COBRAMAN
Doctor of Science
We just got these Rhinos in from Uganda, but the one on the left seems much different in color than the other 25. Any comments?
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Rhino Viper question
- Thread starter COBRAMAN
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snakegetters
Aunty Venom
You've already gotten some good answers on the other forums, but I'll hazard a guess here. I have seen very significant pattern and color variants in rhino vipers from the same litter. I have also seen some pattern variants in wild caught rhino vipers that are fairly reminiscent of captive produced Gaboon-rhino crosses.
I have a copy of a paper from the 1950's that describes a wild caught specimen with clearly intergrade traits. This suggests that a certain amount of crossbreeding does happen in the wild, and that there have been Gaboon genes floating around in wild rhino viper populations for a very long time. You may have a simple pattern variant animal or you may have an animal whose great-grandpa was a wandering Gaboon.
In either case it would be very appropriate to have all of these animals very thoroughly checked over for parasites. WC rhinos are particularly prone to lungworms so a tracheal wash is indicated along with a fecal. Do both a direct smear and a float on both samples.
I have a copy of a paper from the 1950's that describes a wild caught specimen with clearly intergrade traits. This suggests that a certain amount of crossbreeding does happen in the wild, and that there have been Gaboon genes floating around in wild rhino viper populations for a very long time. You may have a simple pattern variant animal or you may have an animal whose great-grandpa was a wandering Gaboon.
In either case it would be very appropriate to have all of these animals very thoroughly checked over for parasites. WC rhinos are particularly prone to lungworms so a tracheal wash is indicated along with a fecal. Do both a direct smear and a float on both samples.