Yes Yet Another New Ammie

Ed_r · #1 (**permalink**) 09-13-2002, 02:10 AM

I appologies for the bad pics but my camera really stinks and i no longer have acces to the camera from where I worked. Plus If I got any closer to the tank he would strike at the glass. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]

I got this one from KolleenJ its a male about 5' long or so. He's a pretty big boy. He had a real big attitude though too. He is like a kind of burnt orange with some green shading spots here and there. His belly is pure White. He is in wonderful condition!

This story very easily could have ended in disaster had it not been for the extremely good care Kolleen took in packaging him. Saying it was impressive is a major understatement. He was shipped Airborne Express. Kolleen told me when to expect him and gave me the tracking number. So I waited and waited and no package. I tracked the package and it had no information about it. So I called Airborn to be told that there was a problem at the airport and the package never left Utah. So this guy had to sit in the airport for an entire extra day. He arrived the day after. I was afraid to open the box. But I opened it unpacked the bag and saw it move. So I took him down to his cage and set him free. he came out striking like mad. I would to after that ordeal.

If you have a chance to do business with KolleenJ you don't need to worry at all, She takes excellent care of her animals, and does a superb job in packaging them for shipment. Had she not done it like she had I doubt he would have made it alive.

Oh Yeah I named him Hannibal [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Hannibal 1
Hannibal 2
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StaticKaos · #2 (**permalink**) 09-13-2002, 03:01 AM

nice animal, i had planned on getting 1 but changed my mind..really nice setup too.. what is that perch? Looks like it'd spin around or something..
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Ed_r · #3 (**permalink**) 09-13-2002, 03:16 AM

perch is made from tinkertoys.
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StaticKaos · #4 (**permalink**) 09-13-2002, 03:25 AM

I think after buying those pricey pet store perches, water bowls an other things, all us herpers go ghetto style,lol.. you use toys, lots of people use PVC, i use wood, what happened to the "it looks pretty" idea in our minds? haha
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payeager · #5 (**permalink**) 09-13-2002, 03:35 AM

Ed r, nice boa. I love seeing the different ways people have of setting up their cages.

I have never had any of these boas before, but a friend of mine had an ETB for years and the lil' sucker was guaranteed to strike at you every time you were near. Are all the tree boas like that? He caught me once, but immediately let go and tried to get me again.

Lil' sh**! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
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StaticKaos · #6 (**permalink**) 09-13-2002, 03:49 AM

Yes Morti.. Most are known to be strikers but it is possible to tame the animal.. I read up a lot on them when i was planning on getting 1.. id say its worth the agressiveness for the look of the animal.. its called the cheap mans emerald,lol
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morti · #7 (**permalink**) 09-13-2002, 04:04 AM

Ummmm static, I am morti... that was Payeager.

You are sharing no new knowledge with me... I have an ATB, an ETB, and a Moluccan Python... I like the ones that play rough. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

-Your Sick Uncle Morti.
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Ed_r · #8 (**permalink**) 09-13-2002, 04:10 AM

yeah they are all well known to be highly agressive. funny usually once you get them in your hand they normally dont bite the hand that grabbed them. I guess they realize if the did you may slam them into the wall if they did.lol [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img]
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KolleenJ · #9 (**permalink**) 09-16-2002, 02:23 PM

Hey Ed!! Sorry it took me soooo long to see this. Yep!! Thats Him!!
Hes looking good after his shed. Did it come out all good?
I had named him Stoopid#&^$*)*^&%#@@@%%@^#$%!!!!!@ after all the love bites he gave me. Yep, im sure they were love bites. Nasty guy huh?? hehe [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img]

Here is what he did to me as I was bagging him up. Not just a little bite, but he latched on and bit me over and over again...HAHA!! Lil Bugga..Geeze, I love amazons!!

Trust me...I miss him already, despite his biting problem.
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But the things you do for rescues. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Ammie Bite=>click here<=
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Ed_r · #10 (**permalink**) 09-17-2002, 05:15 AM

Woohoo he got you GOOD!!! First couple days he was real bad now he has kinds settled in his little corner. seems pretty sedate for now. He ate a real large mouse. very lazily actually didnt even bother to get up. So far I'm still a virgin to an Ammie bite. Hope to stay that way too.

He was starting to shed in pieces but I misted him real good and he got it all off by himself. I was glad didnt feel like helping him.

He is real pretty though. Definately gotta love an Ammie.

Thanks again for getting him to me. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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