I'd be surprised if there are many elapid keepers out there who've not done it at some time. Some of them get over the need to do it pretty quickly. Others don't.
Some do it just because they hate using hooks on their animals and don't see it as much of a problem.
I wasn't volunteering any opinions on why they do it or why they don't. Just stating facts. But yes, I've heard people offer that as an explanation for free handling before.
I don't currently keep elapid's so I cant say that i do
But when I do start keeping them, I cant see a huge problem with free handling an animal I have had a long time, and trust.
I don't understand why people get so worked up over the fact that some people do free handle vens, as it is MY life, and if I die doing so, how does this effect you?
People go on that it gives the hobby a bad name, like it needs any help?
If any one is going to dislike snakes, especially vens, private keepers never being bitten by their pets is not going to change their mind.
I realise some people take it too far as they have ego issues, and some see themselves as hero's when getting bitten by the worlds most venomless, oops i mean venomous snake in the world
It’s a free world and people can handle the snakes they want, handle at your own risk.
could say the same thing about dogs ...more dog attacks and bites even to the one that feeds them ,then you have from ven keepers now ...I think anyone ,that has never had anything to do with vens are simply throwing one out there ...99% of ven keepers have their wits about them and know exactly what dangers they can encounter,,,sometimes ****** happens this is true ..but over all ven keepers do everything within their own capabilities ....I think the point some people here are trying to make is that if people continue to be tagged and require hospitalisation by their own ven's, then eventually it won't be such a 'free world' as legislation would be put in place to prevent this sort of thing from happening.
I guess it'd sort of be like a gun lobbiest occaisionally shooting himself in the shoulder by accident Doesn't really help the cause. That being said, accidents will, (and do), happen from time to time even without free handling.
could say the same thing about dogs ...more dog attacks and bites even to the one that feeds them ,then you have from ven keepers now ...I think anyone ,that has never had anything to do with vens are simply throwing one out there ...99% of ven keepers have their wits about them and know exactly what dangers they can encounter,,,sometimes ****** happens this is true ..but over all ven keepers do everything within their own capabilities ....
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