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The female with the Gaboon head unfortunately doesn’t strike at food yet. Thankfully she hasn’t refused when assist fed and we’ve had no regurgitations from her.
This is one of my favorite threads to watch. I don't post much anymore but wanted to commend you on taking care of such amazing animals that I will never own.
What a shame. How old was he? They were housed together? All the others are mighty impressive- :D
12-21-2019, 10:27 PM
reptileexperts
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What a shame. How old was he? They were housed together? All the others are mighty impressive- :D
They were separated. Went to place them together.
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12-21-2019, 11:57 PM
Bogertophis
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They were separated. Went to place them together.
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That's a real shame...such rotten timing, not getting a chance to mate.
12-22-2019, 09:47 AM
reptileexperts
Re: Venomous collection
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That's a real shame...such rotten timing, not getting a chance to mate.
Yeah it was a kick in the groin. I’m not sure his age, but he was in rough shape when we got him. Very kinked from multiple bites from previous breeding seasons before we got him. He was eating then went off food for 5 weeks (they only eat once a month maybe 2 times a month max) but between that and the kinks and stress maybe he rolled. It happens. Sad due to how hard he is to replace but part of it.
With increasing demands for ventilators at hospitals due to covid-19, venomous keepers need to have extra care and caution in place as life saving tools may not be available if mistakes happen. As a result we are minimizing contact with our animals and maintaining best we can at this level.
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04-04-2020, 12:50 PM
Bogertophis
Well there's never a 'good time' to blow it, but this is surely not it. ;)
04-04-2020, 01:22 PM
vivi
I don´t think I could keep anything venomous, but those cobras, MAN, they are beautiful! Their defense postures are super impressive!
04-04-2020, 01:48 PM
wnateg
How many venomous snakes do you have?
04-04-2020, 01:50 PM
reptileexperts
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How many venomous snakes do you have?
We maintain around 29 different species of venomous at current.
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04-04-2020, 06:58 PM
Gio
The colors, the patterns, all of it, simply beautiful!
04-04-2020, 07:12 PM
Aerries
Re: Venomous collection
The Rhino and Gaboon are just DROP DEAD GORGEOUS! I really hope I nailed the id on that lol Gabbies are my favorite all around
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04-04-2020, 07:17 PM
vivi
Anything elipidae is rad, period.
05-08-2020, 07:46 AM
reptileexperts
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Happy to announce our Lake Nakuru Puff Adders have dropped their babies! Locks started December 21 - January 6th, babies dropped May 6th. Female was kept at 92 degrees and never left her hot spot. The parents are German imports from 2016. Really proud of them!
Very Cool. 17 is a lot compared to Balls. Is that near an average clutch size?
05-08-2020, 09:01 AM
reptileexperts
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Very Cool. 17 is a lot compared to Balls. Is that near an average clutch size?
Small side actually. Puff adders produce the largest clutches of any snake species on record with the most being 146 babies dropped from a single female. Most clutches average 30-40, she had 7 slugs with the babies and she’s just under 3’ so for her I think it’s par for the course.
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05-08-2020, 09:49 AM
Reptile$ 4 Life
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OMG! They are so cute, in a if you get bit your in trouble kinda way.
146 babies that's insane! How large was the female?
Found this on Wiki. No word on how big the female was, but there is also a Youtube video of a female Kenyan with *147* babies. She certainly has a lot of babies with her; not sure how they counted them, lol.
"A Kenyan female in a Czech zoo gave birth to 156 young, the largest litter for any species of snake."
