Like the other Chris H. said, p.olfersi are known to be pretty hot. The folks that I've talked to that were bit by baroni said it wasn't really an issue for them. Personal reactions would vary I'm sure.

Personally, mine are still pretty small and haven't bit out of defense yet. A defensive bite doesn't seem like something they do either, prefering to just skee-daddle. With all my snakes I use a snake hook to initially pick them out of the cage so that a feeding response is avoided.

My personal feeling is they belong in the same category of rear-fangs as hognoses, false water cobras or mussuranas. Don't let them chew on you and you'll be fine. If others want to play it more cautious and feel like they should be treated as hots, well, being over-cautious never hurt any snake keeper.

Doug T

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