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I have been keeping pythons and other snakes for about 10 yrs now as pets i have been looking at the mangroves for a while now i would like to get a hot snake i am sure you guys know how collecting can get to ya! how are they to handle do they get tame are they very dangerous if bitten i can't find any real good info on the net please i am serious about this LLL reptiles has some cb babys for sale 200.00 each

Thanks Tim

The mangrove snakes are certainly inclined to bite and while they incontrovertably have a venom, the delivery and secretion architecture aren't nearly as advanced as say another Colubroidea such as any of the various Elapidea genera. So, the maximum a bite by that Boiga species with good and prolonged chewing would produce would be mild systematic neurotoxicity usually manifested as slight giddiness and an absolute ripper of a headache. Some of the other Boiga species may be more or less warm.

However there are a lot of unknowns out in the ole Colubroidea. Many totally unrelated lineages (as different from each other as an elapid is from a viper) have been dumped together as 'Colubrids'. This group doesn't exist as a natural group, rather being very very diverse. Some of the other lineages contain members that can be much more toxic. But most of the major Colubroidea lineages have at least one dangerous species in it.

All the best
B
Venom & Toxin Database

I read 34.99. I'm also thinking they aren't boiga, I would think a baby would be bigger than 6 or 8 inches. Might want to look into it a little more before you buy, this way you don't end up with a mangrove water snake or something other than what you're looking for. If they are dendrophilia, and they are cb, the 35.00
price tag is incredible, even if they are babies, which may be difficult at first.
Good luck,
tom

I bought 2 wc mangroves from LLL in january.Being wc, they were pretty crispy and it took some time to get them back to health, but they're thriving now. You may have trouble getting them to eat but it sounds like you have enough experience to keep one. As far as those CB babies, they're captive born, not captive bred. LLL got in an order of WC snakes containing 2 females, one of which layed eggs in their store, which could very well have been my female . As far as $200, i wouldnt pay that. You can get feeding CB mangroves for like $120. Mine are relatively uninclined to strike most of the time and i have never been bitten. I dont even use hooks anymore and they dont bite (i used to use hooks for them just to be careful, for them and for me). I cant think of anything else right now but you can always feel free to e-mail me. Good luck!

Kevin