what was ur first DWA?

[TBreptiles]

so out of these what's the best starter



1.gaboon
2.copperead
3.whitelip tree viper
4.western dimondback
5.puff ader
???

thanks

[Owzy]

Originally Posted by TBreptiles

so out of these what's the best starter



1.gaboon
2.copperead
3.whitelip tree viper
4.western dimondback
5.puff ader
???

thanks

Depends what you are comfortable with but out of all of them the 'nicest' I have found is the albolabris. Puff adders can be horrible & chasing one around a room is not fun! People say Copperheads but I have been around a few that are horrible! Again you don't want to be bitten by any obviously but Gabby, Puffs & WDB will hurt big time! I don't know much about the effects of Copperhead bites.

However to keep I do not know as I have only handled them round mates.

[paulds]

Originally Posted by SiUK

there you go some pics of the clan

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old pic when it was tiny, thats the cap of a bottle next to it
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Thats a nice hole at the back of your Cobra's viv, does it lead straight to the local primary school?

[PDR]

What is DWA? I have never kept anything under the act

I started my professional career with Mangrove Snakes, Boiga dendrophila, but my introduction to the world of seriously venomous snakes was when I was trained to work with Atheris nitschei, Nitsche's bush viper....... and I just went on from there..... I have kept and worked with hundreds of different venomous species of the years.

[snakekeeper]

My first DWA were a pair of Cuvier's dwarf caimans. Absolutely stunning creatures.

1st Paleosuchus palpebrosus

2nd Caiman crocodilus
3rd Vipera ammodytes
4th Heloderma suspectum cinctums / suspectums

Although not my own collection, I currently work with:

Crocodylus niloticus and Alligator mississippiensis

I would personally like to add to my collection a Bitis gabonica & Bitis nasicornis, but my wife is having none of it. She is still moaning about my gila monsters and nose-horned vipers. She is even giving me stick over my hognoses can you believe!

[Caz]

White Lipped Tree Viper, Trimeresurus albolabris was mine.

[jasper1]

My first was pair of Boiga dendrophila (Mangrove Snake) they were classed as DWA back in '86. I then kept various numbers of Malpolon monspessulanus (Montpellier Snake) & Macrovipera lebetina (Bunt-nosed Viper). I haven't kept DWA since the 90's, I now keep rear fanged arboreal snakes mainly.

[George_Milllett]

Originally Posted by PDR

What is DWA? I have never kept anything under the act

I started my professional career with Mangrove Snakes, Boiga dendrophila, but my introduction to the world of seriously venomous snakes was when I was trained to work with Atheris nitschei, Nitsche's bush viper....... and I just went on from there..... I have kept and worked with hundreds of different venomous species of the years.

Rephrasing the original question then. What venomous species have you not worked with over the years??? Guessing it will be a smaller list than the ones you have worked with.

[xvickyx]

Originally Posted by SiUK

there you go some pics of the clan

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wow

[jonny cichla]

Originally Posted by TBreptiles

so out of these what's the best starter



1.gaboon
2.copperead
3.whitelip tree viper
4.western dimondback
5.puff ader
???

thanks

Id go for the white lip tree viper! venom no where near as bad as the others! Still would"nt like a bite thow! Problem is thow not the easyest to keep out the bunch!


My" 1st dwa" Crotalus" rubber rubber! not the best starter!