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Hello all,

I hope this doesn't come off the wrong way, so here goes. Currently I only have the animals involved in my sig, but I am turning 18 in 1 month, and I would like to start getting into experience w/ hots. Mainly the Desert Horned Viper (Cerastes Cerastes), however any experience with hots would be great.

My first impulse when wanting a Desert Horned Viper was to simply obtain my hots license, and buy a venomoid Viper. I have since done my research and found out that most people who keep hots are totally against keeping venomoids, after I learned more about the procedure and what was involved and done to the animal, I too am pretty much totally against the keeping/procdure of producing venomoid animals.

So here is my idea:

Now, I know what you are going to say, that I am too immature to be dealing with hots, and that many people often times get hurt because of not knowing the proper techniques and everything. Well here is my proposal/idea. I would like to gain experience by becoming an "apprentice" to someone who currently keeps hots in the Long Island area.

The reason I have come to this idea is becuase when I posted a while back about wanting a Desert Horned Viper, I was told to first gain atleast 2 years experience with the species, whilst being supervised/taught by an experienced keeper.

So my question is this, are there any people here that live in the Long Island area, that would want help cleaning their cages and doing maintenance for their reptiles in exchange for teaching me the proper techniques? If not, does anyone know of any herp societies on the Long Island, NY area where I could meet such people?

Thank you for your time,
Ralph

P.S. Any and all opinions/comments/suggestions are welcomed.

Here is some visual pleasure, a picture of my Aru Green Tree Python hatchling that arrived today

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0.0.1 Argentine Black and White Tegu
0.0.1 Baby Aru Green Tree Python (Awaiting arrival
2.1 Bearded Dragon
0.0.4 Hatchling Bearded Dragons
1.1 Honduran Milksnake
1.0 Florida Brooksi Kingsnake
1.0 Blood Red Cornsnake
1.0 Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Desert Kingsnake
1.0 Western Hognose Snake
1.0 Bull Mastiff

try dnj reptiles in seaford.

although they are kind of "shady" in some of their practices (from my own personal experience) i know they currently keep a lot of hots and they might be willing to help you out.

best of luck

by the way where on the island are you from?

Thanks for the tip, I'll check them out,

I am from Smithtown, where abouts are you from?

Later
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0.0.1 Argentine Black and White Tegu
0.0.1 Baby Aru Green Tree Python
2.1 Bearded Dragon
0.0.4 Hatchling Bearded Dragons
1.1 Honduran Milksnake
1.0 Florida Brooksi Kingsnake
1.0 Blood Red Cornsnake
1.0 Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Desert Kingsnake
1.0 Western Hognose Snake
1.0 Bull Mastiff

lynbrook originally.

i live just north of poughkeepsie now.

i just got rid of all my venomous a few months ago because i had to move, but if i still had them id be more than happy to help you out.

if youd like to check with me in a few weeks i plan on having more.

drop me a line at spidermandied@hotmail.com