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Can anyone tell me a source for Rhino viper antivenin?
I need some QUICK.....

But seriously, I kept Rhinos (along with many other hot species) years ago. I got rid of most when I got married, except the rhinos, but I got rid of them when I had kids. I never kept antivenin around back then, but now that my kids are old enough to know better than to mess with my cages, I've been wanting to get some Rhinos again. My wife, however, is insistant on my keeping antivenin around since most hospitals don't stock African species antivenin (She's right anyway, I know better than to argue.)

So can anyone tell me where to start looking for a source?

Quick...just not going to happen. You need to import it from Africa. Plus you need to get the blessing of the FDA & USDA to import it because it's comsidered to be an "experimental drug" by the FDA. The forms and instructions are on the SHHS websit under File Library It might take weeks or months.

Al

>>Can anyone tell me a source for Rhino viper antivenin?
>>I need some QUICK.....
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>>But seriously, I kept Rhinos (along with many other hot species) years ago. I got rid of most when I got married, except the rhinos, but I got rid of them when I had kids. I never kept antivenin around back then, but now that my kids are old enough to know better than to mess with my cages, I've been wanting to get some Rhinos again. My wife, however, is insistant on my keeping antivenin around since most hospitals don't stock African species antivenin (She's right anyway, I know better than to argue.)
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>>So can anyone tell me where to start looking for a source?
SHHS

Here is the link to the SAVP site

>>Can anyone tell me a source for Rhino viper antivenin?
>>I need some QUICK.....
>>
>>But seriously, I kept Rhinos (along with many other hot species) years ago. I got rid of most when I got married, except the rhinos, but I got rid of them when I had kids. I never kept antivenin around back then, but now that my kids are old enough to know better than to mess with my cages, I've been wanting to get some Rhinos again. My wife, however, is insistant on my keeping antivenin around since most hospitals don't stock African species antivenin (She's right anyway, I know better than to argue.)
>>
>>So can anyone tell me where to start looking for a source?
South African Vaccine Producers