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need opinions on worst/hardest snake to work with
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by Brutus1175 on December 29, 2012
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My daughter is 13, homeschooled, and is doing a paper on how to properly handle any snake, but of course, she loves a cpl hot species more than the non's.
Anyway, she is leaning to vet medicine for college, we're altering her homeschool work to add more science and bio, but first hand acct's and stories of what are the worst snakes to keep husbandry wise and the worst to handle w/hooks and such are always good. She's getting used to a very pissy coachwhip, and has a cpl mellow BP's and a boa. We've also heard thatthere are rat snakes w/tempermentsworse than some cobras', so I figured a really ticked off racer was a good place to learn. I heard there are some pissy rat snakes, too.
Don't get me wrong, she will not be keeping any of these anytime soon, she just wants to learn and write her paper. Thx guys
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by Ptk on December 30, 2012
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First - Good luck with your daughters paper! Personally I have found the "worst/hardest" snakes to keep has nothing to do with being them "pissy" or not. I believe the hardest snakes to keep are the more sensitive environmentally.
The entire art/science of reptile husbandry is the ability to successfully recreate their natural environment to the point it does not effect their behavior. This goes way beyond, fake rocks, diet, UV, temp and humidity.
For some individuals the act of being "handled" can create enough stress to do them in.
Are you wanting a list of speices, to get your daughter more experience handling "difficult snakes"?
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by Brutus1175 on January 1, 2013
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Thanks for the reply. We were a rodeo family for a long time, so she loves anything equine, but she is equally passionate about her snakes. And we were looking at both aspects, as in what is hardest to maintain husbandry wise, as well as which ones are just hardest to work with, IE won't ride the hook, worst feed reflex, etc. Kind of a sneak peek inside sorta, is what she's after. While we've obviously never worked with them, she loves anything Mamba or Naja related. Personally, I think the most beautiful are the Rhino's and Gabs', but she says "Yeah they're pretty, but they just lay there." To that my response was, "Uh yeah. Not so much." She's also a huge ViperKeeper fan..;)
Thanks again.
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by agkistrodude on January 13, 2013
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I have found the Eastern Coral snake (Micrurus f. fulvius) to be a hard snake to work with or keep. Almost every one you see is W/C, and they can be very finicky eaters. They also tend to be very stressful and should not be messed with much. That and the fact that there is no more anti-venom being produced in the US make them a little challenging. The one I currently have is doing great though, it has eaten pretty much everything I've offered it, I've had her for about 2 years. Take care, Marty
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