Technically: yes, they are venomous. Should it be a deciding factor? No. Almost all bites are preventable because they are caused through carelessness (prey scent on hands). They ONLY bite from a feeding response. It should not be an issue unless you have are deathly allergic to stings (pure conjecture on my part).



Westerns are best, they are widely captive bred and readily eat mice more so than any of the others. As cheap as $30.



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• hognose venom - shyguy4217, Sat Jan 17 21:14:51 2004
• RE: hognose venom - Colchicine, Sat Jan 17 21:57:41 2004
• RE: hognose venom - utpike, Sat Jan 17 22:00:56 2004
• RE: hognose venom - BGF, Sun Jan 18 00:01:52 2004
• How do you propose we refer to them as? - Colchicine, Sun Jan 18 02:11:20 2004
• RE: How do you propose we refer to them as? - BGF, Sun Jan 18 02:24:43 2004
• RE: How do you propose we refer to them as? - Colchicine, Sun Jan 18 02:37:19 2004
• RE: How do you propose we refer to them as? - BGF, Sun Jan 18 03:52:17 2004
• RE: How do you propose we refer to them as? - utpike, Sun Jan 18 17:04:51 2004
• A little of the heterodon topic but... - CamHanna, Sun Jan 18 21:52:38 2004
• RE: A little of the heterodon topic but... - BGF, Sun Jan 18 23:17:50 2004
• RE: How do you propose we refer to them as? - utpike, Sun Jan 18 17:10:23 2004
• Looks like a normal adult male to me. np - chrish, Tue Jan 20 07:00:32 2004