Lovechild was my first hot :(
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What happened to him or her?
John
John
Oh s/he was wild caught and not taking food very well so I had to release him (I say him but was unsexed). I'm aiming to get a CB baby his size and/or another hot sometime this year hopefully.
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hmm... i really want a hot. i mean ive been in the hobby for 12 years now, and was raised in the rainforest, actually if you count my pet snakes i had when i was a kid, you could argue ive got almost 18 years experience...
still though, i would hate to get tagged. i dont know what it is, this is coming from a guy who free handles deadly scorpions. snakes just always seem to be plotting to bite me it seems lol.
having said that, if i was going to keep any hot snake it would be a gaboon viper.
still though, i would hate to get tagged. i dont know what it is, this is coming from a guy who free handles deadly scorpions. snakes just always seem to be plotting to bite me it seems lol.
having said that, if i was going to keep any hot snake it would be a gaboon viper.
Gaboons are my dream snake but I don't feel I can safely care for them just yet. I want a lot more experience first. I really want T. wagleri or an eyelash next
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Agkistrodon contortrix, my fave North American hot! I want one. To bad they are not in my area. Oh well........ wagleri and eyelash are way cool. I have a book on keeping vipers - The Guide To Owning Eyelash And Temple Vipers by Ray Hunziker. Check it out.
David
David
I've always liked Gaboon Vipers (Bitis Gabonica) and Eyelash vipers but after seeing this picture of a Gumprechts Green Pitviper http://www.wwf.org.uk/news_feed.cfm?uNewsID=2544.
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i have not had much luck w/ WC copperheads. i just photograph and release
Hey David, would you second that Lovechild is laticinctus subspecies? That's what I IDed him as anyway...Wasn't 100% positive however.
oh wow very nice!
I actually managed him to take a f/t pinkie once but after that he refused all food live or otherwise. Didn't want him to starve bye bye Lovechild. I'm looking into CB babies only now.
sure they are when you're 95lbs! ;P
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My favourite hot is the Crotalus atrox or ruber (like them both equally)...they're fairly common, but I just love them!
Well more like lukewarm...medical treatment has been the cause for all fatalities.
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i wouldnt call a copper head hot either. id say 45 pounds and under is dangerous but not deadly. i was bitten a while back by an osage copperhead and got nothing more than sweats. also it was a very hot day o it could have been from that too. but i also weigh 220 pounds. you know in missouri supposedly the last confirmed/recorded death from a copper head was back in 1902 and was a 56 yearl old woman. also as for captive bred. i can ask my buddy. he can get them just dont know how much. or when the next clutch will be avalible for purchase. i do know he will be selling some albino king cobras for 1000 each. must be licenced though.
I had checked any permit laws for my area. None seem to be required buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut I do believe they have restrictions on wild caught native specimens which is one of the reasons I'd like to stick with CB. I did research some on their venom and it was pretty much unanimous that a person under 100lbs would really be hurtin for awhile. I'd really like another angry fella like Lovechild.
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well i can ask my buddy for details on when the next clutch is do from his female. and i wasnt meaning a permit for the copperheads just the cobras. he had to get one to keep them around here. last clutch his female had was so awsome looking. i wanted one but couldnt justify getting one due to having a small child in the house.
Yeah I'm starting slow so I'm not ready to jump into cobras yet. I've heard many accounts that they are a hard snake to read.