My dad is about to purchase a Coral Snake and a Northern Pacific Rattlesnake, he has no experiance with hots, he has tongs and all but how does he stay safe? PS To Everyone - I am getting the Albino Burmese Python for christmas, merry christmas all!
2006-12-21 13:41:07 · 5 answers · asked by jeremy_moore_50 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
http://www.venomousreptiles.org/libraries/Snakebite%20Photos
Make your father look at every single photo in the link above.
Warning: Very graphic
2006-12-22 05:20:00 · answer #1 · answered by lady_crotalus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why on Earth would he do this?? Does he know the bite rate for newbies? Does he have the appropriate license and insurance? Does he have an emergency plan? Does he have an escape proof cage and some rock solid, not to be varied from handling plans?
Is he aware that zoos, etc. require hots to be handled with very specific standards and in at least two man teams?
This is like having old, fragile nitroglycerin in your house- the question is not 'will there be an accident?', but 'when will the accident happen?'
I've been bitten by every snake I've had, and most of the snakes I've dealt with at some point or another- and I'm pretty careful. The people who handle hots regularly all have horror stories of bites that happened in a split second.
It is my honest opinion that lay people should ONLY keep hots if they have a reason to do so that is SO GOOD that the neighbor mom of a bitten child would accept it as valid- and I have no idea what that reason would be.
2006-12-22 00:32:36 · answer #2 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've handled hots, and the only way you can responsibly learn how to handle hots is from someone who is very experienced with them and who does so as safely as possible.
I wouldn't keep a hot for a pet. The dangers far outweigh the benefits of keeping the these unique animals. I handled them because I was part of an organization which did rescue work and had to remove these animals from bad situations. Also, we removed and relocated copperheads and rattlesnakes from yards. We worked as a team and used the best equipment and safest means available, but it was still a calculated risk.
Please ask your father to reconsider keeping hots. No amount of life insurance is going to compensate for having a family member inadvertently killed or maimed by a pet venomous snake.
2006-12-22 09:23:57 · answer #3 · answered by Redneck Crow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he is going to buy one of these snakes period. Tell him to buy just the rattlesnake. That was my first snake, I captured him in the mountains at 14 years of age, but warn him he risks you your family and his life upon getting a highly venomous snake such as a coral.
2006-12-21 23:28:32 · answer #4 · answered by Fred M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he should reconsider, if you can find someone that keeps hots to show you how thats the best way. i would say start with copperheads, a bite prob wont kill you
2006-12-21 21:49:58 · answer #5 · answered by jparker_1167 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