Post pics of your DWA snakes please..

[mad martin]

I have to go with PDR, they are by miles one of the easiest cobras to work with.

Viperlover, stop being so stubborn. These guys are really trying to help you. The best way for you to learn is to read, read and read some more. Then ask, ask and ask some more.
I was raised in the bush. I have known wild animals all my life, and I get on better with them than I do with most people. And its not just snakes. Yet, I find myself still asking questions and looking for information and reading other people's experiences etc.
Learn now, in a few years time you are ready to keep your own. Then you will be the one newbies look to for advice. Don't be a carthorse now, take the flaps off and learn.

The internet can be a wonderful tool, if you know what to look for. But there is also a whole lot of bullshit on the 'net that has no validity whatsoever. Only be reading the books out there, and asking the questions that need to be asked, will you learn to separate the truth from bullshit.

An example: If Mike Perry writes an article about Black Mambas, you can pretty much take it to the bank. If Joe Soap writes an article on Black Mambas from his observations in a zoo in Alaska while he was visiting there with his parents (even though the words he used was very scientific), you can be pretty sure its gonna be a load of crap.
You are falling into the "Joe Soap" category. Not because you are an idiot, but because you will not yield to the advice from the experts on this site. Don't be stubborn

[leecb0]

I think the only thing that can be done now is to everyone ignore the guy, he either is a troll, or he thrives on the fact that some of the countrys top herpers have posted on his thread and in his own world this is some sort of kudos in that his posts are promting reaction from them?
i can guarantee most dwa keepers including myself he has tried to add as a friend. I admit he PMd me and i gave him advice to leave the dwa alone and get themselves a corn and start from the bottom and to read up on the subjects, but after i told him to do this i stopped replying to his pm,s.
If you are reading this James CHILL OUT sit take on board whats been said. My nine year old daughter has a corn snake a ball python and a three foot bosc, when she wants to know something she goes on websites or asks me, her knowledge of her animals is very good for her age and would proberbly put you to shame and is gained through EXPERIENCE

[nighthunte29]

is there an age limit to dwa? i have experience with animals and stuff, and gradually getting more and more, especially snakes, i have a fascination with the venomous snakes more than anything, obviously i cant get one at 15, but is the age limit 16, or 18 or something like that, thanks

[stuartdouglas]

Originally Posted by nighthunte29

is there an age limit to dwa? i have experience with animals and stuff, and gradually getting more and more, especially snakes, i have a fascination with the venomous snakes more than anything, obviously i cant get one at 15, but is the age limit 16, or 18 or something like that, thanks

The minimum age for application for a DWA license is 18

[paulrimmer69]

might be a daft question but surely a council would be a bit suspicious about an 18 yr old applying for a dwa? no offence to anyone as im sure there are some exceptions

[nighthunte29]

Originally Posted by paulrimmer69

might be a daft question but surely a council would be a bit suspicious about an 18 yr old applying for a dwa? no offence to anyone as im sure there are some exceptions

why? not all 18 year olds live and die in track suits and carry knives, surely if you have spent $$$ on doing up a room dedicated to animals, you are serious about the hobby

[RENT-A-GOAT]

Some stunning snakes on here, The colouring is incredible. Can definitily see the appeal and much respect to those of you that take this sort of animal on.

[paulrimmer69]

Originally Posted by nighthunte29

why? not all 18 year olds live and die in track suits and carry knives, surely if you have spent $$$ on doing up a room dedicated to animals, you are serious about the hobby

hence why i said im sure there are exeptions, fair point about the room i was more thinking that an inspector mite be a bit suspicious about the amount of experience an 18 yr old would have compared to someone say 10 years older, like i said before no offence to anyone as im sure there are good dwa keepers who started young

[allie turtle]

some very lovely pic's there people!!! much respect to you lot!!!!

and as for viperlover i've been handling and keeping snake's for for over 14yrs and i still don't feel ready to take on venomous snake's!!!

much respect to you guy's!!!!!

[ViperLover]

Originally Posted by allie turtle

some very lovely pic's there people!!! much respect to you lot!!!!

and as for viperlover i've been handling and keeping snake's for for over 14yrs and i still don't feel ready to take on venomous snake's!!!

much respect to you guy's!!!!!

I have a big interest for venomous reptiles....I aint into the tracksuits, knives, booze and drugs crud...I wonna make something of my life by doing something I am facinated by instead of becoming a waster, like many of my friends.

Each to their own,

I have been advised what to do, and I am doing it. I will apply for my DWA as and when I feel ready, and safe to do so. People on the forum have tried desperately to turn my ways by telling me useful facts about these animals....They suceeded and I've had some of the best herpers in the country, and the world for that matter advise me...and what some good and potentially life saving advise that was!

I'll start with venomous when I am good and learned, and experienced.....Its gonna be a lot longer then 5 years.