A New Pet Snake
January 31, 2025
Episode Notes
Hey, good morning.
Good morning, Les. How you doing?
Well, actually, I'm doing okay. How are you?
I'm I'm great. It's a beautiful sunny day.
What's up?
Uh, not much. Um, it's my uh it's birthday season in our house right now. We're all having our birthdays um over over a period of about six weeks. We all have different all of us have our birthdays. So, um am I My youngest son, it's his birthday this week and he got a snake.
Wow. What kind of snake? I love snakes.
Oh, really?
Yes.
We are we we are having mixed emotions about this. Um he obviously loves snakes and and was excited about it, but um it's a it's a corn snake.
Okay.
I don't know much about snakes, but it was uh seems to be the the easiest to keep as a pet. Not poison. Um, yeah.
Is it and not too big?
Yes.
Is it a constrictor snake?
Um, it's not a constrictor in that it's not in its name, but uh it seemed to wrap itself around its food the other day.
Okay. It's a constrictor snake. Go ahead.
Okay. That's Yeah, it it we've only had it a few days. We fed it only once and it as soon as it it latched on and then it it wrapped around. Yeah.
Okay. Yeah. Now, what is the food? I'm curious.
Maybe I should ask.
No, it's I'm fine, but half the people I tell are like gross. But it's a baby what are called pink mice.
Okay.
Meaning they're they're they have no hair,
right? Are they
hairless?
Um they come in three sizes, small, medium, large, SM, and L. S size or 150 each. Um, so we feed once a week, so it's about 600 yen a month.
Okay. Okay. That's not bad. That's not bad.
Yeah.
And then when it gets when it gets bigger, I don't know. The M size and L size are probably more expensive, but
Sure. Sure. Where do you have to go to get that?
Uh, amazingly, every home centers, well, not everybody. Most home centers have a pet store or pet area and then they sell them. But by chance, uh, we found a pet store. I don't know if it just opened or we just didn't know about it, but quite near here, 10 minutes by bicycle, uh, that is a
reptile pet store. Reptiles only, so specialist. Cool.
Yeah.
Yes.
Yeah.
That sounds cool.
Why do you like snake? Oh, you said you like snakes. I mean, it's kind of a random. Have you ever had a snake? I've never had a snake. And actually, at this point in my life, I don't really want a pet.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That was our feeling as well. But he's been asking for years, so it was time.
Um, do you know the lifespan of these creatures?
Uh, 10 to 12 years is is what we were told.
Okay. Okay. Yeah.
How old is your second son?
My son is he's just turning 10 this week. Okay. So, he'll probably move out of the house after the snake dies, right? Give
probably he'll probably, right? He'll be in university when it it passes or or whatever. But,
um
yeah,
if not, we have to take care of it ourselves, I guess.
Now, how do you feel about snakes?
I I never felt anything about them really. Not Not here or there. I go hiking. I see snakes when I hike. They don't bug me. I've seen Mamushi hiking in Japan.
Right. Right.
Um I mean, as long as you you're aware and you're cautious, you know what you're doing. Um but no, I I'm happy to learn about it with him and support him and I don't mind touching it.
Yeah. Yeah. I love holding snakes. Yeah. Go.
The good thing is Come on over. You can hold it all you want. The good thing is it's it's quite small.
Yes. Yes. It is small. The one we got is is a baby. And but they said even full size it doesn't get that big.
That's right.
We're not we're not talking about anaconda or anything.
No. No.
But anyway, I got to go make lunch now.
Oh, okay. Um Yeah, that's good. I got to make lunch, too. Thanks for reminding me.
All right. Take care. Byebye.
See you later.
Good morning, Les. How you doing?
Well, actually, I'm doing okay. How are you?
I'm I'm great. It's a beautiful sunny day.
What's up?
Uh, not much. Um, it's my uh it's birthday season in our house right now. We're all having our birthdays um over over a period of about six weeks. We all have different all of us have our birthdays. So, um am I My youngest son, it's his birthday this week and he got a snake.
Wow. What kind of snake? I love snakes.
Oh, really?
Yes.
We are we we are having mixed emotions about this. Um he obviously loves snakes and and was excited about it, but um it's a it's a corn snake.
Okay.
I don't know much about snakes, but it was uh seems to be the the easiest to keep as a pet. Not poison. Um, yeah.
Is it and not too big?
Yes.
Is it a constrictor snake?
Um, it's not a constrictor in that it's not in its name, but uh it seemed to wrap itself around its food the other day.
Okay. It's a constrictor snake. Go ahead.
Okay. That's Yeah, it it we've only had it a few days. We fed it only once and it as soon as it it latched on and then it it wrapped around. Yeah.
Okay. Yeah. Now, what is the food? I'm curious.
Maybe I should ask.
No, it's I'm fine, but half the people I tell are like gross. But it's a baby what are called pink mice.
Okay.
Meaning they're they're they have no hair,
right? Are they
hairless?
Um they come in three sizes, small, medium, large, SM, and L. S size or 150 each. Um, so we feed once a week, so it's about 600 yen a month.
Okay. Okay. That's not bad. That's not bad.
Yeah.
And then when it gets when it gets bigger, I don't know. The M size and L size are probably more expensive, but
Sure. Sure. Where do you have to go to get that?
Uh, amazingly, every home centers, well, not everybody. Most home centers have a pet store or pet area and then they sell them. But by chance, uh, we found a pet store. I don't know if it just opened or we just didn't know about it, but quite near here, 10 minutes by bicycle, uh, that is a
reptile pet store. Reptiles only, so specialist. Cool.
Yeah.
Yes.
Yeah.
That sounds cool.
Why do you like snake? Oh, you said you like snakes. I mean, it's kind of a random. Have you ever had a snake? I've never had a snake. And actually, at this point in my life, I don't really want a pet.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That was our feeling as well. But he's been asking for years, so it was time.
Um, do you know the lifespan of these creatures?
Uh, 10 to 12 years is is what we were told.
Okay. Okay. Yeah.
How old is your second son?
My son is he's just turning 10 this week. Okay. So, he'll probably move out of the house after the snake dies, right? Give
probably he'll probably, right? He'll be in university when it it passes or or whatever. But,
um
yeah,
if not, we have to take care of it ourselves, I guess.
Now, how do you feel about snakes?
I I never felt anything about them really. Not Not here or there. I go hiking. I see snakes when I hike. They don't bug me. I've seen Mamushi hiking in Japan.
Right. Right.
Um I mean, as long as you you're aware and you're cautious, you know what you're doing. Um but no, I I'm happy to learn about it with him and support him and I don't mind touching it.
Yeah. Yeah. I love holding snakes. Yeah. Go.
The good thing is Come on over. You can hold it all you want. The good thing is it's it's quite small.
Yes. Yes. It is small. The one we got is is a baby. And but they said even full size it doesn't get that big.
That's right.
We're not we're not talking about anaconda or anything.
No. No.
But anyway, I got to go make lunch now.
Oh, okay. Um Yeah, that's good. I got to make lunch, too. Thanks for reminding me.
All right. Take care. Byebye.
See you later.