The only Boiga I have are primarily Dendrophila (17) and one Cynodon. ALL my Mangroves have turned very nasty upon maturity..most were quite docile when younger/smaller. That being said, every bite I've received has been a defensive bite w/no serious effects. I had to tube feed some young imports for awhile before they started feeding voluntarily and I have yet to even see their rear-fangs. The one recent serious envenomation someone posted a pictorial on resulted from the handler allowing the snake to "chew" on his hand for quite some time as he was worried about damaging the snake if he quickly tried to disengage it!

Most of the time they're easy to work with in the daytime...if given a suitable hide box one can simply remove it and clean, etc. At night when they're out....no way.

I've only had the Cynodon for 2 weeks and my first impression is that its a much shyer snake...but that could change as it acclimates.

Bill

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