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good beginner venomous snake

Ya i prefer the J shaped hooks i dont like the way the L shaped ones feel but ill keep that in mind thanks for the hook advice seamus it helped alot. IM TIRED OF BEING BIT BY FREE HANDLING AMAZONS ONCE I GET A GOOD HOOK I WILL RULE THE WORLD MUHAHAHAHA!!! ok sorry maybe i exagerated my excitement a little bit.
 
Mustangrde1 said:
Tanith thanks for reminding me . I dont do the waterbowl anymore i do as a matter of fact use pinks or mice I need to edit that...if you wish to please do and remember can you add in be sure not to carry needles on you places leave them home, Cops look at them as drug related. well one did till he noticed the box in they came out of marked LIVE VENOMOUS REPTILES lol
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A stainless steel feeding needle, ball tipped, is not something any drug user would be likely to consider useful. You could snort cocaine through it maybe, but you could also do that with a standard drinking straw.

I do carry my box of emergency drugs and gear with me on field trips. All a cop would have to do would be to phone my vet and verify that it's all stuff I am supposed to have. Or they could check my various wildlife licenses.

Also most of the drugs I use on snakes are not human abusable substances. The drugs that are human abusable are not carried in significant quantity. It takes about 0.05 to 0.1 of a cc of Diazepam to sedate an injured adult Eastern diamondback for exam. That amount would have absolutely no pharmacological effect on a human.

That's why it should be fairly easy for venomous snake owners to bother the nearest veterinarian and ask for one syringe of Diazepam to sedate their venomous snake for home examination. Even if the vet won't see the snake, most of them will not have a lot of qualms about prescribing you an appropriate amount of this drug.
 
im not looking for a field hook im looking for a cage hook for my arboreals and sometimes with my pissy blood pythons. But ill look at the hooks and hopefully buy one or two although i do go herping i like the feal of the cage hooks (will these work ok when herping) Because we have some aggresive water snakes hear at our local creek. I love to catch them but you normally come out of the deal pretty bitten up. Thanks and happy herping.
 
For a cage hook it is really hard to beat the that 24 inch midwest ultralight. its also good to have a 48 inch standard hook as well. I do not reccomend any of the colapsables though especially when working with hots for the simple reason that they can malfunction and you might get a quick visit from a fanged friend.
 
I like the fixed hooks better anyways the ones that retract ( the only ones i've had) have always snapped so im gonna try the fixed hook hope it works ok.
 
Sure here is one. And i start it with a true success this is a rescued animal Tanith did outstanding work with. It is now in my collection and is very well pampered. I swear if it wasnt for how dangerous it was my wife would be hugging and kissing it. It is now up to two Large mice a week now. Tanith Cudos to you.
 

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very pretty snakes! Is the first one a green mamba thats what it looks like to me not sure if im right. The cobra is very pretty im am very fond of the elapids they are great. I'd like to have a albino sunglow monacled cobra someday their one of my favorite snakes. If i knew how to post the pics i would post my herp pics but i dont get how to post them. but ill try and figure it out.
 
LOL ill slow down on post its a Albino but at 4 1/2 feet long shows almost no white but more of a high orange color. Here is one final for a bit just a little Rhino Viper only 4 feet lol
 

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wow you have some amazing snakes and your monacle almost has a sunglow look to it. How many snakes do you have? Your green mamba is amazing my amazon enclosure looks very similar to his much greenery i also like to keep my snakes in a natural looking habitat all your snakes look very healthy and happy i cant wait till i am ready to get venomous!
 
That green mamba in Scott's pic used to look like this:

http://www.kingsnake.com/snakegetters/demo/vet/mamba-jaw.html

And her skull x-rays are here: http://www.kingsnake.com/snakegetters/demo/vet/mamba-rads.html

She was one seriously messed up snake. She was in intensive care for months, on antibotics and pain meds. I hate it that people do this sh*t to mambas, but apparently they do on a regular basis because I regularly get patients in this condition.

She was pretty well recovered and just needed a nice big cage and a permanent home by the time Scott dropped by. So I handed her off to make room for the next batch. Looks like she has a nice retirement home, safe from any more %$#@! snake abusers. I'm sure Scott won't let any venomoiders near her.

Let's breed this girl next year - I have a male rescue from the same batch of imports who might do the deed.
 
Man with venomous, non-venomous , Monitors and other lizards we have a lot. I must say that my wifes eye for reptiles is awesome. I try my best to have all my snakes in a very natural enclosure. If i dont see them i dont care except at cage cleaning day then It can be fun but to offset danger i have trp boxes i place in the cage the night before and once they go in i can safely close it with them in it and i can work in safety in the cage. I strongly beleive that they need security in their cage as far as plenty of cover and hiding places. Its all about them and their needs not my wishes to see them.

With Cobras rearanging their cages gives them a chance to be explorers which they really seam to thrive on. Be patent grasshopper and learn alot before getting hits you have nothing but time on your side. Im still trying to contact a friend in Houston and one in San Anton to help you in your goals.
 
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