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im sure the lady has a voice and mind of her own :p and free handling wasnt my point i was talking about age...
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im sure the lady has a voice and mind of her own :p and free handling wasnt my point i was talking about age...
I take it you have a DWAL?
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thi is dd99 on a mates computer

I don't have a dwal but i keep my hots at a friend facility who is licensed.
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thi is dd99 on a mates computer

I don't have a dwal but i keep my hots at a friend facility who is licensed.

ahh right, thanks for the info
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Here is a question for you,

I have been keeping snakes for a while and in this time i have kept a small variety of venomous snakes and worked with sevral more species.

I have so far only had "near misses" when behaving perfectly responsibly with the animals, and my reactions have have in honesty saved me from 2 bites.

I never handle snakes if intoxicated on any substance, i will not have non reptile keepers around me when i handle hots, because i know i am likely to show off and sensationalise, and DWA keepers will obviously not be impressed by foolishness.

That said, would you sell me a venomous species, given that i am only 18?

Or would i have to wait another 7 years ?
Sorry I missed this, I tend not to check back to often anymore I get too frustrated by the amount of crap on here!

It's only my opinion that the age limit should be changed, it won't suit everyone it has to be said, maybe a better way to do it would be proper training mentors in place (that would be defra registered) that can assess a persons abilities.

We would only sell to a person with a DWAL, and as I see you don't have one then no, we wouldn't sell to you. Sorry, it's nothing personal.
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dd99 again...

obviously i would not expect to buy without a licene, and whenever i do buy i come with the friend and his license. my point was in principle only due to age, and wasnt intended to open a huge can of worms lol
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No can of worms opened.

Also, as another thought, I wouldn't have thought that there are many mentors out there who would be willing to take on a 'pupil' that is under the age of 18.

Having an under 18 shadow you and do your 'dirty work' is one thing, but actually allowing an under 18 to handle anything venomous is another. The risks are just too great, imagine if you did get bitten! Fair enough if your dad was the keeper, if he's willing to teach then that's up to him.

Just on a side note, Dec did some training with us but handled NOTHING venomous.
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