Robert,

Indeed, it makes sense, but I think most any exotic hot could prove tough to get antivenin for in many places. :/ This is one of a few good reasons I would like to possibly pursue antivenin practices, especially for hots I'd be keeping, and perhaps for the most commonly kept species by other keepers.

If I could start with my indigenous Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen then eventually Crotalus horridus, I would, but with them both being "Endangered" in my state, it'd be near-impossible. My dream with these two species is to actually get on some type of breeding program with the state to maybe help re-establish/replenish certain populations. I actually don't believe in meddling with Nature and instead let It take Its course; however, for what humanity has destroyed, We should rectify. Sexual maturity at eight (8) years and females breeding every-other year with such few babies...well, Crotalus horridus could use some help - again, for what humanity has destroyed; not what Mother Nature has chosen to take Herself!

Timothy

>>One thing worth noting — if it's already been mentioned, I apologize — is to choose a snake that, if you are bitten, your local medical facilities can treat. I'd rather take my chances with something a little more dangerous that I know my local hospital has had experience with than go with an exotic with a milder venom. Maybe it's just me, but I'm more comfortable knowing that the hospital located six miles from my house has, at one time or another, treated bites from every venomous snake I own.
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T.J. Gould

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