Do you have a python that gets along with the other pets too?

Question

We have Two Pythons (Nina-12ft albino burmese python, Shadow-2ft ball python) and Nina seems to get along with all of our other pets. We have three dogs (lab, poodle, and samoyen), seven cats (3 adult and 4 kittens), a gecko (Damian) and two ferrets. Not to mention the five kids. Of course I'm not going to leave her alone with the other pets (or kids) but she has gotten out before and didn't bother them... one of the cats walked right up to her and licked her.... she licked it back and went on rambling. Is this common?

Answer 1

just be carefull and try not to listen to retards, those furry animals all could very well be what that python eats and no one in the world has ever had a 15 ft ball python so watch out for ignorant lies warm blooded and furry could equal dinner

Answer 2

In most cases, the only thing animal control will do is kill it... most zoos have all the pythons they need, so they won't take it. You don't mention what kind of python it is... this may have a huge impact on whether you can find anyone interested in buying it... if it's a burmese or retic or some other large and/or aggressive species, usually most people who want things along those lines already have one. You didn't think about the fact that you had a potentially 25 year or more animal, and for some reason since you're breeding guinea pigs you can't keep the snake? Why's this? You come home smelling like rodents and your snake thinks you're food? Oops. As someone else said, your best bet would be to put an ad on craigslist or a sign up at your local pet store that specializes in reptiles or an ad in the paper offering it for sale. You might want to also look into the legality of selling it without proper permits before doing this. Also, look into reptile rescues in your area... they may be able to take it in. And good for your neighbor for calling the police if they see it unattended... it is ILLEGAL and IMMORAL to let any captive raised animal go into the wild. Next time you get a pet, think about how long it will live.

Answer 3

Thats usually not very common. Usually pythons that size think of the cats or other pets as food. I'm not sure what my Ball Python would do around other animals, but I wouldn't really want to try.

Answer 4

Unless it is feeding time, Pythons are very docile normally.

But if it is feeding time, just about every other pet you have looks like food to it.

So keep it well fed all the time..

Oh, do you feed the Python live or dead? If you use dead stuff, then it is very docile even during feeding time and should not go after the other pets even then. If you use live stuff, then they MAY go after the other pets. But since your Pythons are older (guessing by the sizes listed) they should probably go only after what you normally feed them. So that should be mice for the small one and rabbits for the large one.

Answer 5

All of my pythons are really docile, but my other pets are afraid of snakes, so they don't really interact much.. My cat normally bolts at the smell or sight of even my smallest hatchling snakes, and my dog wanders around with her tail between her legs and stays as far away as possible.

I'm sure if my other pets weren't such sissies they would all get along together just fine.

Answer 6

I've grown up around snakes, my brother has an albino ball python, about 15 ft, eve. She is great with kids and with small dogs when they come over. It is normal if the snakes are brought up around lots of people and interact with other animals. I would just make sure your pets never smell like something your snake eats.

Answer 7

My python gets along fine with my wife's beaver.