apart from hooks obviously, is there any other equipment you personally wouldnt want to be without when dealing with hots? I know some people swear by gentle giants others cant stand them, proper pinning sticks? others use hooks to pin or make shift pins, tubes?

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common sense is by far the most important thing to have with you imo

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What hots do you keep jaysnakeman?

For me the most important were accesible tools. It doesnt matter whether you have everything its whether they are there when you want them. I have multipes of everything placed around the room. I currently have

6 various hooks
4 Tongs from 24" up to 60"
2 Gentle Giant Tongs
13 tubes from 0.25" up to 5" diameter
6 Hemostats from 8" upto 24"
6 Tweezers from 8" upto 24"
1 Full face sheild
1 Pair of studded restraint gloves
4 Catch Boxes/Transport Boxes
6 Sheilds

As well as this i couldnt emphasize how important i feel good qaulity rubber gloves are. They do not hinder hook work yet save any complications when snake venom is on cage doors furniture etc.

As well as the above i kept a bite kit cosisting of bandages, bite extraction kit, protocols, etc as well as two epi pens in case of anaphalaxis. etc

Any more info let me know

vipera ammodytes and akistrodon contortix, how about you mate?

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thats alot of equipment, how did you get the epi pen? do you just use trap boxes for elapids or all hots?

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Nice. Nothing much

come on now going by your username your no stranger to akistrodon yourself so spill the beans

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it's not exactly equipment but one thing i'd class as essential (no hots here yet but it's the same for us with large boids) is a TIDY "reptile room" and tidy area to work.

Obviously "reptile room" would be wherever the hots are. Tidy and obstruction/clutter free. All of our clutter is in one corner of the room shelved/piled leaving the bulk of the floor and a table free for whatever we need to get done.

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