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RE: A few good choices for first hot?

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Posted by: Deathstalker at Sun Mar 20 00:51:19 2011  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Deathstalker ]  
   

"windchild",

Hmmm...I didn't really think of it, for I suppose having worked with large, squirmy, and nippy boids significantly enough--and also quite the nervous Chrysopelea spp. and Boiga dendrophila ssp. in my 10-plus years of working with opisthoglyphous snakes--over the years has made me feel ready for the most manageable hot. A good few who have replied to me advise perhaps a more aggressive species that will always keep me on my toes so as to not become "complacent" with it, for "placid" snakes can have a bad day and get You years down the road.

I suppose I just can't think of anything more ill-tempered than what I have worked with already. It's probably a good suggestion otherwise...?

Timothy

>>I am considering the same thing!!
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>>I am specifically wanting a gloydius blomhoffi or gloydius tsushimaensis, the Japanese Mamushi.
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>>I was advised to begin working with a non-poisonous, extremely ill-tempered snake that is similar in body, movement, and speed to the mamushi. the more ill-tempered, the better. something named "little bastard" or "satan" by the pet shop staff would be perfect.
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>>Does anyone here have any idea what kind of non-poisonous snake would be comparable to mamushi?
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>>Thanks and sorry for hijacking your thread ha ha but maybe the tip about getting a violent non-hot to train with is good advice for you too?


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