I think snakes are charming, do you?

Here is an interesting video from National Geographic:



SO YOU THINK SNAKES WOULD BE AWESOME PETS, right?

Consider the following (someone wise put the content at robinsfyi.com)

1. If you want to impress your friends take them out for a night on the town. If you feel unsafe at your home either move, or buy a burglar alarm system. You will meet your goal, and save money too. Snakes are great creatures, HOWEVER they are wild animals!

2. Would you buy a car/truck you didn't know anything about? Of course not, you ask around about it. How much is maintenance, any known problems, miles per gal, resale value, etc. Snakes are much the same, there are many different kinds, with different needs.

3. Snakes must eat. They don't eat Purnia Snake Chow, they eat other animals. With any luck your snake will eat pre-killed food. Depending on what you get, do you mind a freezer with a case of dead rats? Some snakes will only eat live food. This must be done with supervision, every time it feeds !!!!! Can you sit there and watch him kill and eat the Easter Bunny.

I LOVE SNAKES, caught least one in each of my HS years BUT I consider myself incapable of having them as pets. It's not that they are too demanding, for every pet is (unless a pet rock) but my travel schedule would cause them harm and thereby forcing the creature to escape and lead to neighbourhood panic.

My whole point of this article is, just because you admire a beautiful wildlife don't think you can handle them as pet. If you are still serious about getting a snake as pet then I suggest you read up extensively and then venture out.

Pets in our Lives

Dictionary tells me, the word, "Pet" means, any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately. However, it's derivative meaning seems to amuse me quite a bit..."a person especially cherished or indulged", more so because, it precedes an application like, a teacher's pet! After all, it's about favoritism...you see!

Jokes apart, I believe, it's actual meaning encompasses a broader spectrum of attributes that these printed words, simply, fail to explain. It's not merely confined to the "goochi goochi poo" aspect of affection– Pet is also about a loyal friend, a non-deserter companion and sometimes a counter-recognition of Life itself!

Now, moving on to the more obvious question...when does one usually get a pet? Well, may be, when one feels lonely, lacks attention – sounds very selfish though...doesn't it? Unfortunately, there just might be some truth in it!

My dear Rescue friends, never would I like to simulate that people with pets are selfish and they do so because they have no life (so to speak/write)...on the contrary, I would think, it REQUIRES a noble spirit to adopt/save lives (even souls? …let's not debate) of the endangered ones. But the fact remains...

I know it because, I got my first pet from my uncle when we set out to live in another town where he could not visit me that much. He thought, despite parents' attention, I would get lonely in a new place. I'll also confess as to why I got my darling wife, her aquarium when she came to this country for the first time. Just because, I knew she would feel lonely till she joins the work force here!

Am I trying to make you guys think all over again or giving you a guilty conscience as to why you might have got your pet(s)? Not really...conversely, I think we become better human-beings once, we realize that our love transcends beyond our own kind. Compare, the love my neighbor's two-year-old has for his pup to how you/I feel for our dog in a quiet (not lonely but without any human company) fishing trip. Love evolves with time and maturity.

Now, that I got you all mushy, tell me who/what is a Pet according to you and why did you get (would like to get) one for yourself? I am asking all of you...seriously...

A Scratchy Parrot

I have seen my gand father use a scratching stick to scratch his back but a parrot?

This is so unreal!


Tool Using Parrot!!! (youtube.com/cherylrampton) - Funny bloopers are a click away

The twisted humour is, he uses another bird's feather.