Why, WHY would you purchase/acquire a species of animal you're unfamiliar with especially if it's venomous?! Generally speaking you should research then acquire the animal, instead of vice versa. I'm not your parent & I'm not going to lecture you but there are a ton of red flags in your post that scare the hell out of me & I really hope you don't wind up dead if you get bit and that animal has a venom that is powerful enough to envenomate a human being, rear-fanged or not. That said, here's a few links that might answer some of your questions, depending on what your animal actually is: http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forum...questions.html.

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gart...garters-2.html

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=124543

Good luck and sorry if that was harsh, just everything you do with a reptile/snake has the potential to impact every reptile enthusiast, let alone yourself. Good luck with things and hope it all works out for the best.