|
15-05-2008, 03:31 PM
|
|||
|
|||
Oh the other thing to be wary of is rear fangs that aren't commonly kept. Commonly kept ones have usually bitten enough people to get a fair idea of the normal venom effects. Less common species haven't had this. Some because they don't tend to bite, some just because not many keep them and let them bite.
As an instance, I have a trio of Egyptian racers, generally thought to be a fairly mild, if even noticeable venom. Bites from them on my friends have resulted in profuse bleeding, with even a possibility of kidney failure. This from a snake with the head width of approx 8mm. When one friend was chewed upon on his little finger for a few seconds, we then put it back and sorted out some adult mangroves. After all this I noticed both hands were covered in blood, thought a mangrove had grabbed him and chewed, turned out to be my tiny little racer. As a general rule you shouldn't get a ETB or GTP for handling, some will be ok to free handle but don't ever count on it. Also once you've seen the teeth on either of these you may well change you mind. Plus as they tend to be ambush hunters then some people find them boring. Personally I would rather have a picture in the viv, it'd be a lot cheaper and just as interesting. LOL Mike 
|
|
15-05-2008, 03:32 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
ouch i bet that hurts lol
__________________
Lots of love, Jenn (unless u annoyed me)   Amel & Snow corn hatchlings - ready in 4 wks
|
|
15-05-2008, 05:18 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Well, I think sometimes you just have to get on with it to a degree. I have only been bitten by our sub adult boas and a young jcp but also have a GTP and since the other day a Hognose that isn't all bluff!!! I am quite jumpy and can't help but jump if a snake strikes at me but I still deal will all ours on a day to day basis without serious harm to me or any harm to the snakes!
__________________
Kathryn....... 1.0.0 tiger retic...2.5. bci... 0.0.1 gtp...1.1. jcp...1.0.0 fwc... 10.15.13 corns...0.0.1 BRB... 1.0.0 hoggie...1.0beardie... 1.1 Crested geckos... 0.1 grammostola rosea... 0.1.0 avicularia avicularia...0.0.1 Grammostola Aureostriata...2.1horses...7.2cats...0.1dog...10chickens 
|
|
15-05-2008, 05:20 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I made a mistake with my Brown Tree snake earlier, he tagged me on the right index finger, luckly he only scuffed the skin, and no venom was entered...
Heres the bad boy 
__________________
 R.I.P Steve Irwin and all other amazing Herpetologists
|
|
15-05-2008, 05:27 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
__________________
Kathryn....... 1.0.0 tiger retic...2.5. bci... 0.0.1 gtp...1.1. jcp...1.0.0 fwc... 10.15.13 corns...0.0.1 BRB... 1.0.0 hoggie...1.0beardie... 1.1 Crested geckos... 0.1 grammostola rosea... 0.1.0 avicularia avicularia...0.0.1 Grammostola Aureostriata...2.1horses...7.2cats...0.1dog...10chickens
|
|
15-05-2008, 05:30 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
that i such an awesome snake! ye i agree with wat u sed bout just getting on with it tho.
__________________
Lots of love, Jenn (unless u annoyed me) Amel & Snow corn hatchlings - ready in 4 wks
|
|
15-05-2008, 05:32 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
apparently in PNG (where theres lots and lots) they bite people, especially children a lot, and usually the children get hospitalised.... no recorded deaths, but some are close...
As far as i know
__________________
R.I.P Steve Irwin and all other amazing Herpetologists
|
|
15-05-2008, 05:37 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
nice lol good job it just skimmed u then...gorg snake tho wat else u got?
__________________
Lots of love, Jenn (unless u annoyed me) Amel & Snow corn hatchlings - ready in 4 wks
|
|
15-05-2008, 05:51 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
rear fanged... just a pair of False Water Cobras... and the "normal Snakes"
MBK (pair) Royal Pythons... (pair) Bosc Montior and Iguana
__________________
R.I.P Steve Irwin and all other amazing Herpetologists
|
|
15-05-2008, 10:19 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Here's a full on rear fang bite..from a sub adult female Boiga dendrophila
 
|
 |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Linear Mode
