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So with all of this talk of AV

if you go to (VENOMDOC.COM) the web host is Dr. Bryan Fry he is probly the worlds leading venom reasercher. and i was reading something on his fourms about how some elapid venom might be a cure for cancer in the future.
 
WOW, your right i cant find anything about the venomous laws in GA either. your best bet would be to call your local zoo and ask to speak to some 1 in the reptile dept. they will be able to tell you..
 
Back to my mom, it's funny cause I grew up around this stuff, but now she gets mad at me because I use what I have learned. You ought to go out with us when we are removing a venomous snake the bystanders find it hysterical. But I have a lifetime free pass to Okefenokee Swamp since I drop off the alligators. But she is good person, no matter what it is she believes it deserves a chance from a mean rattle snake to a baby squirrel, she is going to give it her all.
 
I'm sorry to say, you dont just decide to make AV, and you sure as heck aren't going to be doing it in your back yard/garage/bedroom.

AV production is a highly controlled/regulated process, with quality assurance procedures from step one to final product. Remember, this is somethign you're injecting into someone..the stringency regarding purity of the substance is incredible. Unless you've got the setup (i.e. lab) with all the correct air filtration, air-pressure gradients, sterility measures in place..you've really got no chance.

Not to mention the fact that to actually make it a worthwhile endeavour, you'd need to have many snakes on hand to milk regularly.
 
well i have been to the Okefenokee Swamp and it is AWSOME. i must have seen at least 10 cottonmouth's in like 5 mins. i love it their is like a little everglades. im only 20 but i have been studying reptiles in captivity and in the wild since i was really young. my mom also got me into reptiles. but she didnt know i was catching venomous snakes. the first hot i caught i was 6 on the playground in kindergarden my mom knew about that since the school called her. but she didnt know that i was always out looking for them until i was about 13 lol. when she found a 4' eastern diamondback in my bedroom. but when i lived in florida i didnt keep hot's as pets i just caught them. when i moved to pennsylvania "where hots are leagel" i bought my first PET venomous snake. but just call the zoo and they will be able to tell you about your state laws. and good luck in the future if you decide to work with out beloved dangerous venomous snakes..
 
from what i read on that site. i guess venomous snake are leagle to keep in GA, because it didnt say anything about them. unless i wasent looking in the right part of the site. i just clicked on reptile laws in GA. and it showed all the non-venomous, lizards, and turtles. but it did say that all GA native species need a permit, but what about exotic venomous?
 
BW is a reasonable man. You could just ask Him. I am sure there is a "contact us" button on His sight. It is primarily for educating people, which is why I put the link. He is native to the state, and He would know.
 
GA is a ridiculous state. You are allowed to keep NON-native nonvenomous, but ONLY native venomous here. Zero non-native venomous snakes allowed. You can't even keep something like a "super-anery-snow-hypo-blizzard-wow corn" that any moron could tell never came from the wild, unless you have a rehabber's or educator's license. The Dept. of Ag (which regulates health and animal welfare in petshops) AND the GA DNR are both run as though the blind were leading the blind, IMO.

That said, I would love to someday see a AV lab, or maybe even work in one. I think I'd need a lot more biochem before I could do it, though.
 
That is not as backasswards as it may sound. Allowing only native venomous snakes to be kept means that in the even of an envenomation, antivenom will be available. It also increases the likelihood that the physicians that immediately tend to the patient won't kill him before the venom does.
 
hhmoore said:
That is not as backasswards as it may sound. Allowing only native venomous snakes to be kept means that in the even of an envenomation, antivenom will be available. It also increases the likelihood that the physicians that immediately tend to the patient won't kill him before the venom does.
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That part makes sense, along with the idea of no non-native venomous getting a chance to set up feral populations. (Although knowing the GA DNR, that may not be WHY they did it, even if the results are good.) I was more thinking about the "native ban" on non-venomous. I find it stupid mainly because the government doesn't back up their laws with knowledge or enforcement. I know people who've been stopped while transporting "illegal" reptiles through GA from one legal state to another, and DNR wanted to confiscate the snakes, until the person flat out lied and told them it was a legal species. The employee didn't have a clue what legal vs. illegal looked like, so he let him go. :rolleyes: It isn't good for ANYONE when the regulating authority is incompetent......
 
I've heard recently that the largest anti-venom research and production facility is going to be constructed in Central Pennsylvania do to overwhelming demand in that area.

Can anyone else confirm this?
 
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