A snake that does not require a DWA to keep.

Get yourself some nasty, fast, bitey boids or colubrids...and practice not getting bitten.

Mason

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Locality Boas and Retics A Passion.

aye dont worry i am! it gets drilled into me anyway and im ok manipulating them into a shift box placed in with them but handling purely on a hook in the middle of the room is still something i aint 100% nailed yet. good thing with the shift box method in their cage is that if they do slip off the hook then there still in their cage and not on the floor making a break for it!

still havnt got the courage to try and manipulate with the snake hook and holding the tail that you see alot do :S

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try using two hooks

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Si makes a good point. Practising with two hooks will help.

also, depending on the species you wish to keep you won't be able to handle in the mannert you are without risking damage to the snake.

Some of the more heavily bodied pitvipers need a lot of support, if you drape one over a single hook you can do mucho damage to the spine/ribs.

Mason

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Locality Boas and Retics A Passion.

will have to give two hooks a try and see what i think to them.

luckily with the copperheads being rather young i can get away with one hook but i completely see your point regarding the heavier vipers.

luckily got a mentor to show me how to handle the bigger snakes

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I have heard copperheads can be quite difficult on a hook, although the one I have been around wasnt.

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at first they were finiky but ive got to learn how they move but saying that they still have their moments when they just dont want too play ball and will avoid the hook for a while.

characters into themselves

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in my experience i have never had a problem moving copperheads with one hook,

souther copperhead and pygmy rattlers are quite good starters if there is such as thing.