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I got an NT water python that one day hopes to be venomous.
I got an NT water python that one day hopes to be venomous.
Water pythons just want to kill the world one person at a time.
Here's the thing...
I think elapids are stunning just like all other reptiles etc..
But if you can't ever handle it
& you have a chance of being bitten/seriously ill if you do
why other than the "adrenaline rush"
would people want to keep them as "pets"
Is it really a good idea to be keeping venomous critters in our homes?
I understand your comments & where you are coming from...
I just have a difference of opinion & I don't think keeping vens is for me.
I prefer to be able to handle my animals when needed with absolutely no
risk/ possibility of envenomation.
I'll admire them in the wild from afar
I think a lot of peoples intepretation of venomous snakes is that they are these nasty, aggressive, flighty animals that have a pitbull attitude to anything human. In reality, they are just another snake, and the vast majority have the same disposition as most quiet pythons. The problem is that most quiet pythons have bitten atleast once in their lives...
I think a lot of peoples intepretation of venomous snakes is that they are these nasty, aggressive, flighty animals that have a pitbull attitude to anything human. In reality, they are just another snake, and the vast majority have the same disposition as most quiet pythons. The problem is that most quiet pythons have bitten atleast once in their lives...
EB and Coastal tai's can be very quite, some stupidly so.... some snakes like tigers and mulgas, whilst may be "quiet" ,will eat anything and it's their food responce you have to watch out for.... they are sort of like a hungry woma...if the arm holding you tastes good, eat it!.
But if you can't ever handle it
& you have a chance of being bitten/seriously ill if you do
why other than the "adrenaline rush"
would people want to keep them as "pets"
Here's the thing...
I think elapids are stunning just like all other reptiles etc..
But if you can't ever handle it
& you have a chance of being bitten/seriously ill if you do
why other than the "adrenaline rush"
would people want to keep them as "pets"
Is it really a good idea to be keeping venomous critters in our homes?
We bought our enclosure from a guy who kept a red bellied black snake and I asked him whether he was scared to hold it. He said the snake was such a good one that he would let his kids (6 and 8yr old) hold it. I thought he was crazy and, because I hadn't spoken to any owners of elapids before him, that's what all snake owners did!
hehe i think with every venomous snake keeper they have atleast once free handled their vens.... Ive done it....but have stoped doing it after a mate got taped by a "pet" tai..... was a lil wake up call that there is a gamble with it and i kind of like my kidneys
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