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so i forgot if i had told you guys or not, but i didn't think i could fall any harder for variable bush vipers, but i did. I actually got to see three in person last weekend, two were sleeping , but one was just sitting there staring at me. I fell in love all over again! i am seriously contemplating moving to a state where you can at least get a venomous permit (can't even get a permit in CO) or maybe living my (and i guess all of our dreams) of becoming a real herpetologist and going to africa (and the surrounding areas) to study squams.
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-Jasmine

1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
(Mercutio and Kajika)

...don't do it! I am strongly against the keeping of venomous snakes in private collections. If you get bit, and there's ALWAYS a chance of getting bit by any snake, consider yourself screwed. Antivenom is NOT easy to come by when it comes to exotic snakes such as bush vipers. It has happened where people have gotten bit, and the antivenom had to be shipped from another, far-away state or even from another country. The result was a near-death experience that isn't worth the trouble.

So please, enjoy bush vipers at a zoo, not within the walls of your home.
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Scott

Reptiles
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1 Colombian Rainbow Boa (Rocky)
1.0 Ball Python (Sultan)
0.1 California Kingsnake (Leota)
1.0 Eastern Painted Turtle (Yugi)
0.1 Red/Gold Bearded Dragon* (Irwin, R.I.P.)

Other
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1.0 Betta Fish (Tyrone)
1.0 Hooded Rat* (Clubber, R.I.P.)
0.1 Albino Rat (Isis)

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Scott

Reptiles
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1 Colombian Rainbow Boa (Rocky)
1.0 Ball Python (Sultan)
0.1 California Kingsnake (Leota)
1.0 Eastern Painted Turtle (Yugi)
0.1 Red/Gold Bearded Dragon* (Irwin, R.I.P.)

Other
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1.0 Betta Fish (Tyrone)
1.0 Hooded Rat* (Clubber, R.I.P.)
0.1 Albino Rat (Isis)

i am just dreaming, the closest thing i will ever have to a bush viper is a picture
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-Jasmine

1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
(Mercutio and Kajika)

yeah, once i illegally bought an egyptian false cobra (mildly venomous, bite described as being painful but only as damaging as a scorpion) never got bit or anything, i took a lot of precautions. but then i decided that it was just too risky to have one, because if he got out and hurt someone, then the police would undoubtably just kill him there. so that isn't fair to my poor neighbor or to the poor snake. so i sold him to a breeder. that's when i decided that i will never keep hots, i am just dreaming, mostly dreaming of going to africa. (i know it was stupid to buy him, but everyone does stupid things, and that was my stupid thing)
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-Jasmine

1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
(Mercutio and Kajika)

.....buying BRBs over CRBs is not really a smart move!

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Scott

Reptiles
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1 Colombian Rainbow Boa (Rocky)
1.0 Ball Python (Sultan)
0.1 California Kingsnake (Leota)
1.0 Eastern Painted Turtle (Yugi)
0.1 Red/Gold Bearded Dragon* (Irwin, R.I.P.)

Other
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1.0 Betta Fish (Tyrone)
1.0 Hooded Rat* (Clubber, R.I.P.)
0.1 Albino Rat (Isis)

hey! i just bought a peruvian! so now we can both be the ones on this forum with uncommon snakes.(and jeff of course) so you can't make fun of me for having 2 (now 3) brbs cuz now i also have an uncommon peruvian as well.
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-Jasmine

1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
(Mercutio and Kajika)

Scott,
..For a young fella you are looking pretty rough. You might want to take better care of yourself.
Jeff

>>.....buying BRBs over CRBs is not really a smart move!
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>>Scott
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>>Reptiles
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>>1 Colombian Rainbow Boa (Rocky)
>>1.0 Ball Python (Sultan)
>>0.1 California Kingsnake (Leota)
>>1.0 Eastern Painted Turtle (Yugi)
>>0.1 Red/Gold Bearded Dragon* (Irwin, R.I.P.)
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>>Other
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>>1.0 Betta Fish (Tyrone)
>>1.0 Hooded Rat* (Clubber, R.I.P.)
>>0.1 Albino Rat (Isis)

video games, alcohol and crb's (not necessarily in that order) are killing you man you must have put on 60 or so years since that last youtube video lol
Bob

as sad as it makes me i have to agree. while they are great looking snakes it's just not worth the risk to you and the people around you. but it is sad because they are some very cool snakes.
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Tim

0.1 Colombian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Albino Motley Corn
1.0 Black cat