My Venomous Snakes

I have a question. Did you get prior experience with venomous snakes before owning them in your collection? I'm interested someday owning some like you do. Obviously no time soon since I'm 17 and have no actual experience with snakes like this. Just curious how you got into it.


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I had a lot of experience with reptiles before I got into venomous but I was nowhere ready. I jumped in with an albino monocled cobra, which was definitely above my experience level. Thankfully, nothing bad happened but my advice to you is do this properly. Find a mentor close by, put a lot of hours in and get experienced first before buying anything of your own.

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Originally Posted by Najakeeper

Here is a new feeding video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXvxLN-_PDE


She is coming close to 60cm even though she is still somewhat thin. Growing very fast...

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Yasin:

How do you find the temperament on the Boulengerina?

I like the use of leaf litter in your set ups. I'm surprised more people don't use it.

Have you kept or are you keeping any other Australian Elapids, like notechis or p. colletti or p. porphyriacus?

Great thread and snakes man. Thanks for keeping it going.

Can I make a couple requests if you get a chance:

1. Another valley of death picture. If possible. Not gonna beg for it if it's a PITA to get.

2. Get in on the HOTM action. Your snakes are pretty and a couple of them take really good pics. *cough* cobras *cough* ;)

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Originally Posted by Skiploder

Yasin:

How do you find the temperament on the Boulengerina?

I like the use of leaf litter in your set ups. I'm surprised more people don't use it.

Have you kept or are you keeping any other Australian Elapids, like notechis or p. colletti or p. porphyriacus?

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In my experience, they are very easy to deal with. They are active and somewhat food aggressive but when food is not present, they can easily be manipulated.

Leaf litter is especially good for dry climate Acanthophis, they feel very secure in it.

Nope, I only keep Acanthophis. Most other Aussie snakes have pre-synaptic neurotoxins, which I avoid.

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Originally Posted by Pyrate81

Great thread and snakes man. Thanks for keeping it going.

Can I make a couple requests if you get a chance:

1. Another valley of death picture. If possible. Not gonna beg for it if it's a PITA to get.

2. Get in on the HOTM action. Your snakes are pretty and a couple of them take really good pics. *cough* cobras *cough* ;)

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Thanks mate :).

1-I will try to make one with more adders but it may take a couple weeks as I am very busy these days and "Valley of Death" is not an easy task ;).

2- What is HOTM? Yeah, cobras are very photogenic ;). Here is one I just took:

http://imageshack.com/a/img840/8314/q2pp.jpg

HOTM = herp of the month contest Here's a link to the rules, submission links, etc.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...BMISSION-LINKS

My 7 year old Naja samarensis(Samar Cobra) girl:


http://imageshack.com/a/img853/3931/wpjv.jpg

Thank you for sharing these beautiful animals and your experience with us.
Most of us can't or shouldn't own them but they keep us fascinated.
Stay safe and keep those great pictures coming.

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Originally Posted by brock lesser

Thank you for sharing these beautiful animals and your experience with us.
Most of us can't or shouldn't own them but they keep us fascinated.
Stay safe and keep those great pictures coming.

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Thanks mate...

Here is my most probably pregnant girl:


http://imageshack.com/a/img819/9687/hlu9y.jpg


And here is the male Sydney red feeding on a hopper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjpovjtHiJM

Here is the video of the Samar feeding:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5YTx1wxObo

An update of my beautiful Congo Water Cobras:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1AlD-kd7JM

Here is my female water cobra feeding:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/PDh0Lg.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/w3Zlgp.jpg



Here is my problem feeder Common Death Adder female on some solid food:


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/0b2rMI.jpg

And my HOTM entry, beautiful Samar Cobra female:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/EsQgu6.jpg

After another shed, my monocled cobra is looking absolutely spectacular. I have finally managed to find a mate for her, I am getting a 2014 Blue eyed Leucistic male before the month ends.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSIh73MsyKU

I always enjoy your pictures and videos, beautiful animals.

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Originally Posted by John1982

I always enjoy your pictures and videos, beautiful animals.

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Thanks John. They are amazing creatures for sure.

Water cobras finally graduated to furry food items, decent weight will follow:


http://imageshack.com/a/img906/7113/qj9Mso.jpg

So I had to decide which cobra species to keep due to space restrictions. Aside from the N.kaouthia morphs and the water cobras, which I keep, I choose the Naja samarensis, the Samar Cobra.


