re gonna get ratted out, do you?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Aug 10, 2018 - 03:49pm PT
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^^^ clode, lol!
Pie-thon, that's like a marathon with cobbler?
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Aug 10, 2018 - 03:52pm PT
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do you have the food? or does this entail going out and catching that too?
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cavemonkey
Ice climber
ak
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Aug 10, 2018 - 03:53pm PT
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Reminds me of that roadie story about stealing lynn’s panties for
To be worn for the big send.......great opportunity for those boulder prancers with
A proj
Wish I were closer tamara
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Aug 10, 2018 - 04:14pm PT
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jonah was in the whale for three days and three nights ... just sayin'
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Tamara Robbins
climber
not a climber, just related...
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 10, 2018 - 04:20pm PT
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lmao - big help you lot are! ;)
To answer, yes indeed I am also "caretaking" the food (lovely little white mouse) - and am less concerned about feeding said snake than I am about the mouse dying in meantime! It's all quite amusing, if one were observing without having to participate lol...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Aug 10, 2018 - 04:39pm PT
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where's Jaybro when you need him!
(he might actually be in the area)
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Aug 10, 2018 - 04:47pm PT
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I am old enough to remember Juan Corona, he just wanted "a little bit of help" too
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 10, 2018 - 05:22pm PT
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Be glad it's not a bunny. They scream like crazy...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 10, 2018 - 05:31pm PT
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Be glad it's not a bunny. They scream like crazy...
You'd scream like crazy, too, if you were starving for a big pile of carrots and someone dropped mice into your cage.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Aug 10, 2018 - 06:35pm PT
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My daughter used to babysit the class snakes during summers when she was in elementary school. Dead mice in the fridge or freezer; had to be heated up before feeding but not in the microwave if I recall.
Hard to believe you can't find someone who's not afraid of snakes! Throw up an ad on Craigslist and see what whackadoos come out of the woodwork. I guess this here thread is only one step removed from that ;)
Just meet in a public place to interview them first! Don't let them know where you live if you get bad vibes.
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jaredg
climber
california
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Aug 10, 2018 - 06:40pm PT
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try mountain project?
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Tamara Robbins
climber
not a climber, just related...
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 10, 2018 - 06:56pm PT
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LOL thanks all.... And yes, I too have heard the frozen route is the way to go (pun for Dad). However, 'tis not my snake (nor mouse)... so am doing as instructed. Or trying to do.
Tim from here contacted me and came by, making a valiant effort to get said feeding finished with. The predator, however, was not at all interested in much beyond escaping the feeding box.
While remaining aware of the important distinction of "woes," and that mine are certainly "first world," nonetheless I am sighing at this particular situation (while also chuckling).
Tim, you showed up! Much gratitude, and I'll see you in a few days 😂
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Aug 10, 2018 - 08:26pm PT
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What’s Lynn Hill doing with a python??
I'm curious as well.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Aug 10, 2018 - 09:59pm PT
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wbw
Trad climber
'cross the great divide
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Aug 11, 2018 - 07:07am PT
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This thread's gonna give me nightmares for weeks.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Aug 11, 2018 - 07:12am PT
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What’s Lynn Hill doing with a python??
Haven't you heard of snake yoga? I had a vegan snake once, but it died.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 11, 2018 - 07:57am PT
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LMAO
Sorry I can't help, Tama.
I do know that before feeding many snake owners konk the rodent so it won't hurt the snake.
Balls can be recalcitrant feeders, but beautiful creatures.
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Aug 11, 2018 - 02:55pm PT
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Why does Lynn have a python? Is it Owen's?
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Aug 11, 2018 - 03:12pm PT
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When people said "look at those pythons!" I thought they were talking about her biceps.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Aug 11, 2018 - 04:42pm PT
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When you say you want someone to help you feed the python, are you looking for someone small, feeble and easily digestible?
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silverplume
Trad climber
Boulder
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Aug 11, 2018 - 05:17pm PT
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Hey Tamara, this is Tim. Not sure that your new pal is going to need/want to be fed for at least 7-10 days after its last feeding - if not more- so that'd be roughly Wednesday or so at the earliest. Looks like you're gonna have to step up your mouse caring skills ;-)
Talk to you in a few days- give me a shout sooner if needed.
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Tamara Robbins
climber
not a climber, just related...
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2018 - 09:48pm PT
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Tim thank you! So far so good, snake's nearly shed that last bit, mouse is moving about.
I visited with Jeff Lowe today for several hours and he shared a story. He got his stepson a Ball Python years ago and the kid fed it one day but left the house. Returned to find that the mouse had ripped the snake up (spine was visible) - snake had done similar damage to mouse.... long story short - not a pleasant ending!
Others, Yep it's Owens.... ;)
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Aug 11, 2018 - 10:56pm PT
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If the mouse is strutting around like Jerry Mouse then you'll probably need to trade him in. Not saying that Linn's snake is afraid but....it happens
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Dick Erb
climber
June Lake, CA
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Aug 12, 2018 - 09:34am PT
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How about a photo of the snake, draped over your shoulders would be cool.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Aug 12, 2018 - 10:11am PT
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I heard a story of zoo feeding a valuable rare snake a live mouse. Mouse killed the snake
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Aug 12, 2018 - 10:31am PT
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Snake Oil, Snake Oil - good for man and beast. Cures hunger...
Snake oil, snake oil, my friends...
Till The End...
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 13, 2018 - 06:57am PT
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Ball pythons are picky and they do things in their own time. And they can go a looong time without eating...
I only Feed my girl Peanut large thawed frozen rats. Realistically she only averages about twice a month. She’s a little over a meter long, and
That sustainsher. I hear that once they get live food they won’t go back..
