Urutu pit viper (Bothrops alternatus)

[Bothrops]

I hope you like it...

 

[KLiK]

what a cutie! how old is he?

 

[shogun804]

wow :drool:

 

[Bothrops]

It´s a baby, I think she/he is about 2 months old.

 

[GQ.]

Very nice! Are they easy to start feeding on mice?

 

[Bothrops]

In theory, yes, they are rather easy to start feeding on mice. She ate one unfrozen pinkie, but now she doesn´t want anymore, lol.
Generally, they start eating well with LIVE pinkies (because the stimulus).
This is a really nice species, not agressive (generally), and very easy to handle (for being a Bothrops species )

 

[Crotalus]

They are very nice snake! I had 1.1 juveniles but they died, got some weird twitching (similar to paramyxo virus but no visible bleeding in the mouth) and died shortly after.

Good luck with them!

/Lelle

 

[darrelldlc]

Unbelievable beauty for the eye to behold. I want to study venomous snake and scorpion venoms for research. And bothrops vipers rank high on my list of must haves, even if only for the patterns and colors they possess. nice pics keep em coming.
Darrell.