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This sucker is well over 8 feet long and I had another specimen that was past 10. This is perhaps the longest species of Boiga. I took her out of her cage to clean it and it is not kept in this tupperware but rather a large display cage however I cannot get a good picture of it in the cage. Perhaps another time? And dog-tooth is an under-statement. Tiger-tooth may be better suited. I never was bitten but took a look in its mouth and was very happy to never have been bitten. It is actually quite docile as compared with mangroves, but I do not take any chances and never hold them anyway except when I must move them for cleaning.

Dan

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Dan

Yeah they are one of our favorites. Here's a pic of one of the albino babies our big beautiful wild-caught females laid.

Cheers
Bryan

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Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry
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Australian Venom Research Unit,
University of Melbourne
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Population and Evolutionary Genetics Unit,
Museum Victoria
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http://www.venomdoc.com

Neat. A side or coil photo would be nice if you have it?

Hello a really fine speciment you have there it really looks like mine, I have a male of 2,70 meter (dont know how mucht feet that is) i`m really in love with these snakes but its so hard getting another one. It only eats bird but as you also mentiond they are very docile.

I have the same bird feeding response from my dog-tooth. It would often refuse a rodent and eat them after they were in its cage for a few days. It really was not fun having a difficult feeding snake. I gathered the idea to try and scent rat pups with chicken broth soup. I dip the rear of the pup in the soup and the dog-tooth goes nuts after them. Never refused a single rat scented with chicken broth and it attacks them with gusto. Now I just sent rat pups with this chicken broth and it works every time. To make it convenient, I froze a cup of broth and placed a stick in the cup. I take it out of the freezer a few minutes before feeding time, and then it melts a bit and then have a frozen broth stick to scent the pups with. Try it and I bet it will end your trips to get baby chickens. lol. I used to feed those baby chicks to my green tree pythons when I lived in Indonesia and it was a heck of a heart strain to see them chirping and then attacked from the pythons.