My Venomous Snakes

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Originally Posted by Najakeeper

Water cobras have a very narrow hood and they hardly ever display it, very though to catch on camera.

Here are a couple of the cobras, which I had when I was in the States hooding:

http://imageshack.com/a/img69/8517/38pi.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img241/7514/48wq.jpg

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Awesome!!!! Did you have to take a class to earn credits/certification to be able to handle and own them?

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Originally Posted by Lubana

Awesome!!!! Did you have to take a class to earn credits/certification to be able to handle and own them?

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Nope, when I was living in WA, it was perfectly legal to keep them with no permits. Unfortunately, now it is completely illegal.

I started with non-venomous and worked my way up by myself, which I do not recommend. It is best to start with a mentor.

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Originally Posted by Najakeeper

Nope, when I was living in WA, it was perfectly legal to keep them with no permits. Unfortunately, now it is completely illegal.

I started with non-venomous and worked my way up by myself, which I do not recommend. It is best to start with a mentor.

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Ahhh. Gotcha. Here, in FL, you have to be certified. I've given some thought to it, then realized, "Hey! If I'm going to go through all the trouble of being certified, I may as well be certified to milk them. Do you do that with yours?

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Originally Posted by Lubana

Ahhh. Gotcha. Here, in FL, you have to be certified. I've given some thought to it, then realized, "Hey! If I'm going to go through all the trouble of being certified, I may as well be certified to milk them. Do you do that with yours?

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Nope, I do not. That would create unnecessary stress on my snakes and on me.

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Originally Posted by Lubana

... I may as well be certified to milk them. Do you do that with yours?

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Here's some excellent info from Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry about the process of milking snakes. There's a lot of specialized equipment and controls involved in order to get viable samples.

https://www.facebook.com/urbanjungle...652743984871:0

Here are a couple interesting pictures:


Here is a desert snake enjoying some fish:


http://imageshack.com/a/img203/5981/ivrm.jpg


And here is the valley of Death:


http://imageshack.com/a/img42/8141/955i.jpg

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...

More Death Adder action with a tiny bit more...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES6nfECCqYY

Here are the new enclosures for these guys:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-96eoJfA3s


They are doing amazing and getting more docile every day.

This girl just gets better looking everyday!


Crotalus durissus unicolor:


http://imageshack.com/a/img842/9936/fqmz.jpg


http://imageshack.com/a/img843/3386/g0vi.jpg


Rattle:


http://imageshack.com/a/img835/9428/lwuc.jpg