show us your deathadders and rbbs

[JoshuaAtherton]

there is no way I'd get one.

[imported_Varanus]

Good things come to those who wait!

[gozz]

jay they are capable of a trip to the hospital from birth.........

[Jay84]

jay they are capable of a trip to the hospital from birth.........

Don't worry, I certainly won't be trialling it lol

[Waterrat]

My Death Adder

[r3ptilian]

Ive seen the "scale-less" adders b4, but that takes the cake Waterrat....

My Death Adder

[VenomOOse]

This WAS my adder before I sold him off



This IS my only red belly I'm keeping at the moment. he's got a bit of attitude

[Sdaji]

Sdaji, at what age do you think their venom is strong enough to cause issues?

If you include anaphylaxis, about three seconds. If not, it's hard to say. I know a fair few people who have been bitten by itsy bitsy ones and anaphylaxis aside I don't know of any reactions worse than a mosquito bite or bee sting. Maybe a large newborn Barkly could knock you around a fair bit more. I'd guess size would be more important than age, but I really don't know how the size vs. venom yield/danger curve would look. I used to start considering them 'dangerous' after their first feed (not that there would be any great difference after one feed), which is fine other than anaphylaxis... but I got anaphylaxis, so now I figure it's best to be extremely careful with anything, even if it's small or a mildly venomous species.

Definitely best just to make sure you never get bitten by any elapid. Any species or size can give you anaphylaxis, and that can kill you much faster than the direct effects of the venom.

[Rossagon]

Here are my female and male RBB's, and some Barkly adders that were born in March. Baby adders do pack enough to put you in hospital, so please take everybodys advice and don't get complacent.

[JUNGLE-JAK]

im so freaking jealous you lucky people

[najanaja]

this is my female northern named REAPER

red belly male named SABBATH

[Waterrat]

Here is the pair, famale on rite ...... going to bread them this year. How much u tink the babies would sell 4?

[Hannaz]

If you include anaphylaxis, about three seconds. If not, it's hard to say. I know a fair few people who have been bitten by itsy bitsy ones and anaphylaxis aside I don't know of any reactions worse than a mosquito bite or bee sting. Maybe a large newborn Barkly could knock you around a fair bit more. I'd guess size would be more important than age, but I really don't know how the size vs. venom yield/danger curve would look. I used to start considering them 'dangerous' after their first feed (not that there would be any great difference after one feed), which is fine other than anaphylaxis... but I got anaphylaxis, so now I figure it's best to be extremely careful with anything, even if it's small or a mildly venomous species.



Definitely best just to make sure you never get bitten by any elapid. Any species or size can give you anaphylaxis, and that can kill you much faster than the direct effects of the venom.

Sdaji, that is definitely serious food for thought. I didn't know about the possibility of an anaphylactic reaction... I think your advice is something to think about very carefully, before getting any venomous species.

I remember one episode of Adrian's Reptile World, where the host found a death adder that was only a day or so old. It rested on the palm of his hand and he explained that the snake was too small to be able to deliver a bite to his hand (that's an off the top of my head memory of the program, at least). By the sound of some of the things I have read in this thread, even handling such a tiny death adder would be inadvisable, or at least for someone new to elapids. Am I right with this?

[VenomOOse]

I've probably got a venom allergy already and not even aware of it. I won't know either until I get an unlucky bite. Then you really need to hotfoot it. Lost a mate to it once, so it's always in the back of my mind.

[$NaKe PiMp]

chicks love black snakes