I was thinking of buying another Black Mamba, and a King Cobra (which I am really excited about) but the question is, do you think I should get these snakes, please only people who own or work with hots.
TO - JParker - Heres the answer to your earlier comments. I am Indian American, I did not buy the Inland Taipan, I captured it, I can e-mail you a pic of the black mamba and the inland taipan if you want, just leave your e-mail.
2006-12-21 13:29:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Unless you have a ton of experience working with hot herps, especially Kings, then no, don't get a King..... They are more trouble than they're worth, and unpredictable (you should already know that). I worked in a pet store down in Southern California, and the owner had a Falsewater and a Gabon. It depends on how much experience you have with hots as it is, I would go with a Mamba if forced to choose.. I just hope you have a lot of anti-venin in the house in case. By the way, I would love to see your Taipan pics...... They make me very nervous, but still, they're beauties....
2006-12-21 13:35:12 · answer #1 · answered by bugpoppa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cool man, yea if you can afford to get the snakes and have the expirence to keep them go for it. my friend use to keep all kinds of crazy hots, mambas taipans kings forest cobras. not sure how your mamabs act but kings are aggressive and will chase you. if ya can handle that then there is no reason not to get it my email is jparker1167@hotmail.com you can send pics if you want i would like to see them
2006-12-21 13:55:46 · answer #2 · answered by jparker_1167 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as laypeople keeping hots goes- I think you should only keep hots if you have a good reason. Most keep them out of sheer pride or ego- terrible reasons to keep dangerous animals of any style.
The question I always ask is "is your reason to keep these animals good enough that the mother of a child killed by one of your snakes would understand and forgive you?"
Yeah, I know- yours are perfectly safe, yada, yada, yada. That is what every person bitten by one of their snakes has said, or worse yet, after one of their snakes got free and bit someone else.
2006-12-21 16:40:13 · answer #3 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea man buy them I'm 13 and i have tons and tons of poisonous snakes just don't put your fingers near there mouth
2006-12-25 01:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by heartbreakjesse 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