venomous

[honuman]

Anyone keep them?  What types.  We can't in New York without a license.  (I don't think I would anyway -- to clumsy and I know I would get bitten .

My favorite hot snake is a Gaboon Viper.  Sweeet.

[portal_reptiles]

i have worked with some but i will not have them in my house..., my fav. was the king corba, coolest snake i have ever worked with...it was so big...lol  have been thinking of getting a gila monster

[krazymuttzpuck]

my god portal, how big is your house? you seem to have so many reptiles!    Must be nice

[firecrested]

I use to keep them but our laws changed.  I had a gaboon, eastern diamondback, some canebrake's and pigmy rattlesnakes.  The only venomous I would keep now would be Eyelash Vipers.

[portal_reptiles]

my god portal, how big is your house? you seem to have so many reptiles!    Must be nice

no, i didnt own them, i was working for a large breeder....lol, he had them..

[Amy]

My favorite hot snake is a Gaboon Viper.  Sweeet.

I would totally take one of the them of a rhino if they were venimoid sp? i dont trust myself and others otherwise

[smith710]

I would love to have a venomous, but I just don't trust myself enough to have something like that. They are just amazing.

[Liz]

i think thats why i like goign to the hamburg pa show... to look at everythign we cant have. i think id be too scared owning one.

[portal_reptiles]

I would totally take one of the them of a rhino if they were venimoid sp? i dont trust myself and others otherwise
[/quote]

why have one if its a venimoid.....not to be mean, but thats half the fun of them,....i hate when people to this...its very hard on the reptile,...i said the same thing till my breeder friend said that if i counldn't handle a hot, i should stick to pythons.....so i stop playing with them when i almost got bit by a green mamba.....lol

[smith710]

I completely agree.  Making the snakes venamoid is very rough on the snakes.  Alot of snakes end up with infections or are just in loads of pain and end up very sick or die.  I don't like it, if you can't deal with a snake that has venom, don;t get one.

[Amy]

i hate when people to this...its very hard on the reptile,...i said the same thing till my breeder friend said that if i counldn't handle a hot, i should stick to pythons.....so i stop playing with them when i almost got bit by a green mamba.....lol

I completely agree.  Making the snakes venamoid is very rough on the snakes.  Alot of snakes end up with infections or are just in loads of pain and end up very sick or die.  I don't like it, if you can't deal with a snake that has venom, don;t get one.

If its done right you dont have those complications it when people are uneducated about it and do it anways. I really dont see the problem with it. people do worse thing and people do things  common to it like cropping a dogs ears and tails everyway, those dont benefit the dog in anyway they are just for out perosonally lpreferences at least having a snake made venomid would ensure saftey

[portal_reptiles]

have you handled a venamoid...its not the same as cutting ears, read this

http://www.snakegetters.com/demo/vet/venomoid-faq.html

[Amy]

i didnt say it was the same thing i was just implying that many unnesscary things are done to animals all the time. Id probably never get one anyway i was just stating if i did ever get one of those 2 types of snakes id like it to be venomid. And venamoid are suppose to be handled like they a venomous all the time if that what you mean...

[smith710]

i hate when people to this...its very hard on the reptile,...i said the same thing till my breeder friend said that if i counldn't handle a hot, i should stick to pythons.....so i stop playing with them when i almost got bit by a green mamba.....lol

I completely agree.  Making the snakes venamoid is very rough on the snakes.  Alot of snakes end up with infections or are just in loads of pain and end up very sick or die.  I don't like it, if you can't deal with a snake that has venom, don;t get one.

If its done right you dont have those complications it when people are uneducated about it and do it anways. I really dont see the problem with it. people do worse thing and people do things  common to it like cropping a dogs ears and tails everyway, those dont benefit the dog in anyway they are just for out perosonally lpreferences at least having a snake made venomid would ensure saftey

Yes, I agree, I don't like the ear cutting and tail cutting either, but that's just a cut tha will go away pretty quick and the dog will be fine.  The snakes can have pain for a long time and even death.  I don't like it, if you cant deal with a venomous snake, don't get one.

[honuman]

Also with the venomoid thing.  I can't imagine it is good for the snake's digestive process either.  After all the venom does break the prey's tissue down. 

Personally -- ear cropping, tail cropping etc.  is kind of bad but it does not affect something that is a natural process in the animals life.  You are in effect removing part of the snake's digestive process here.  That's a little worse than a an unnecessary cosmetic nip and tuck.

Steve