No, I'm not talking about a strange new morph, or a sick idea of how to get to work late but not have anyone complain about it.

I'm working towards the idea of a DWA licence, and keeping an eyelash viper, but with no one around to give me some experiance handling DWAs I'm looking for other ways to educate myself.

Can anyone recommend a snake with similar husbandry and a similar peronality to the eyelash viper, but isnt on DWA. I feel the best way to get experiance of handling a snake is to do just that, and whilst I've handled big snakes, little snakes, slow, fast, agressive and placid snakes, I've never handled something with that thought of "oh crap if this tags me once I could die" in the back of my head, and I know I wont have that until I finally do handle something dangerous, but until then, I need to start working with more snakes, so I can get the ideas as to exactly what I need to be doing with the real thing
(I've no idea if that last paragraph made sense!)

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Best tip is, treat every snake as if it's as toxic as a Elapid etc.

Best bet if your after arboreals is try things like Boiga, ATB's, Red Tail Racers, Vine snakes etc to get some idea of speed and aggression, eyelashes are not that aggressive though I have found, but they are fast, faster than I like at least

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Cheers
I've had ATBs (as you yourself know ) handled red tails, and am considering some of the Boiga family, so those would do for a start
I've been treating my japanese rat snake like a DWA for a little while too, and since I've been "pretending" that a bite from him would kill me, I've not even allowed him to strike at me.

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Best thing to do, anythin 'mental' snake someone advertises in the next 6-12 months, buy it, work with it and don't get a single bite and then think about an eyelash.

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Right, time to find someone selling a realllllllly mental evil little snake.

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id suggest an ATB, although nothing really fully prepares you IMO, except working with hots.

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Fair enough, I've never been tagged by either of the 2 atbs I've worked with, and one is a nasty bugger.

But yes, I totally agree, I know nothing will prepare me like the real thing

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Go for Mangroves or Brown Tree snakes... there rear fanged, and always plays in the back of your mind... (this is mine)


Keeps me on my toes

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Boiga Irregularis, never met one mental enough yet though, try getting a Cynadon if you can Rain, those are usually good for a go at you

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eyelash vipers are my fave snakes but id never remotely consider one..

I suffer from seizures.. can u imagine having one whilst feeding..

doesnt bear thinking about

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