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I am getting my first pet snake son. No it will not be a hot, i am smart to a tiny degree . But i am getting a arboreal nasty snake, a carpet python. And i would never keep a hot but i was wondering if after experience with a baby carpet python (the spawn of satan) i could maybe get a venomoid bsh viper. I am not the person who gets a snake to be macho, and would get no other hot, but i am not willing to accept the challenge of a hot. Bush vipers are my favorite snakes and have been since i was 4. I would not be a retard and free handle it, even though i would get it from a reputable source, venomoids inc i would not freehandle as that would leave an impression that im bragging about holding a hot. Please dont reply if your going to yell at me for wanting a void, and i would never get a cobra for reputation.
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Theres no need to ask directions if you ever lose you mind...

ok, ok! I'll do it.

Your kidding? right? LOL!

I dont really know what the question your asking is....but i can tell you if you want a true nasty arboreal snake...actually semi arboreal which carpets are to...get a wc white lipped python...i have had many snakes over the last decade and i have never owned any that were more agressive then that....and from some one who has both bush vipers (w.a. bush vipers and usambara horned vipers) they are some of my favorite snakes....but then again so are my 6 carpets..every snake is cool for different reasons...but smart move stayin away from hots...they are deffinately at a diff level from everything else i have owned...good luck with your baby carpet.
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1.1.0 Atheris Cerataphora
1.1.0 Atheris Chlorechis
1.1.0 Southern Copperhead
0.1.0 W.A. Gaboon Viper
1.0.0 Borneo Blood Python
2.2.0 Irian Jaya Carpet Pythons
1.1.0 High Yellow Jungle carpet pythons
0.0.1 Ball Python
0.0.1 rose hair tarantula
0.1.0 3 year old boxer

This one is way too easy.

Well last night i sat down and looked at so many different species and iv reconsidered. MY choices are CCP biak gtp or retic super dwarf. I would haveto say im madly inlove with treesnakes... But everyone i know wants me to get a retic super dwarf.
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Theres no need to ask directions if you ever lose you mind...

you know this is a venomous forum lol
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1.1.0 Atheris Cerataphora
1.1.0 Atheris Chlorechis
1.1.0 Southern Copperhead
0.1.0 W.A. Gaboon Viper
1.0.0 Borneo Blood Python
2.2.0 Irian Jaya Carpet Pythons
1.1.0 High Yellow Jungle carpet pythons
0.0.1 Ball Python
0.0.1 rose hair tarantula
0.1.0 3 year old boxer

so would a GTP make a good trainer for a VENOMOID bush viper?
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Theres no need to ask directions if you ever lose you mind...

Yes it most certainly would. It would also be a perfect trainer for a W.A. green mamba...J/K. NO

nah deffinately not...if you really wana own a snake like that some day...1 check your local laws....then you should shadow someone who works with venomous and knows what they are doing, and also work with non venomous snakes of all kinds for years to also help with experience since you have never had a snake before at all.
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1.1.0 Atheris Cerataphora
1.1.0 Atheris Chlorechis
1.1.0 Southern Copperhead
0.1.0 W.A. Gaboon Viper
1.0.0 Borneo Blood Python
2.2.0 Irian Jaya Carpet Pythons
1.1.0 High Yellow Jungle carpet pythons
0.0.1 Ball Python
0.0.1 rose hair tarantula
0.1.0 3 year old boxer

Thanks, I guess thats my ultamite goal
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Theres no need to ask directions if you ever lose you mind...

Find someone to work with and work hard. Over the years, you will pick up enough experience to work with that species.

I dont think anyones gunna let a teenager touch thier snakes, and i dont think i would touch anything venomous... BTW gaboons are fugly
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Theres no need to ask directions if you ever lose you mind...

You say that you are not into anything venomous, but you want venomoids. This is faulty logic. A venomoid may be "safer" for you, but things can go wrong.

What if the snake escapes it's cage? A lose viper is a lose viper to anyone else. This can ruin an already struggling hobby. This area of keeping really doesn't need any more blows, which I'm sure will come anyway, sooner or later.

If you get bit by a venomoid viper, you have a chance of getting an infection. I know someone who was bit by a copperhead. He got a bone infection from the bite. The venom itself probably didn't cause the infection, but the fangs instead.

If you're "just a teenager", it's likely that you live at home. Your parents could lose their home owners insurance if anyone found out what you kept. I'm sure they wouldn't be too happy with you.

A lot of these issues can be avoided if you get training. If you're too young to find someone to shadow, then you're too young to get a viper. I'm not writing this to say that you're stupid or crazy. Everyone here sympathizes with your strong interest to dive into the hobby. There's a safe way of going about it and we want to see you follow the right track.

Also, how do you automatically know that no one will train you? It sounds kind of like an excuse not to try.