Frank,



I will say this "ego" is NOT an issue here.



There are alot of people in the venomous reptile community that seem to try and make out that you must be an "expert" to keep venomous snakes responsibly. This IMHO is certainly not the case, usually the people who perpetuate the myth that keeping hots is extremely dangerous and very difficult is by other venomous keepers themselves and this in turn feeds their own ego (Them being one of the so-called elite).



I believe common sense is much more important to have.



Common sense is to keep other reptiles first, read literature, seek out hands on experience and start with a good first hot.



Aaron has common sense, alot of enthusiasim and lots of questions.



So, what is a good first hot? I ask you what makes a good first hot? I think that there are a number of factors: size, availability, venom toxicity/yield, antivenom availability, general/typical behavior of the species.



So what fits the mould....well that depends, generally I recommend RBB's (Pseudechis porphyriacus) or Collett's (Pseudechis colletti) here in Australia.



Regards,



Scott Eipper

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