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I was wondering who you bought the rhino viper from you posted the picture of in the gaboon thread a few threads below ? That thing is stunning, one of the best looking rhinos I have ever seen. If it is ever for sale I will buy it in a heart beat. Here is a pic ( if it works ) of a cb 06 baby I bought back in April from diamond reptile at a Hamburg show.
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Here are a few of my snakes

Nice animals

Mitch always has great specimens. Mine was from Marty Peidl and 03 baby.

Keep in mind that Gabbys and especially Rhinos are deep rainforest snakes not accustom to direct sunlight. The Rhinos stress very very easily and then die. Put the Rhino in it's cage, in subdued lighting and try not to disturb it. Mine only comes out of his cage for a weight every 6 months or if he needs a soak. Put lots of silk plants and a natural substrate in it's cage. He should do fine. And for heavens and YOUR sake never put your hands in the cage with them in it. They will get you!! These was a recent fatality from a Rhino bite, even with A/V. The "experienced" but now dead keeper reached in for the water bowl.

Feel free to contact me for any other questions.

See my video of them and others in action. Bitis are so damn fast you have no chance of escape. Just think if the hook (in the video) was your arm or hand. They always surprise you as she did this time with me. She had never done that in the 3 years since her birth.

Here's some fangs she shed a few weeks ago. The scale is MM, 25.4mm/inch

Gabby

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"I'm a lone rhinoceros there ain't one hell of a lots of us
left in this world." Adrian Belew, 1982

Al,
Thanks for the reply. I know not to be deceived by the " placid and slow " nature of gabby's and rhino's. I know they are totally the opposite of slow and can move in very short but quick bursts of energy. I have been keeping them now on and off for the better part of 10 years, a gabby was my first hot. I have never been tagged by one and don't plan on it, even though most people don't plan on it or want it to happen. I never let myself get too comfortable around them when I have to do maintenance to the cage such as cleaning, giving fresh water and so on. I keep a good distance from them. I keep mine on aspen and my 2 gabby's bury themselves in it while my 2 rhinos don't. I don't use any lights on their cages, just what gets in to them from the light coming through the window and my lizard cages. The 4 of them are doing quite well for me, they drink themselves, hardly ever refuse a meal and defecate quite frequently compared to other rhinos and gaboons I have had. I am trying to find some cb east african gaboons if you might know anybody that would have some for sale, I have only seen a few here on kingsnake lately and at Hamburg but they are all wc animals that aren't what I am looking for as far as color. Any way, thanks for the reply and the info.