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Keeping Gaboon Vipers
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by perp on April 21, 2002
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The article on gaboons was well done. I only have one question. The phrase "untill now" means that something has changed from what was happening priviously. In this article you used the phrase twice. Does that mean that you have been biten and that your gaboons have gotten sick? I hope you mean so far instead of untill now. Good luck.
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by viper69 on May 19, 2002
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I am not positive about a puff adder being able to be bred to a rhino or gaboon, but yes, a rhino and gaboon can and have been bred together. The results are an amazing animal with absolutely beautiful colors. I own a rhino and thought I would never see anything as beautiful as a rhino, but the rhino gaboon hybrid is amazing...
VIPER
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by reptileboy06 on June 19, 2002
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I agree with biff that it is very dangerous to feed live prey. In the July 2002 issue of Reptiles magazine there is a pic of a boa that has been severely bitten by live prey. The pic is on page 74 if interested in checking it out.
Mitchel
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by shank1022 on July 18, 2002
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I am fairly sure that all three genus can interbreed. I don't know how often a puff adder would come into contact with a rhino or gabby, but I do believe that it is possible.
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by jared on August 30, 2002
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All three interbreed. I have seen gab rhino crosses as well as gab puff crosses. never seen a rhinoXpuff though, but im sure givin the right ones that they would,
jared w
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by andrew on November 16, 2002
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Yes they can- there is a photo of a GabXpuff in Bill Branches Snakes of Southen Africa;
and yes the ranges of all three cross over all over the place- in fact both Gaboon and Puff adders can be found just up the road from where l live ( Kuduk-aduk forests, Natal, South Africa )
Nice article on keeping these guys captive- fortunatly it is a lot easier to keep them alive if they occur naturally in the area- just build a good snake pit, and as for WC specimins, as wierd as it sounds I would seriously consider importing them to get captive born snakes dispite my location.
Andrew
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Anonymous post on January 28, 2003
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I looked for a pic of the gaboon puff adder cross but can't find one. I looked for Bill Branches Snakes of Southen Africa, but can't find photos. Anyone know where I can find a pic of one?
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by NED on June 17, 2003
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???? does anyone know what the gestation is for a w.a. gaboon? thaks calvin
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by berusbloke on June 20, 2003
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I'm new here, so a bit late. Just like to say that I am most familiar with the Gaboons in KwaZuluNatal. These are I think more delicate than their WA cousins. When I was Curator of the Fitzsimons Snake Park we used to refuse them because they never thrived; anyway they are protected by law there and it was Parks Board staff who used to bring in confiscated snakes.
However as a reptile ecologist I was fortunate to study gaboons in the Dukuduku Forest and Monzi. In a two year period I recorded and marked 135 individuals and had about 60% recapture rate. I will continue a study later this year. Interestingly, my study showed how sedentary adult gaboons are, hardly moving from their little patch, usually clearings and quite often near a pan. Road cruising at night revealed only juvs and subadults which appear to be much more mobile.
Tony Phelps
Reptile Research & Imagery
Swanage Dorset UK
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