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5-foot snake found outside Long Island home

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:23 pm
by Bob Juch
An agitated 5-foot boa constrictor was found in the shrubbery outside a Long Island home.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=6240133

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:46 pm
by gsabc
Along with an even more agitated 5-foot, 4-inch homeowner.

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:52 pm
by Bob Juch
gsabc wrote:Along with an even more agitated 5-foot, 4-inch homeowner.
I'm sure the snake was in fine humor until someone tried to capture it.

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:07 pm
by andrewjackson
This is news? The only reason it is on the website is because they have pictures.

There are half a million pet snakes in the U.S., mostly constrictors. Sometimes they get outside.

Not news.

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:31 pm
by VAdame
Why is this news? AJ said it!

We only had Cleo's brother Disco for 4 days when someone neglected to weight down the top of his house & he was GONE without a trace when we got home.

He may have gotten outside. He may have gone down the furnace vent & then on to Snake-Heaven. He may even be still living in our walls, getting fat on any bold mousies that try to get in (probably not; its been about 7 years!) The snake-rescue guy we consulted said one of his clients did recover a lost pet snake from his walls after a solid year -- alive & well & fat! LOL

But the his most likely fate was becoming cat food -- the cats hung around the door to that room for weeks afterwards! Probably hoping for another treat! Although we never found any physical evidence of kitty-on-snake violence, so we'll probably never know.

It's a mystery. It's kind of sad. It was $60 down the drain. But news, it ain't!

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:21 pm
by Bob Juch
VAdame wrote:Why is this news? AJ said it!

We only had Cleo's brother Disco for 4 days when someone neglected to weight down the top of his house & he was GONE without a trace when we got home.

He may have gotten outside. He may have gone down the furnace vent & then on to Snake-Heaven. He may even be still living in our walls, getting fat on any bold mousies that try to get in (probably not; its been about 7 years!) The snake-rescue guy we consulted said one of his clients did recover a lost pet snake from his walls after a solid year -- alive & well & fat! LOL

But the his most likely fate was becoming cat food -- the cats hung around the door to that room for weeks afterwards! Probably hoping for another treat! Although we never found any physical evidence of kitty-on-snake violence, so we'll probably never know.

It's a mystery. It's kind of sad. It was $60 down the drain. But news, it ain't!
I'll bet shinycar has a different opinion!

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:25 pm
by andrewjackson
Bob Juch wrote:
VAdame wrote:Why is this news? AJ said it!

We only had Cleo's brother Disco for 4 days when someone neglected to weight down the top of his house & he was GONE without a trace when we got home.

He may have gotten outside. He may have gone down the furnace vent & then on to Snake-Heaven. He may even be still living in our walls, getting fat on any bold mousies that try to get in (probably not; its been about 7 years!) The snake-rescue guy we consulted said one of his clients did recover a lost pet snake from his walls after a solid year -- alive & well & fat! LOL

But the his most likely fate was becoming cat food -- the cats hung around the door to that room for weeks afterwards! Probably hoping for another treat! Although we never found any physical evidence of kitty-on-snake violence, so we'll probably never know.

It's a mystery. It's kind of sad. It was $60 down the drain. But news, it ain't!
I'll bet shinycar has a different opinion!
To be clear, I completely understood the relevance of you posting the item. My beef is with the "news" organization that thought this was worthy of putting on their website.

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:27 pm
by Bob Juch
andrewjackson wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
VAdame wrote:Why is this news? AJ said it!

We only had Cleo's brother Disco for 4 days when someone neglected to weight down the top of his house & he was GONE without a trace when we got home.

He may have gotten outside. He may have gone down the furnace vent & then on to Snake-Heaven. He may even be still living in our walls, getting fat on any bold mousies that try to get in (probably not; its been about 7 years!) The snake-rescue guy we consulted said one of his clients did recover a lost pet snake from his walls after a solid year -- alive & well & fat! LOL

But the his most likely fate was becoming cat food -- the cats hung around the door to that room for weeks afterwards! Probably hoping for another treat! Although we never found any physical evidence of kitty-on-snake violence, so we'll probably never know.

It's a mystery. It's kind of sad. It was $60 down the drain. But news, it ain't!
I'll bet shinycar has a different opinion!
To be clear, I completely understood the relevance of you posting the item. My beef is with the "news" organization that thought this was worthy of putting on their website.
ABC is second only to Fox in making mountains out of molehills.

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:50 pm
by Cleo The Corn Snake
Wait! I had a Brother?????? And he was Cat Food????!!!!! :shock:

Lemme at those Kittehs!

And why didn't my family call the News when this happened???!

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:11 pm
by Four Hour Stiffy
Cleo the Corn Snake?

Well, I've heard worse names people give their's....

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:18 pm
by ulysses5019
Four Hour Stiffy wrote:Cleo the Corn Snake?

Well, I've heard worse names people give their's....

Hmmmm.....where has corn been? Still in the Fuselage?

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:01 pm
by Cleo The Corn Snake
Four Hour Stiffy wrote:Cleo the Corn Snake?

Well, I've heard worse names people give their's....
Now that'sssssssssss jusssssssssssssssst sssssssssssssssilly!
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