"very few venomous keepers keep A/V so that must mean that it's acceptable"



And just to add on to that. There are quite a few keepers that keep species that have NO AV (even you, I believe), how can that be justified? Is the fact that there is no AV acceptable logic? I don't have any problems with it, but how can one make comments about the majority of the keepers out there that don't keep AV, when in reality, they are being quite hypocrital themselves? There is no difference. That seems to be one of the problems, there are people that p!ss and moan, but don't practice what they preach. I don't have my own AV, but have access to it. Will it help? With the species I keep, yes. I won't keep anything I deam too dangerous to keep in the event of a bite, ie. mambas, cobras, taipans, bitis. EVEN WITH MY OWN AV. The doctor's in my area, I don't feel, could handle a case like that, even with my protocol's, and I won't take the chance. There are people that don't keep their own stocks of CroFab, but do keep high neuro population canebrakes. The same kind that killed two people last year, and one in 45 minutes. Do you think AV would have helped even though he wasn't able to get to a phone in time? I can't seem to understand the logic, except some people think that people that don't keep AV for every species is ruining the hobby. THERE IS NO PRIVATE KEEPER WITH A LARGE COLLECTION THAT KEEPS THEIR OWN STOCK FOR EVERY SPECIES THAT THEY KEEP. Do they have access? I'm sure quite a few do, but since there are AV's that are difficult to acquire, and snakes that don't have any known AV, there is no way of getting around it. People can call the kettle black all they want, it's not going to change anything. It's not about having your own stock of AV, that's just a way for the hypocrites to try to seperate themselves from the people they feel they are better than, when in reality, they really aren't any different. And I do understand your frustration when there is a bite and they need YOUR supply. But with more AV banks, you wouldn't be the first to call.

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