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TJP
at Mon Sep 13 08:29:48 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by TJP ]
"I think my point was missed. I said tree vipers would be a better choice because they are easier to work with without needed to handle them with even a hook. It is much easier to change substrate when the snake is on a branch you have set off the ground".
I'm having a hard time understanding this response. Are you saying that just because the snake is on a branch that it makes it safe to just reach your hands into the enclosure? If so, that's a bite waiting to happen. There should be absolutely no reason why anyone should be reaching into an enclosure UNLESS they have a trap box or divider. The fact that the snake is on a branch means it's more dnagerous simple because it's holding on with a few inches of it's prehensile tail, which means that it can lunge every bit of it's body length but the prehensile tail at you. The closest I've ever came to a bite was from an eyelash viper that was maybe 20 inches in length that was on a branch, it lunged STRAIGHT out about 16 or 18 inches.
I learned a good lesson that day.
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RE: Opinions on best first hot.... - TJP, Mon Sep 13 08:29:48 2004