Thank you very much to the three of you. My Taiwan beauty has a very strong feeding response although from what I've read and heard about FWCs it's nothing comparatively. My situation is a little complicated. A very close friend of mine recently passed away and he had a large collection of snakes that all needed to be taken care of. The first time he showed me his water cobras I just fell in love with them. He has a female that is 3-4ft right now and very easy to handle. I never got the chance to see him feed her but she always seemed very calm, only hooding a couple times. So what is your opinion now with this new info? I don't own any large snakes but I've been working with large pythons and boas for about five years now, so I'm not entirely without experience at least.







>>Langi, there is no question that they have potent venom. They just do not have a very good delivery mechanism. I have raised two up from babies and feel comfortable handling them with a hook and tailing them. I also have a pair of the thick gloves sold at midwest and I would not worry when using those, they are just not that easy to use. From the list at the bottom of your post, I am a little concerned because you don't have any really big snakes that have STRONG feeding responses. Mine have feeding responses comparable to adult indigos. They literally knock the cage door open at feeding time! There was a gentleman at the Columbia SC show that mentioned he had been bitten and the snake held on for five minutes...but I did not get to hear the outcome of the bite. Maybe he will chime in here? If you do decide to make the jump to Hydronastes, I suggest getting CB babies and grow up with them. Best wishes

>>Bob H
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• Your opinion on Hydrodynastes gigas - Langi, Tue Nov 4 22:59:10 2008
• RE: Your opinion on Hydrodynastes gigas - Bob H, Wed Nov 5 08:13:20 2008
• RE: Your opinion on Hydrodynastes gigas - Langi, Wed Nov 5 18:11:08 2008
• RE: Your opinion on Hydrodynastes gigas - bthacker, Wed Nov 5 18:48:21 2008
• My take... - psilocybe, Wed Nov 5 20:58:57 2008
• A bite from a FWC. - ldblawson, Tue Nov 25 09:25:09 2008
• RE: Your opinion on Hydrodynastes gigas - bthacker, Wed Nov 5 10:24:40 2008
• RE: Your opinion on Hydrodynastes gigas - azatrox, Wed Nov 5 10:58:06 2008
• Also...important - psilocybe, Wed Nov 5 21:06:38 2008
• RE: Also...important - Langi, Thu Nov 6 15:04:57 2008