Few of my HOTs *DU*

Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11.../juvtimber.jpg

Big Timber Rattlesnake
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11.../bigtimber.jpg

Sonoran Sidewinder, Crotalus cerastes
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11.../ccerastes.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11...cerastes-2.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11...sidewinder.jpg

Pygmy Rattlesnake, S. m. streckeri
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11.../neopygmy2.jpg

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Those are totally awesome! Esp. the pygmy rattler.

Thanks!

HOTS arent for everyone.......however there are some really cool ones out there!

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Yeah I agree, they are not for everyone...

I would not ever own one b/c of the risk involved, mostly cause I have kids...

But boy I sure like seeing pics of them!

Very nice hots Richard! Nice to see you man!

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Originally Posted by AndrewH

Very nice hots Richard! Nice to see you man!

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Thanks Andrew!

I decided to join up after looking at pics here from you........LOL

Lovely looking animals there!

nice ones, you made me miss my pygmy, and my coppers.

Thank you!

I usually have a copper or 2 in my collection..........right now I dont though.

very nice! i used to own a naja naja and a monacled but for now all i own is a cottonmouth :)

Beautiful snakes! I love the pictures.:)

Thank you :)

they look very beautful my friend, i have 3 hots now, 1.copperhead,1,cottonmouth, 1.eastern diamond back, and now just started with bp,hopeing i will be able to breed this year, thanks for showoing us.dave..

Nice pics/snakes; not the type that I am used to seeing!
I am just curious; how do you cage them? Are they in tanks, tubs, or something else?

I custom build HOT enclosures......however mine are out on loans......LOL.....so I keep mine in HOT approved enclosures..........like the Timber is in a 2 foot Neodesha. All are locked and secure. The smaller ones are in lockable tanks.

Cool! Thanks for informing me.

No prob!

I am here to help.........:)

you guys are nuts lol owning poisionous snakes thats nuts man i can't take that risk but they are very beautiful very nice pics

you know i dont think i would ever keep venomous snakes.it's just to big of a risk of me being bitten.i would but i dont feel comfortable having rattlensnakes in my home.

Thats good. They do not make good pets. Mine are for breeding purposes.

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Thats good. They do not make good pets. Mine are for breeding purposes.

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i also dont consider mine pets. ive just been asked to provide a couple of viles of monacled venom so it all just went from there on. luckily for me i got superb training from a friend of mine with nearly every african/asian species you can think of. basicle all i work with now is spectacleds(sp?) and monacleds :)

Wow those timbers are awsome, do you need another permit just for those?

Awesome pics, and gorgeous snakes, Richard!

Great pics that sidewinder is sweet.

Thanks everyone!

I have a state issued license to keep and breed them. The Timbers are covered under my license.

That pygmy is adorable!

Cool! But working w/the sidewinder and the diamondback in college was enough hot experience for me. Beautiful snakes, but I probably wouldn't own one.


IF I chose one, it'd be a smaller one.



Very pretty though.

NICE TIMBERS.... pygmys r cool too. i just ran into the most beautful yellow phase timber i'd had ever seen behind my house about a week ago. i went back home to get my dig cam but it was gone.....now i carry my cam with me, i'll get git em. lol nice pics though...,makes me miss my southerns.(copperheads)...

Those timbers are KILLER no pun intended..lol Seriously nothing in herpetoculture is as visually stimulating a sweet venomous collection. Nice

kept in a legal and safe manor of course:)

I bet the Pygmy is the most aggressive of them all, Napoleon complex those little guys seem to have, :rolleyes:

The sidewinder pic is so cute w/ him partially covered in sand. Very cool!

Been a while.....LOL

Thanks for the kind words.

Few more shots I have taken over the years.....some were mine, some were a friends.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11...eck76/new3.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11...eck76/new1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11...igblkmamba.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11...6/gaboon-1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11...herncopper.jpg

and finally, why you shouldnt use plastic dishes with hots on mulch......;)
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11...76/CHdish1.jpg