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by Buzztail1 on March 22, 2005
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Tubing mambas
by jungle on March 21, 2005
What's up guys? Does anyone have any tips on tubing black mambas? I've never had to tube something as agile or as fast as a mamba. I don't need to as of now but I would like to some tips, just in case something occurs. Thanks alot. Tod.
RE: Tubing mambas
by Phobos on March 21, 2005
The safest way to tube a Mamba or other crazy Elapids is the bagging system offered by Midwest.
http://rs289.securehostserver.com/%7Etongscom/shop/index.php?GrID=35
Geee Tod...You keep all those species listed on your profile and you're asking for tips on tubing...
I would think anyone that experienced would already know...
Al
RE: Tubing mambas
by Cro on March 21, 2005
Tod:
Have you ever considered constructing a "switch box" on the back of your cages? Many zoos use them for mambas. They are usually a small wooden box attached to the back of a cage with a guillotine door and a screen mesh top, and safety cover. Once the snake enters the box, the door is closed, and the snake has little room for movement. If you use a 1/2 inch screen mesh on top of the switch box, you can work through it with long tweezers and homemade restraint tools to remove eyecaps and help shedding, or even hose the snake down with water to loosen a stuck shed. It takes some practice, but it works. It also makes for safe cleaning of the main cage. Tubing seems to give the snakes more chance for excape. I have had to help catch green and jamisons that got loose in cieling ductwork when someone did not use the switch box and opened the cage they were in. It is kind of spooky. JohnZ
RE: Tubing mambas
by jungle on March 21, 2005
I have switch boxes, I use tubing for restraining snakes before I start meds etc. I just have never had to tube something like a poly before. I was in the hot room and I was thinking that I would come on here and ask for tips and see if any of you know any special tecniques for them.
Al, I don't keep all of those species right now. I just listed the species that I had kept previously. I think that I would be dead if I tried to maintain all of them by myself. The only species I possess now are, Dendroaspis polylepsis, Dendroaspis angusticeps,Bitis gabonica rhinocerous,Tropidolaemus wagleri,Naja pallida,Naja kaouthia,Atheris squamiger,Crotalus durissus,Lachesis muta and one very nasty Bothrops asper.
RE: Tubing mambas
by Cro on March 21, 2005
If you are allready using switch boxes, drill a hole in the switch box the exact size of the tube. Make sure it has a secure cover for when it is not in use. Put the tube into the hole and support it, then open the guillitine door and allow the snake to enter the switch box and then the tube. Make sure there is a cover on the end of the tube so the snake does not shoot straight through. Drill a few acess holes in the tube cover and the sides of the tube for access to medicate through.
JohnZ
RE: Tubing mambas
by AquaHerp on March 22, 2005
A few zoos out there have shift boxes that reduce down into a tube at one end. My understanding is that the mambas catch on to this fairly quickly though.
Methods I have used (and I have not had to tube many) have been strait from a 40 gallon trash barrel up the pipe, or use tongs to "gently" manipulate the snake into the tube, or run the snake from a bag and in to the tube. Mambas will bag up if you put the bag on the floor and fill it with crumpled newspaper, they like the security once you get the head in, much like a cobra does. Then use your hook to squeeze the snake to one end of the bag while affixing the tube with masking tape to the other. Then dump the snake back down towards the tube end and manipulate. But… they will fire out that pipe quick when they do eventually come, so be ready!!
These things will back out of a tube as fast as they go in too , so be careful. I’m certainly am not going to go into the dangers of dealing with mambas in or out of a zoo, their coffin-shaped head should say it all.
RE: Tubing mambas
by MattHarris on March 22, 2005
Everyone assumed you were keeping snakes in FL, I am sure.
Your best bet, to learn tubing is to contact Tanith Tyrr at SNakegetters---she rescues a lot of mambas. ALSO, go visit George Van Horn at St. Cloud Serpentarium down below Orlando. His venom extractions are worth seeing, but he'll give you tons of advice on working mambas.
My only questions, is how difficult was it to get a mamba back into Australia? or are you trying to get one?
Matt Harris
www.matabuey.com
P.S....
by MattHarris on March 22, 2005
It's a shame, but Allen Hunter had an awesome website up specifically dedicated to keeping Mambas. He's out of the hobby now, but man it was good. If any one knows where its archived, maybe they could post it????
MCH
RE: Tubing mambas
by Buzztail1 on March 22, 2005
Enough already.
You can find out about tubing Mambas at this website:
http://www.kingsnake.com/snakegetters/demo/
R/
Karl H. Betz
Let's try to keep to the point of answering the questions and less about the personal attacks on people we don't know. It just fills up the website with useless argumentative garbage.
Troll or not, the answer has been given inseveral different forms and a couple of websites have been recommended.
Let's move on.
R/
Karl H. Betz
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by timberrattlesnake89 on March 23, 2005
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rI hate to say this but a lot of fourms have been going to toliet lately. A guy ask a simple questiong and he gets several attacked. I just think people need to just anwser the question insted of attacking.
Phillip
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