i do not own any venomous or venomoids nor do i think i ever will(got my hands full with green tree pythons and a 3 year old son)but,i was wondering out of curiosity,what are the limitations,if any,in regards to venomoids.the reason i am asking,is because the only times i ever see or hear of venomoids,they are usually the same few species and i never see any of the smaller,arborial vipers(popes,eyelash ect) being devenomized.is this a size issue and only the larger snakes can have the surgery??snakes like eyelash vipers are pretty common and desirable in the hobby,so i have been assuming that if it could be done it would have already.that is unless it has and i am not aware of it.thanks in advance.
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venomoid vipers??
iceyesnteeth
Nov 23, 2005 04:06 PM
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joeysgreen
Nov 24, 2005 07:47 PM
I've not watched the classifieds so I don't know what's available, but the smaller snakes can still have it done. A more skilled surgeon would be necessary due to the size, and the risks would be higher as well sinze the margin of error would likely be higher.
Ian