These animals come from the Samar Island in the Southern Philippines. Although they are true spitters, adults rarely do so and this is a nice spitter to work with. Also, their colors are so amazing, this just makes them the most beautiful Naja species in my opinion and they stay around 3ft range, less than a meter in most cases. The only problem with them is their 'attitude'. These guys are always angry and they do not take prisoners. Someone I know used to say that if they were 6 ft instead of 3, we would probably be all evolved from them :).


Ok, here is my female, which is a whopping 1.3 meters, very large for this species:


http://imageshack.com/a/img853/3931/wpjv.jpg


http://imageshack.com/a/img661/844/EsQgu6.jpg


http://imageshack.com/a/img911/2232/mQ2dij.jpg


And my male, which is much smaller:


http://imageshack.com/a/img673/7109/C37F7e.jpg


http://imageshack.com/a/img743/2353/eSt0vJ.jpg


http://imageshack.com/a/img907/6587/Blyjm1.jpg


And here is a feeding video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2vP4QBhiUA

A nice video of the Aruba Island Rattlesnake:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPeX91X3u1I


And here is a nice picture of her:


http://imageshack.com/a/img905/1702/V5jef3.jpg

Naja beauty is uncontested...


http://imageshack.com/a/img902/4473/KE7peA.jpg


http://imageshack.com/a/img537/4682/CfIDkD.jpg


http://imageshack.com/a/img538/1299/qT8t1b.jpg

Here is another "Valley of the Death" photo picturing 3 Acanthophis species I keep:


http://imageshack.com/a/img909/4755/Hb2VWB.jpg


Left to right: Acanthophis sp. "Dajarra Desert" , Acanthophis sp. "Northern Flood Plains", Acanthophis antarcticus

Love the pics and vids man. Keep them coming. :gj:

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Originally Posted by Pyrate81

Love the pics and vids man. Keep them coming. :gj:

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Thanks mate, will do!

The Samar male looks so peaceful behind the glass... 2 seconds before he starts thrashing in the terrarium :) :


http://imageshack.com/a/img538/6937/0oblgw.jpg

Here is a macro of the female:


http://imageshack.com/a/img742/7383/kD5Jhq.jpg

Three Acanthophis species in one video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUEXLYMwzc8

Man, these are grumpy. I had to take the male out for a routine cleaning and he refused to go into the temp. enclosure. Proceeded to chase me around etc. Finally, after the cage cleaning, this is his reaction:


http://imageshack.com/a/img673/1528/9Us41j.jpg


Sorry for the quality as it is a cell phone photo...

Just beautiful...


http://imageshack.com/a/img537/778/NlRTB7.jpg

Here is another Samar video. Both snakes are in their permanent homes now and are enjoying life. I gave the female a bit of quail meet today and she seemed to love it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMcBoS366ks


And here is a hint of a hood, a rare sight for my docile water cobras...


http://imageshack.com/a/img746/1113/eo7akg.jpg


Here is how docile he is on a normal day...


http://imageshack.com/a/img538/112/KuYEcJ.jpg

Just beautiful...


http://imageshack.com/a/img674/4844/oh7oL6.jpg

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Originally Posted by Najakeeper

So I had to decide which cobra species to keep due to space restrictions. Aside from the N.kaouthia morphs and the water cobras, which I keep, I choose the Naja samarensis, the Samar Cobra.


These animals come from the Samar Island in the Southern Philippines. Although they are true spitters, adults rarely do so and this is a nice spitter to work with. Also, their colors are so amazing, this just makes them the most beautiful Naja species in my opinion and they stay around 3ft range, less than a meter in most cases. The only problem with them is their 'attitude'. These guys are always angry and they do not take prisoners. Someone I know used to say that if they were 6 ft instead of 3, we would probably be all evolved from them :).


And here is a feeding video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2vP4QBhiUA

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Wow.:tears:
Think I'll focus on taking care of one calm, slow moving, non-venomous BP for now!

Here is how docile he is on a normal day...


http://imageshack.com/a/img538/112/KuYEcJ.jpg[/QUOTE]

Not to be an a hole, but why would you put yourself at risk like that?

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Originally Posted by Rob

Here is how docile he is on a normal day...


http://imageshack.com/a/img538/112/KuYEcJ.jpg

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Not to be an a hole, but why would you put yourself at risk like that?[/QUOTE]

Not at all, quite a rational question. I do it because I know my animal BUT it shouldn't be done, period.

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Originally Posted by Najakeeper

Not to be an a hole, but why would you put yourself at risk like that?

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Not at all, quite a rational question. I do it because I know my animal BUT it shouldn't be done, period.[/QUOTE]

Lol at least you admit it.

