I had to take an eye cap off my Spectacled cobra this morning. He’s about four feet long and can move really fast when he wants to. I do love this snake, he’s very cool. I understand the attraction to want to keep one. You have to realize that they do require occasional hands on things like that. I have seen people keeping snakes they were afraid to deal with, or not prepared to deal with, let the snake retain eye caps or worse rather than have to deal with it. That’s not cool at all. That is just one simple example that happens almost ever time my snake sheds. Maybe I should try to figure out why, but that’s another story... My point is that it is a big commitment and you are obligated to their care unless you are a real ahole and are just going to let them go down hill until they die. Get a lot of time in maintaining all kinds of snakes and work your way up as you are comfortable and competent and confident that you can deal with whatever comes up. You keep at it long enough, and you can get there. I’m not allowed to keep Indigo snakes where I live, but I use to. They are way cooler than cobra’s, to be honest.

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