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Anonymous post on August 29, 2004
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i have been breeding crotlas four some time now.i had a real nice pair of adults.regular female het albino male.they have successfully breed 1 time over the last 2 years.with no problems.when i checked on them thursday they were fine. today my male hase a swoolen head and a bite mark on his head and he is dead.i have always thought western diamondbacks were immune to western diamondback venom.i dont know help me out
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by Scootertrash on August 29, 2004
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I am sorry for your loss. This also happened to a friend of mine. A little different though. He had a nice atrox by itself in a cage and he went out and collected another and put it in the same cage. Immediately his snake went slowly from his side of the cage to where the collected snake was and took a bite out of her. She lived but it was a bad scene. She swelled up and would not eat for several weeks. It was not a head bite though so maybe that is why she recovered. I doubt this helps you very much but just saying that it does happen, how much? I don't really know. Again, sorry for your loss.
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Clayton
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by Phobos on August 29, 2004
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Gee...that stinks..sorry to hear that. Yes, they are immune to their own venom, however, If the fangs hit a vital organ like the Heart, Lungs, or Brain it can be fatal as in the instance. There is always a chance for this to occur when more than one animal is kept in the same enclosure.
Al
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by cottonmouth on August 29, 2004
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I am afraid the fang severed a vain or punctured an organ. Phobos is right, they are immune, just as a kingsnake would be but that doesn't keep them safe from other damage.I do a lot of breeding myself and that is always a concern.
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