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If its in your house you at least know its location.Ive never owned one but have almost been tagged several times in the great outdoors.Did you think of my motorbike theory?Do you feel the same way about ppl who ride street bikes,surf,hanglide,bungee jump,skydive,drink and drive and so on.It very well can be done right,but it also can be done very wrong just like other risks in life.Still,if you dont feel like you were born for it and this will be your passion in life then dont screw with it,plenty of other choices.
here is a safer way for you to enjoy hots,lol.Viperkeeper has lots of vids to keep you entertained and so you can see how fast and furious these guys can be,still fn awesome but no way for the untrained.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vciqMuDcs4&feature=related
jason longboard;2048900; said:If you have been in the hobby successfully for a long time and kept healthy and safely other aggressive herps then I think with no kids and the proper set up its just fine.No handling,food slots,full gloves and boots,locks,tongs,hooks,blah blah you know the rest.I would love to have a few types myself.I however cant do it in cali.If you have not kept and mastered some of the difficult and aggressive snakes already I would do that first and see how fast things can go wrong.It only takes one bad move.Depends on the person,just like how some ppl can fly jets and some only little prop planes.More ppl Im sure get killed on motorbikes every day than snake bites but the chance is always lurking.So like before,try a good several years with some harder non vens before and if not then I say no way.Oh and if you ever get a gila and get scared,send it to meand please dont do it just because it sounds cool and you want ppl to see you like your the wild boys or some crappola.You need to have a pure passion for them if you go that route.Please check all laws and dont do it if you can live without it,if something goes wrong it makes the news and we all look bad.Good luck.
c o m p l e t e l y ! as a person that has been bit by a rattlesnake i do not recommend the housing of venomous snakes without years of handling experience with all sizes of very aggresive snakes. try handling a hatchling male anaconda without getting bit.
dde1878;2049700; said:
Great way to start right there. Get something that can bite and not kill you. Then each time you take teeth in the hand/arm/foot/leg - think to yourself "Ok, if I HAD gotten a hot snake, I'd be dead right now."
I have kept 2 thirtytwo inch rattlesnakes for 6 months til the wife said get rid of them because there is always a possibility of them excaping and hurting us. Feeding was intensely exciting. I would feed each a full grown white mouse once a week. After striking the mouse with their fangs and immediately releasing it the snake would always wait til the mouse was completely dead, about 1-3 minutes depending if the snake did several fast strikes in succession. Then the snake would follow the scent trail left by the dieing mouse, scent the mouse with its forked tongue and swallow the mouse ordinary snake style head first. Defanging a rattlesnake is something I would not advise. I caught mine on a dirt road in Eastern Oregon before they were run over by the traffic. They did not try to strike me ever, but when you grab one by the tail allow its body length to stay on the ground til you have a container to quickly lift and drop them into. It is probably illegal to keep them . We ate ours and they had a mild flavor.
Sorry guys but the possibility of having an animal defanged is out of the question its a cruel practice and we dont condone the mutilation of animals on MFK
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