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by dirt_jumper on June 27, 2004
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I want to get into venomous snakes to sell and show. i have dealt with non-venomous snakes and have NO experience with venomous ones. what would be a good first venomous snake?
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by mat on June 27, 2004
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i'm not shure wether you are asking the easyest to breed but from what everyone else says Copper heads are the ideal starter hot
(or eyelash pitvipers)
maybe the more experianced amonst us can answer your question better than i can ?
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RE: first venomous snake for fun and profit
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by Buzztail1 on June 27, 2004
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"I want to get into venomous snakes to sell and show. i have dealt with non-venomous snakes and have NO experience with venomous ones. what would be a good first venomous snake?"
I am not sure there is a "right" answer to your question. The traditional "easy to start with" species are not necessarily easy to get the babies to start eating.
Copperheads can be problematic if they are wild-caught. They sometimes refuse to eat at all. Captive bred adults and even neonates are somewhat easier.
Pigmy Rattlesnakes are not difficult to keep or breed but the size of the babies often make getting them started on food a real problem.
Eyelash Vipers also have small babies that can be difficult to start. Even adults can be picky feeders. A well started captive bred adult colony is nearly a must to get started with these.
All that said, it can be done. Keeping venomous snakes in a safe manner is not what I would call easy. Step that up to breeding for profit and you increase the difficulty. My advice would be to find (through research) the species which interests you, research that species and then get your breeding pair/trio/colony.
Good luck,
Karl
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by Fabian on June 28, 2004
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Well said Karl,
That is one of the best answers I have seen about getting your first hot snake.
I would agree that you should learn all you can about the snake you want to keep before you get it. Not knowing how to care for your first hot would not be the way to start. That said you would also want to make sure to start with a snake that chances are would not kill you. Stay with snakes that are not on the top of the LD50 list. (Not so venomous) Mangrove snakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, etc. It would all depend on if you were talking about exotic or native snakes to and the money you were wanting to start with to get into them. Eyelash vipers can be very expensive to get into. A breeding pair can cost as much as 500.00 dollars +.
My first hot snake was a WC cottonmouth. It was a great snake and chances are would not kill you and it would eat everything I offered it. It just all depends on what you want out of your first hot.
Easy to care for, easy to breed, one that would not kill you for sure if you made a mistake ? After we know that info we could help you more. Good luck......Fabian
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