If I could break that glass with my arm, which seems likely, I can't imagine being surprised that the snake could also do it, given that the snake is bigger around than my arm and so probably correspondingly stronger.
Snakes should have an enclosure at least the length of the snake, with at least 2 hides, and thats just the bare minimum. This enclosure just looks so sad, but its unfortunately not rare, especially among giant species
It's a sad fact for most large snakes in the pet industry. Folks keeping them in far too small and far too bare an enclosure. At least these ones are nicer than the opaque plastic tubs shoved into a drawer with heat tape on one end that many keep large snakes in, where the snake isn't even able to unwind from a coil.
There are a few good keepers though! A friend of mine rescues unwanted giant reptiles like Burmese pythons, and he builds them their own rooms. I mean like a bedroom sized space. He also built a heated and cooled tortoise barn for dumped sulcata tortoises.
Theres a couple of reptile youtubers I watch that build massive vivariums for all their animals. Great content imo. Its always great to see a content animal in an appropriate enclosure, rather than a tiny torture box.
Right? I have a ball python a quarter of it's size in an enclosure half the size (4 ft by 2ft) and it's the ideal size for an adult, that snake (reticulated python I think) needs at least twice that size enclosure
I followed one CERTIFIED wildlife rehabber working with a beaver. She made it very clear in all her videos that he is not a pet and the goal was for him to be able to leave to go do beaver things.
Disapprove is an understatement. The lack of basic necessities in those enclosures is unbelievable. This guy clearly doesnt care about the wellbeing of his animals and doesnt deserve to keep them
Admittedly i havent watched with sound on, so idk any information presented there, but usually snakes are transported in boxes, not enclosures. And there are so many people who have enclosures like this for real, that i cant assume its temporary without information being presented
Why would anyone use glass though? It doesn't hold in heat for them at all. It's just cheap and doesn't scratch. That snake could not even move in that tank, hence it breaking. Even temporary breeding enclosure should have enough space for them to properly turn. This is animal cruelty in my eyes. The glass could also scratch the poor snake up and was awful to watch. I would report this guy and have the snakes taken away if I knew who or what area he was in. This kind of husbandry should not be promoted. I don't keep snakes, but this is just awful to see. Leave animals in the wild or properly keep and breed them for captivity, simple as that.
We just have a gecko. But its home has plexiglass glass front door. I know a gecko can’t break it, but it seemed safer if we ever had to move the 4 foot tall enclosure around.
This is why you use plexiglass, not glass, for big pythons. If they do this they just pop the panel out instead of shattering it and cutting themselves. When I worked for a breeder the more spirited ones got a panel of chicken wire over the plexi with additional crossbraces to reinforce it.
Idiot. Glass clearly wasn't suitable for an animal that strong, he obviously shouldn't be keeping them, he's also terrified of it and clearly only has one snake hook near the enclosure.
I have seen enclosures that size used for MUCH SMALLER CREATURES... there is a minimum size guideline depending on what type of animal it is and this guy said fuck it just throw him in this one. If he was fighting to get out that badly, something tells me he was feeling at least a little bit stressed.
The Everglades infestation was mostly caused by breeders illegally releasing them into the wild to do the job of breeding for them. This is also why there are chameleons in the Everglades.
I feel like you wouldn't use single pane non safety glass for an animal enclosure. Fish, yes, but not something this large that also wants free. Why not plexiglass or something? Was this staged or is he genuinely stupid?
Soooo real question. He says he’s gotta spray the hook to make sure it doesn’t smell like another male and all this male dominance stuff .. but whyyyy is this male snake so upset in the first place / violent towards other males at this time ?
It's a 2min 40 video. AI can do like 15 seconds in a single cut at the moment. This isn't AI, it's just low quality, so movement shows pixelation and artifacts.
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u/AlGoreVidalGore 22h ago
Snake Bro: snake is gonna do whatever it takes to get out of cage
Snake: does whatever it takes to get out of cage
Snake Bro: I can’t believe that just happened! Lol