Here is the beautiful leucistic monocled:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0--U3sKU2w

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Originally Posted by Najakeeper

Here is the beautiful leucistic monocled...

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Gorgeous. If I were to get into keeping venomous snakes, hands down the Lucy Monocle would be my first. :gj: :)

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Originally Posted by Pyrate81

Gorgeous. If I were to get into keeping venomous snakes, hands down the Lucy Monocle would be my first. :gj: :)

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They are amazing, aren't they?

Here is the latest video from the Orange Patel Highlite Naja kaouthia girl:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZXVvaap9Zg 




She is getting darker with each shed, really cool snake.

The water cobras are getting more docile by the day... Really amazing snakes.


Interestingly, they have been refusing fish prey after the complete switch to unscented rodents. I still try to give them fish sometimes and the female decided to eat some today:


http://imageshack.com/a/img538/272/D8jM2I.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt8QenTLqOE

Beautiful snakes! I would never think of owning venomous sakes myself, but they sure do have stunning colours and patterns!

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Originally Posted by Kamerick

Beautiful snakes! I would never think of owning venomous sakes myself, but they sure do have stunning colours and patterns!

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Thanks for the comment. Yeah, sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and say I am crazy and I will sell all my snakes but the urge goes away in the morning :). Venomous snakes look amazing and I absolutely love mine.

I finally managed to move them to their new cage. This is a tall cage and for the first night, they are acting completely arboreal. Here is the male sleeping on a ledge:


http://imageshack.com/a/img745/2087/CwtG7U.jpg


I ordered some wire covers for the light bulb. Will come soon.

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Originally Posted by Najakeeper

I finally managed to move them to their new cage. This is a tall cage and for the first night, they are acting completely arboreal. Here is the male sleeping on a ledge:


http://imageshack.com/a/img745/2087/CwtG7U.jpg


I ordered some wire covers for the light bulb. Will come soon.

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This is N. Christyi correct ?

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Originally Posted by speedycat222

This is N. Christyi correct ?

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Nope, this is the unnamed Congo species, which is a bit different from N.christyi.

Here is the latest state of the reptile room by the way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=244vj4Abw9U

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Originally Posted by Najakeeper

Nope, this is the unnamed Congo species, which is a bit different from N.christyi.

Here is the latest state of the reptile room by the way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=244vj4Abw9U

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Very cool. Would you mind going a bit into detail on some of the differences between the unnamed species and Christyi ? Nice collection by the way, I'm a big fan of Acanthopis. Good luck with your N. samarensis pair also, I hope they reproduce for you.

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Originally Posted by speedycat222

Very cool. Would you mind going a bit into detail on some of the differences between the unnamed species and Christyi ? Nice collection by the way, I'm a big fan of Acanthopis. Good luck with your N. samarensis pair also, I hope they reproduce for you.

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Thanks mate.

This forum topic here will give you some info on the unnamed Naja sp:

http://www.venomland.org/t1058-unkno...oulengerina-sp

Growing up and getting prettier:


http://imageshack.com/a/img661/2848/e8X1hF.jpg

Here is some more footage and shots of the Aruba Island Rattler:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUtA-wcavpo


http://imageshack.com/a/img661/4544/0c13u8.jpg


http://imageshack.com/a/img904/9374/3vxyuo.jpg

A rare chance to piss these guys of but they do get angry very seldom. Here is my Water Cobra girl hooding at me:




http://imageshack.com/a/img540/5879/dn1bMV.jpg


http://imageshack.com/a/img673/9561/3r7csY.jpg

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Originally Posted by Najakeeper

Jackpot!:

http://imageshack.com/a/img843/6594/titzf.jpg

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So after shedding today, my girl dropped a huge load and one unfertilized ova:


http://imageshack.com/a/img674/5808/MsJjXy.jpg


She is still plump and this is a single egg, so I am hoping she has some fertilized eggs inside her.

I visited a friend's house the other day and filmed his collection. From a King Cobra to a Black Mamba, he has a very cool list of venomous snakes.


Enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sku-JItbGEQ

Here is my male Congo Water Cobra shedding his skin, they are about 80cm, which should be their max adult size but they are just 18 months old so I guess these will grow. The male is in breeding mode I think because he hasn't touched food since he went into the shed cycle about a month ago.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0ZFjRqsF-g


And here is my beautiful leucistic monocled cobra in his new enclosure. Finally he can fully hood without touching plastic and he is making the most of it:


http://imageshack.com/a/img540/9505/mx74kB.jpg