Never again shall I house two snakes together

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Skiploder

1. Keeping two snakes together = not asking for trouble.

2. Feeding two snakes together = asking for trouble.

I thought gaboons were immune to their own venom..............

---

if they are not immune they are certainly have a very high tolerence to it. they do not however have any sort of immunity to have to huge fangs driven through there brains

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by jason_ladouceur

if they are not immune they are certainly have a very high tolerence to it. they do not however have any sort of immunity to have to huge fangs driven through there brains

---

That must have been an amazingly accurate shot. That little pea sized brain is encased in quite a bit of skull..........

http://beaconhillbiological.com/graphics/viper.jpg

http://www.kostich.com/gaboon_viper_skull.jpg

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Skiploder

That must have been an amazingly accurate shot. That little pea sized brain is encased in quite a bit of skull..........

http://beaconhillbiological.com/graphics/viper.jpg

http://www.kostich.com/gaboon_viper_skull.jpg

---

ya a picture is truly worth a thousand words. thanks by the way those skeletal shots are really awesome. I wasn't in the room when it happened but it would seem that one of her fangs must have penetrated through his eye socket or nostril cavity.

FYI - If you need to get your snake to let go of something (another snake, your arm, etc...) get a cup of hot water and pour it on their head. THEY WILL LET GO VERY QUICKLY! I have been keeping boas for a while and I can't tell you how many times I have gotten bitten and the snake will not let go, hot water comes in very handy.

One option for you is to rinse off the snakes after they are done eating so that all of the rodent smell is off of their body, just like when you clean off a female ball python after she lays eggs.