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Ha!
I got something else, and theres something at my house that is native to north america, that is not permenant unfortunatly!
Ok, first one, Amazon tree boa, Corallus hortulanus.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/james_meehan/2611.jpg
Tasty.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/james_meehan/2611072008.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/james_meehan/2611072007.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/james_meehan/2611072006.jpg
And this little guy is Einstein. Wooo..a north american native for some of you guys - however, he has been legally descented so no, "do they smell" .
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/Trappedmetal/Skunks/003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/Trappedmetal/Skunks/skunky022.jpg

The tree boa is a bit bitey, but am hoping (unrealistically) that she will calm down when she matures.
Mez

The boa looks nice. Don't expect much from it in regards to calming down, though... Most of them don't. Ideally they should be handled as little as possible because everything scares them.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Skunks are awesome, very smart lil guys indeed!

Nice snake too, what size terrarium ya got him in?

I think that's the first skunk I've seen on here? I always thought they would make a nice pet, but I bet they're more destructive than a cat? Like a combo between a cat & dog?

this skunk is descentd.
not destructive, just clever.
tim, he's in a small exo terra at the minute.
Nat, things dont scare them..they dont get scared...they just bite, randomly!

A bit bitey??? why would you want a snake that is a bit bitey? Or if you want one, why handle it with fleshy body parts and not say, a hook?

You puzzle me Mezzy

Nice skunk

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

people, she is only 2ft long. she bites and releases then carries on, sometimes there isnt even any blood...
when shes 5ft long and striking from 3ft away then i'll worry
Also, im getting a skunk soon.

Hey James,

Congrats on the new boa, very nice specimen. Hope it has a long and healthy life with you.

Boas are very skiddish. A couple of friends of mine back in the days rescued a Boa constrictor from the black market, we probably bought it of this fellar for about $10US, it was about the same size as yours.

So we went off in a release back in to the wild expedition to the Southern Pacific coast, in the Osa Peninsula and released it in Marenco Biological Station, a privately own reserve in that area.

To the date I still hope that boa made it back in the wild, even though she did bite us repeadeately while we were transporting her to the site. Since it was wild caught, it had no place as a pet or in a household and it was best to release it and let her take her own chances.

Beautiful animals! Looking forward to more pics.

James

Dude, awesome!

Tree boas are so cute!

The skunk is kinda cool, too. I guess I'd never thought of keeping one as a pet, but I guess it works. I've always had a thing against skunks, as they stink when you (or someone else) run them over with a car o.O I guess he's kinda cute tho... but the claws o.O

they dont stink.
they are legally descented.

Yea, I know he doesn't... but wild ones do when you run them over with a car

I'd love a pet skunk - but i got ferrets instead..

i have ferrets too.