Gila monster

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Can these be kept as pets?
Are they available as pets?
How dangerous are they?

Just curious

[leecb0]

Yes they can be kept as pets but you would need a DWAL of course you already know that hence you posted on this section, anyway i have never kept these animals but did get the chance to play with one for a short while whilst visiting florida a while back , not cheap though your looking at around 1500 dollers from what i saw out in the states proberbly change the doller sign for a pound sign beadeds are a bit cheaper but not as colourful, well the ones i saw wasnt, not sure on figures of people being killed if any at all but the venom is supposedly quite a powerfull neurotoxin but it is unable to inject venom and needs a good chew to deliver it and does not deliver a large amount
hope this helps a little

im sure someone on here with more knowledge of the Sp will tell you more and let me know if i got anything wrong lol

[SiUK]

Jerry Cole from BJherp has just bred some.

[ViperLover]

Originally Posted by leecb0

Yes they can be kept as pets but you would need a DWAL of course you already know that hence you posted on this section, anyway i have never kept these animals but did get the chance to play with one for a short while whilst visiting florida a while back , not cheap though your looking at around 1500 dollers from what i saw out in the states proberbly change the doller sign for a pound sign beadeds are a bit cheaper but not as colourful, well the ones i saw wasnt, not sure on figures of people being killed if any at all but the venom is supposedly quite a powerfull neurotoxin but it is unable to inject venom and needs a good chew to deliver it and does not deliver a large amount
hope this helps a little

im sure someone on here with more knowledge of the Sp will tell you more and let me know if i got anything wrong lol

I was told there have been deaths by one of these (Or possibly by both) in the USA....Not quite sure whether by Gilas or Beaded Lizards though.

[captaincaveman]

i reckon they are lovely, id rather have a shingleback instead though lol

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Thank you everyone

[Jellyman]

I have been told they are dangerous but not deadly, not sure how true it is tho. But i would like to find out

[ViperLover]

Originally Posted by Jellyman

I have been told they are dangerous but not deadly, not sure how true it is tho. But i would like to find out

They are venomous.

[craig8989]

they have one up at cold blooded in kent. well they did last time i was there.