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I am considering selling, trading or loaning the following animals to known good quality homes only. Willing to actually sell: 1.2 juvenile Bothrops asper, 1.1 juvenile Deinagkistrodon acutus, 1.1 adult Atheris ceratophorus, 1.1 juvenile Bitis gabonica, 0.0.1 good sized adult WC Micrurus fulvius (not feeding, in good condition but needs support care), 1.0 evil tempered captive bred adult Sistrurus miliarius barbouri, 2.0 adult Dendroaspis angusticeps, 1.0 nice adult Dendroaspis polylepis.
I may need to find a temporary home for 1.1 magnificent Dendroaspis angusticeps that I won't give up or sell - if a trusted facility wants to house all four green mambas they may keep (but not sell) the rehabilitated wild caught green mambas in exchange for room and board for the two animals I don't want to give up but do need a place to park for the next year or so. I love these two, raised one of them right from the egg, and they are my personal pets. The captive bred animal is *extremely* dangerous due to an insane feeding response; it will follow a keeper for food very aggressively. This is a useful response when setting up photography or film situations, but it makes this particular animal much more dangerous to maintain for routine husbandry.
There are a few other animals I may need to put out on breeding loan as well, so ask if you need to pair something up. Some friends of mine are getting first dibs so I need to find out what they're taking.
I will not sell any animals to keepers who cannot convince me that they can offer a good quality of care including veterinary care when necessary. Most of these animals have vet records, repeated fecal checks, etc. The mambas are long term rehab animals that are now in excellent condition after many months of care. The black in particular has become calm and habituated to handling. He is literally "hand fed". He is being target trained to take his food from an extended gloved hand, and after months of habituation his table manners are excellent. His coloring is very nice, with "tiger bars" of lighter color on his sides. His body condition is just average now; he came in very skinny and emaciated, and I would like to see him continue to put on more weight. This should not be too difficult as he accepts f/t jumbo mice any time they are offered. He prefers live mice and has a stronger feeding response to them, but he has been successfully weaned onto f/t. Note: unless you're actively working in behavioral management, I don't recommend continuing the glove feeding practice. He'll do fine if you toss his dead mice into the cage.
The greens are still flighty and prefer live food. They are slightly scarred but generally look quite good. I'd like to see all the rehab mambas go to a home where they can continue to get routine examinations to make sure they are doing well.
To get loaner animals your collection must either be very small or routinely screened for OMPV. Prices are totally negotiable to the right home. I can ship but I'd rather not. I would like to continue providing veterinary care to these animals if they can be brought back to me in the event of illness or injury.
Email atheris a^t usa d0t net if you are interested and if you can show a high quality standard of care for these species. I will give these animals away to local trusted keepers before shipping them to someone I don't know who cannot prove a high quality standard of care. Absolutely NO dealers or resellers, and especially no venomoid hackers.
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