For those that like Mangroves

Awesome pic! I love mangroves...too bad they couldn't have a more gentile temperament, or I'd own tons.

Thanks folks, Don gets some awesome animals in.

:mad: For those that wanted one unfortuntely he has sold all the Mangs already. He does have some nice house and sand snakes along with a few species of cat snakes just in.

One day I am going to have a Mang again, they are just so damn agressive at least mine was. I will bet you can find one or two that are at least managable. The problem with mine was he was not even good for display he struck the glass at any movement.

Aren't they rear fanged venomous as well? They're gorgeous that's for sure..

I am working on geting one. I have noticed they dont stay for sale very long as the sell so fast. Sombody had a baby at the Tucson Reptile show last year and it was awesome. Someday when I get the room I will get a few. What kind of cat snakes does he have?

I got a great shot of the baby at the Tuscon show, what a cutie! Super tame too, but I just can't bring myself to be tempted by rear fanged. But I adore their mischevious faces and big round eyes. So cute!

On the Cat Snakes he has some white spots, some dog tooth and a few others. Just got to Mfezi.com click on available then snakes to see what he has. His shipments clear out pretty fast.

Medusa on rear fanged just so you know there is not much to fear. Like I have a False Water Cobra and a Diadem and a Madagascar Cat Eyed Snake. They are all calm and gentle and no trouble to handle. A bite from any would be not much more then swelling and pain. Like a cat bite might be a lot worse.

With mangs the issue is they are mean at least most of them. They can give a good bite and an envenomation will be painful however there is an easy remedy.

Gloves and long sleaves if you do any handling with them. See the rear fangs are really more like groved teeth not true fangs the venom just runs down the teeth into the wound. So common garden gloves and shirt sleves won't prevent you from getting a bite BUT it will absorb the very small amount of venom so you don't end up with it in your skin.

Oh and it is not a Mangrove but it is beautiful and black and yellow. Can anyone guess what it is?:)

It is a beautiful 7 foot Tiger Rat snake currently listed under New World Rat Snakes on Kingsnake.com. The poster says he does not bite either (real plus with tigers).

You just should know that he could reach 10 feet or even may be 11 in time. One day I will buy one but I have new buys on hold for the summer while I ramp up custom caging etc.

If I was in the market I would grab that guy.

Oooh.. I love tiger rat snakes. They're so cool.

The main reason I'm wary of back fanged is I dunno what I'm allergic to. I've never been stung by a bee, so I'm wary of them the same way. I don't want to find out the hard way. :P

Here's the shot of the baby mangrove who slayed me with it's big cute eyes at the Tuscon show. :love: Baby snakes are so freaking adorable.

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Of course I am not trying to talk you into anything (go ahead you know you wanna, :devilish: ) just like I said though remember that simple garden gloves and sleves are all you would ever need to totaly prevent envenomation.

That little one is cute, this is what I wonder if you find a baby like that one and he is not a jerk and if you handle him will he stay that way.

For many snakes this is the way it works but not all.

Like many Rainbow Boas get cranky as adults after being gentle when small.

Retics are often pretty chill as juvies then go psyco as adults, not always but often. Same with Rock pythons.

Has anyone actually ever seen and adult mang that did not bite?