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I'm about to be a foster mama!

faislaq

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Thank you! I'll watch it after the birds are up. :)
 

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Interesting...I've always thought them to be untamable...but seeing her...I always thought they'd rather be crawled up on some rock but seems they can interact with you & enjoy you being their rock! LOL
I tend to think of reptiles as being much like birds. You can form an understanding, but at the end of the day they're wild animals and you need to work for it. Of course, parrots have social bonds and reptiles are mostly solitary, so the bonds you form are different, but if you work with them and you're kind to them, they'll learn to trust you.

My snake Sam, who recently passed and had been with me for years, knew me by sight and scent and would ask to be let out so she could climb on me. She didn't trust anyone but me, and would hide from anyone she didn't know, refusing to be held by them. I was her person, and we had a relationship.
 
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I think I've become addicted to handling the new beauty. She's so much fun, she just loves to climb all over me and explore. Constrictors give the best hugs. :swoon:

Really can't decide now between Bananas Foster, Peanut Butter and Butterscotch, lol
 

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Had to leave to go to some appointments and I miss her so much, lmao. I've fallen hard and fast for my sweet first foster baby!
 

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Sorry peterbutter I told you!!! It sticks...She just looks like your snake...

Sorry but you butternut foster anymore!!!:rofl:

That's it BUTTERNUT...but you know you will...:penguinlaughs:
 
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Yeah, I don't think she's going anywhere. Looks like you got yourself a snake!
 

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How am I supposed to be a foster parent with you naughty lot around? :lol:

Since it's a nice, sunny, warm day outside today, Peanut Butter and I went out for a little walk! One of the kids from work lives next door to me, and she and her dad came out to admire her. :heart:
 

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How am I supposed to be a foster parent with you naughty lot around? :lol:

Since it's a nice, sunny, warm day outside today, Peanut Butter and I went out for a little walk! One of the kids from work lives next door to me, and she and her dad came out to admire her. :heart:
That's so cool that you took her outside. Do they slither slowly? She couldn't run away, could she? I'm just curious cause I don't know much about snakes & I've never seen someone walk around with one.
 

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That's so cool that you took her outside. Do they slither slowly? She couldn't run away, could she? I'm just curious cause I don't know much about snakes & I've never seen someone walk around with one.
She was just very calmly hanging out around my shoulders and lazily climbing around on me. Boas are ambush predators and don't chase their prey, so they're generally very slow-moving. Slow enough that I could have set her down on the grass and walked beside her as she explored, if there were fewer predators around.
 

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Wonderful news!! Peace officers found the guy who dumped her! There's surveillance cameras all around outside the building for this very reason, and while they were unable to catch his license plate, his fool self used a getaway car with highly unique customisations, and they tracked down the car.

The court already signed her over to the society the day she was abandoned, but now he's going to be charged with animal cruelty. Victory for Peanut Butter! :loveshower:
 

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I've been keeping an eye on this thread- Well I'll start off by saying congratulations!!!! She's a beauty! I had no clue snakes could live to be 20, let alone 40!

I'm glad they found the scum wagon that dumped her, I hope he gets a nice big slice of karma.

There's nothing wrong with being a foster failure... :ashamed3: :embarassed: You two look like you were meant for each other! I have no doubt in my mind that if anyone could handle a sweet old lady snake, it would be you!!
 

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I've been keeping an eye on this thread- Well I'll start off by saying congratulations!!!! She's a beauty! I had no clue snakes could live to be 20, let alone 40!

I'm glad they found the scum wagon that dumped her, I hope he gets a nice big slice of karma.

There's nothing wrong with being a foster failure... :ashamed3: :embarassed: You two look like you were meant for each other! I have no doubt in my mind that if anyone could handle a sweet old lady snake, it would be you!!
I already love her so much. Just now she was "helping" me fold laundry. She's a joy!

We'll have to wait until she's actually up for adoption to see whether she becomes a foster failure :p
 

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Wonderful news!! Peace officers found the guy who dumped her! There's surveillance cameras all around outside the building for this very reason, and while they were unable to catch his license plate, his fool self used a getaway car with highly unique customisations, and they tracked down the car.

The court already signed her over to the society the day she was abandoned, but now he's going to be charged with animal cruelty. Victory for Peanut Butter! :loveshower:


Make sure he does not have a change of heart & want peanut butter!
 

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Hehehe, she’s going nowhere!!!

She belongs with you as you both just look so comfortable together and no one will look after her as well as you will.

Stop pretending you’ll be able to give her up, lol ....your adoption application papers will the first ones (and likely the only ones) the rescue receives for her.

She has to stay as she fits all the criteria for being given a permanent spot at your home.....she’s old, she was done wrong by, she has special needs and now a special person to provide them....she can’t go anywhere now!

Congratulations:)
 
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