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to talk today a little bit about super
dwarfs I wanted to show you Hercules so
you can see that he's doing better and
I've been cleaning out his mouth every
few days so I just I lost
a litter of Boas they were the the
female basically slugged out so it was
very sad and it messed me up for a few
days so I've been trying to kind of like
stay more positive and think about happy
thoughts post happier things but it just
it got me it got me really down when you
work so long towards something and then
your plans fall through it sucks it's
harder for a snake to pass slugs than it
is actually for them to pass babies so
it was any and when she was giving birth
like I actually saw some of it happening
and I was just paranoid and worried that
like something was gonna go wrong where
I might have to like push the last few
out of her or something because it
literally took her all day so it just it
kind of took its toll on me and that's
not even really what I wanted to talk
about today about see not old parts of
keeping snakes is super fun or super
entertaining you know some sometimes
it's really crappy sometimes there's
things we have to deal with like
Hercules and his mouth his mouth is
doing better now everything's healing
but the issue that Hercules had it's
around one of his teeth it seems and
whatever the tooth grows back that tooth
has problems or there's uh it's a little
bit infected so I've been cleaning out
his mouth every few days and I could
make videos of that too but I just I
just feel like the problem with showing
videos like that even though the last
one are super popular is that people
think that oh this makes of problems and
he shouldn't have to do that if there
aren't any problems and yes that's true
if you shouldn't have to do that and
it'd be wonderful if none of your snakes
have problems but when you have over a
hundred snakes you end up having some
problems so I did keep the tooth
actually that came out of its mouth from
last time I don't know if you can really
see it but there's a little tooth there
and it was basically it was covered in
like pus it was funny so took that out
and his mouth seems to be getting better
I'm cleaning it out every few days it's
gotten better his mouth isn't swollen
anymore and he is just an amazing animal
so sometimes I truly find that when
animals have issues and you help them
that they become more comfortable with
you because if you take a snake like
this and you grab it by the head they're
not gonna chill loss is the time they'll
fight and whatever and sometimes he will
to a bit now but like I can go grab him
I can restrain him hold him down and I
do stuff with his mouth like this and
that's a retic right and he's not
fighting me he's not freaking out and I
guess he you might know that or just
know that like you know when I'm working
with him he's getting better and then
he's not trying to bite me he's not
terrified he doesn't like that but you
you get to know your snakes and you
spend enough time with them and you know
who you could do that with and who you
couldn't and for the most part I don't
do that ten
my snakes I never want to restrain my
snakes because I never want them to not
trust me because that trust is special
and if you scare snake enough and you
lose its trust it's going to take you a
long time if ever to get that trust back
so just wanted to talk a bit more about
super dwarfs again and once again this
is not this is just my experience other
people might have totally opposite
experience as some people might have the
reverse there's other people that work
with rat snakes that there can be just
like well these snakes are nippy don't
go near em they're not the friendliest
snakes and then I'll go and say you know
what like Steve is the nicest snake I
have I could handle them so easily but
what you have to also consider is that
the first three months I had on me
probably bitten me five times every day
I think I just scared Hercules and
scared me a bit but it takes a while
some snakes you'll have that trust and
you'll always kind of have it some of
them you'll never have it the way that I
feel with boa is I feel I'm never afraid
of getting bit by a bow I never think
that I'm gonna get struck I'm never
really that cautious or worried and for
the most part I don't the only time I
ever got been is like just I was in a
rush beating and I basically took the
meal instead of giving it I kind of like
the the snake's head was here and I kind
of brought the food this way and then
the snake bit me like this and it was
because it smells the food but it
registers my heat so it fits my arm and
that was my own fault for being an idiot
but now we're getting sidetracked again
what I've seen from having six super
dwarfs compared to having the whole pile
of Boas is that boys are super super
chill and super dwarfs can be super
chill but to me like one out of six is
super chill and even that one that is
super chill is always exploring
is always wanting to do things is always
wanting to go places so I think that as
I've been keeping them I've been
thinking more about them and they need
more space even though most probably as
some of my Boas are bigger than my super
dwarfs some are some of my super dorks
are bigger than my Boas but with Boas
they're not always cruising around
trying to go places some of them are but
for the most part they're super chill if
I leave them alone and don't interact
with them if I don't play with them
they're still fine in the summer time I
try to get them all to go out but with
the super dwarfs they're a little bit
different I don't find any of them are
as chill form as my Boas except for
Queen which is funny because Queen is
the biggest one then she's as chill as a
boa and doesn't really do much until you
take her out but once you take her out
she wants to explore but for everyone
that's like doing the research on super
dwarves and wanting to buy them I really
encourage you to keep other snakes
probably first because they are more
work I think that they're more
intelligent I think that they need more
space you need to really spend time
making sure that you have that humidity
right on that you have the temperature
that they like that you have the needs
met for each individual because when it
comes to for instance boas or ball
pythons let's say 90% of them like the
regular conditions and they're good with
that and then you'll have one here or
there that's a little bit different that
you have to adjust things that you have
to like do something differently when it
comes to super doors I find each one of
them is so individualistic if that's a
word each one has one once to hide more
one never wants to hide one wants to be
climbing things the other one like wants
it to be colder the other one wants it
to be warmer some of them like to be
able to see stuff some of them just
don't want to see anything and getting
all those adjustments right for them it
can be tricky and if you don't have any
with snakes you could end up having some
problems like them rubbing their faces
and then they're like what's happened
with Hercules where his mouth got
infected did it get infected from him
shoving his face places or just did it
get infected because of a bad tooth I
don't really know but the more time that
I spend with super dwarfs the more that
I feel they really should be kept more
as a pet as opposed to like collecting
them because I'm collecting them but
more I'm breeding them I'm breeding them
and trying to get them out to people
that will take good care of them and
treat them more as pets
I don't really like the idea of just
breeding them and having more and more
in small homes and them not being able
to go everywhere it'd be really nice if
anyone that buys a super dwarf takes it
and puts it in a bigger home and a nice
display and can give them that we have
to really think about the animals that
we keep and try not to be selfish try to
think more about them and less about us
the last thing that I felt guilty about
was keeping leopard geckos in small
homes and now my leopard geckos aren't
big homes so that makes me feel good it
makes me really happy with the super
door free ticks they are the latest
thing that kind of makes me feel a
little guilty sometimes because I feel
that people are super interested in them
and they're very popular and people
don't realize how big lots of them can
get like this is a 75% super dwarf and
he's from a small bloodline and he's
like 3 years old and he's definitely
very manageable but not all of them stay
this small and lots of them going out
with smaller percentages mainland's also
can stay small too with certain feedings
so there's just a lot of stuff happening
right now with super dorks we're lots of
people wanted them lots of people want
to get into them and there's a there's a
lot of greed and there's a lot of people
just thinking of them as money and I'm
just worried about what's going to
happen in a few years when all these
super dorms are out with people and lots
of them are not taking good care of them
because they aren't as forgiving as Boas
are and they're not as forgiving as ball
pythons are so if you want to get into
one I'd say they're my favorite snake so
they're wonderful and they're very good
to have as a pet but you should really
really consider how you're gonna set it
up how you're gonna take care of it and
are you going to be able to really give
it the time that it needs give it enough
time outside to explore spend enough
time with it so that you can have a
snake that will be super chill is this
something that you've thought about how
how do you feel about these do you feel
similarly do you feel like they're just
the same as any other snake or share
your thoughts with me in the comments
below I'd like to hear what you think
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