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 13, 2018 - 08:48am PT
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Like I said; konk the mouse.
Never heard about the live food preference, but if its anything like,... well,....
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Tamara Robbins
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not a climber, just related...
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 13, 2018 - 11:10am PT
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I'm going to trade the mouse in for a frozen one today (hopefully you heard wrong about that one, Jaybro....). I'm way more comfy with the snake (Dick Erb, I'll get that picture!), but Lowe's horror story has me deciding to make an executive decision about what this snake gets fed!
(though the whole thing of thawing the bugger out before feeding is slightly off-putting also.... lol) (should I just fry it up in one of her cast iron skillets?!?) ;)
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Aug 13, 2018 - 11:27am PT
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What did the mouse say to his buddies after he killed Lynn Hills python
Its gone boys
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John M
climber
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Aug 13, 2018 - 11:34am PT
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What did the mouse say to his buddies after he killed Lynn Hills python
Its gone boys
so you are saying its a girl mouse. Maybe the snake doesn't like girls. Maybe it swings the other way.
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As for trading in the mouse. I don't believe pet stores take used mice.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 13, 2018 - 11:35am PT
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Only wireless ones.
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John M
climber
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Aug 13, 2018 - 11:39am PT
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Ba da bing.. Reilly will be here all week folks.
there is a groaner of a joke for why the snake didn't want to eat a female mouse. I'lll let y'all figure that one out. hahaha.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Aug 13, 2018 - 12:29pm PT
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Speaking of rabbits making noise.
Years back, we were at the boat launch-site on Idaho's Bruneau river, inflating our rafts.
Heidi heard something making whinning noises in the nearby willows & went to take a look. A 4' - 5' long gopher snake had constricted, but not killed a baby cottontail, which was making little rabbit screams, while its mother stood helpless nearby.
Heidi found a stick & whapped the snake a couple times. It un-wrapped from the baby, & the mom & baby cottontails hopped off.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Aug 13, 2018 - 01:18pm PT
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Heidi found a stick & whapped the snake a couple times.
A flagrant violation of the Prime Directive
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 13, 2018 - 01:31pm PT
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And the end to Fritz's story is how the neighbor's garden is decimated and the gopher snake is in therapy.
You think rabbits scream just try putting a mouse in the microwave for 5-8 seconds before feeding it to a snake.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Aug 13, 2018 - 02:54pm PT
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Ron! Per your summing up the incident:
And the end to Fritz's story is how the neighbor's garden is decimated and the gopher snake is in therapy.
Heidi really likes gopher snakes, but her heart went out to the baby bunny. Happily, the nearest neighbor to that launch site is about 30 miles away.
We do have a small population of gopher snakes that share our ranchette with us, as well as a small population of cottontails, whose young, both the snakes & Harley (the cat) eat. Apparently, the predation keeps our rabbit population small.
Here's a photo of Ralph, the gopher snake, in our lawn. (All our gopher snakes are named Ralph.)
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 13, 2018 - 03:09pm PT
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Speaking of "Ralph".
Years ago a neighbor who raised a very valuable breed of rabbits found the headless body of his favorite rabbit on his front lawn. He went around the neighborhood to warn them that there was a weasel or something very vicious making the rounds.
About 2 minutes after he left my neighbor, Kurt, and I , Kurt's German shepherd got a weird look on its face and vomited the missing head.
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Crazy Bat
Sport climber
Birmingham, AL & Seweanee, TN
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Aug 13, 2018 - 03:17pm PT
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If said mouse came from a pet store and the issues is you have no means of caring for the mouse, a return to the pet store is in order. The one I worked at would take the mouse back if something interfered with your ability to get to feeding the snake. You could also pick up supplies for keeping the mouse. We recomended this option because sometimes snakes unexpectedly start a shed and become temporarily blind. We had fairly cheap rigs. This was the 90s and you could get set up for about $20 then.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 21, 2018 - 05:26pm PT
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Anybody see Paul Manafort's $18K python jacket?
They should make him wear it in prison, and offer odds on how long he lasts.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Aug 21, 2018 - 07:28pm PT
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I have a friend who used to own about 7 pythons including a Burmese that weighed 125 lbs.
Rick is a muscular guy and used to handle it by himself.
One day it went for him and just about got him.
He never did a solo mission again.
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Nick Danger
Ice climber
Arvada, CO
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Aug 22, 2018 - 06:21am PT
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So Lynn's gonna end up with a pet snake AND a pet mouse. That woman's gonna be running a regular petting zoo before long.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 22, 2018 - 08:06am PT
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A proper host should always keep a couple of mice around to feed unannounced visiting reptiles and varmints, according to Miss M. Stewart.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 22, 2018 - 08:18am PT
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Thawing out a rat for peanut today.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 22, 2018 - 08:33am PT
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Aug 22, 2018 - 01:45pm PT
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"Hey kid, wanna make $10?"
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 23, 2018 - 10:13pm PT
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So Peanut just ate a Huge Rat tonight! Her tummy is so big!
Hang in there Tamara!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 24, 2018 - 09:13am PT
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Aug 24, 2018 - 09:33am PT
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Jaybro n' mouse, You two are delight full!
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Tamara Robbins
climber
not a climber, just related...
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2018 - 04:56pm PT
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LOL Brian and Jay..... good stuff. I actually managed to keep the mouse alive for the whole 12 days, have gotten word that snake successfully ate said mouse, and that's well and dandy. Did my part. ;)
PS Lynn: FROZEN mice, cough cough.... lol, cheers all!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 26, 2018 - 05:18pm PT
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Yay! Glad to hear it.
That bulge in her middle is the rat she ate on the 23rd!
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