your thoughts on "venomoid" (defanged)

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

That kind of stuff is probably best suited for a discussion on Fauna. ;)

-adam

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ha ha.....yep :) .....and not like it has already been beat to death over there :)

i think its wrong unless theres a good reason for it. like on croc hunter they had a fierce snake or a taipan(i forget which one) and its venom glands had become infected. i guess the snakes life was in jeopardy because of it so they put the snake under anastesia(sp?) and defanged it. they fed it f/t anyway so it didnt have to kill its prey.
do you guys think thats a good reason to do it?

I would never have a venomoid. I would never defang an animal. Venomoids though hmm I dunno I still think they are wrong and shouldn't be done. If they have to be done I would definetly want the snake to be given laughing gas and that it receives no pain and has implants so the head isnt deformed.

But I havn't found a reason to have a venomoid so I would forget about it.

Umm... Chitlin's... This thread was dragged up from LAST YEAR...

But anyway. Why "shouldn't" it be discussed here? It is an appropriate topic, regardless of what forum it is discussed at, for people to express their opinions.

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

But anyway. Why "shouldn't" it be discussed here? It is an appropriate topic, regardless of what forum it is discussed at, for people to express their opinions.

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It wasn't the topic that I was referring to. The mods/admins here always do a great job at keeping the kiddies in line and I think we'd do fine with an intelligent discussion about voids.

I was just suggesting that calling Kara out on a year old thread reminded me a little bit of the 70+ page "NERD/Void" thread on Fauna that was eventually locked and was probably something better left for "over there".

-adam

True... we have enough to make us old and grey here :) *looks for her walker*

A year old. Wow. Didn't look at the date.

The section must not get much traffic if it's still right in the front. Gotta check dates before posting otherwise I'll be responding to ads for an animal that was for sale last year.:redface:

I'm more interested in knowing what would happen to the snake with the venom gone. I assume that they they inject venom to kill their prey AND begin the digestion of the tissue. How would this work if their venom glands are taken out? Oh and I also do not condone the practice!

Raj.

I think venomoid would mostly affect a hemotoxin snake. Hemotoxin is the type of venom that breaks down tissue if I am correct. am I? neurotoxins affect the nervous system. I am not sure hwo neurotoxins break down the tissue or digest.

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Originally Posted by Smulkin

I think it's horrid - the John Bobbits of the snake world - hots for people who shouldn't keep hots etc. I really can't think of a good analogy for this - it's nothing at all like having your cat declawed or throwinig a muzzle on your dog. It's stripping away one of the defining characteristics and tools of predation from the snake - would be like "bobbing" the tail off a scorpion. It baffles me.

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i completely dont agree either, to me it would be like those people who have their dogs voice boxes removed so they dont have to hear them bark......sad.(is that a good analogy?) this type of stuff makes me sad to be a human sometimes :( when people do the voice box thing on dogs, theres this part of me going " i hope someone breaks into your house while your sleeping and you dont know because you mutilated your dog!'