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Hi,

I'm interested in purchasing a Venomoid Albino Monocle Cobra. Does anyone have experience with them they can share with me (and the rest of us)?

I'm curious to know more about their temperaments? Being a venomoid, do you handle them? What is your overall opinion of them?

Please let me know....

Thanks,

Peter F.

Fully intact cobras are awesome....... When you have a venomoid it is far from awesome....... It is a hacked up shadow of its former self....... If you want to keep a cobra then go through the proper steps and training to get there..... Do not take a short cut by having it glands chopped out..... You should never free handle any venomous snake...... You want to know what a venomoid cobra is like???? It is like a cbra but without the venom....... They still have fangs and can still give you a painful bite minus the venom..... But that is not always the case because if the hack job was not done right there is a chance the snake can regrow glands and then you venomoid is now venomous like it was ment to be....... All I can say is dont buy it....... It takes a few dead snakes to make one venomoid...... Alot die during the hack job and some die from secondary infection because of dirty conditions...... So if you want to be part and contribute to a bunch of snake dieing you have no place in our hobby....... If you love these animals and care for them than do what you need to do to get yourself preped to keep a fully hot snake...... Then you will be welcomed here without a doubt....

yep they never seem to learn.it is time to satrt a group f.t.v.k for i am a young revalutionist.

You should understand more fully the issues involved in making a snake venomoid before you consider purchasing one. Not the least of these issues is the fact that most of these "operations" are done by amateur backyard butchers, not veterinarians, and the snakes do not get any pain relief medication.

You can work hard to gain the skills and safety tools you need to care for these animals properly in a way that is safe for you and not hurtful to the animal. Or you can demand instant gratification without doing any work, and the animal pays the price for your laziness and impatience in blood and pain.

Venomoid keepers are regarded with anger and contempt by the people who have worked hard to gain their skills. Chopping pieces off of an animal so that you can be lazy and not bother learning the skills of a venomous keeper is a very shameful thing to do.
Venomoid FAQ

Why can't people understand that cutting up a snake for their personal amusement is WRONG and ILLEGAL. It is wrong to perform these hack jobs and it is wrong to support these criminals by buying these animals (or any other animals that they might have for sale venomoid or not). If you can't handle the responsability of keeping an intact venomous snake then....JUST DON'T!

In all due respect, if you cant handle or haven't had any prior venomous experience, get a corn snake. Venomoids are useless. Period

Joe

Without re-visiting the whole is it right or is it wrong issue as it has been "debated" many times I think most people miss the inherent danagers of a venomoid snake.

It seems to me that buying a venomoid is putting you life into someone elses hands, especially if you plan on free handleing. What I mean is you are trusting that the person that did the operation did it correctly. You are trusting that the person selling you the snake is representing it correctly to you.

There is no indicator light to see if the snake is still hot. Is testing a the snake with a prey item to see if it dies really the best way to judge if a snake is safe for you to handle?

Another issue I have is public image. A picture of someone free handleing a large Cobra does nothing to help our cause as herpers. When it hits mainstream America it instills the "crazy snake man" mentality that many people view our hobby as. We have to remember that our love of reptiles is by far the minority in America and this is a country where majority rules. Want something to become illegal in America bring something that mainstream America doesn't like out into the open.

The debate will continue but I just hope it doesn't become a debate with mainstream America of whether we have the right to keeps venomous snakes or not.

Jason