just back one new girl

[reverendsterlin]

just got back from the hot show, here's my new little girl lol

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/272pict0201-med.jpg

[dlucka]

What a cute little girl!!! Good luck with her.

[Kurzix]

cute lil girl, hold is she? and how big?

[sophia]

Nice! Gaboon right?

Jon

[reverendsterlin]

East African Gaboon, born early '02, abou 14-15 inches, swallowing an adult mouse

[Matt]

sweet, such a cute stubby little thing.

[sophia]

Gaboons have long been our favorite hot... for a myriad of reasons. Attitude, coloration, size... and speaking of size - how bout them thar fangs?! Dannnnnnnnnnnnng.... Do ya have any pix of those? <G> Are any members of your hot collection used for antivenin milking Rev?


Jon

[Matt]

speaking of antivenin, do you have a protocol or whatnot in the event of a serious bite?
thx

[josefg]

Glad you got your female Gaboon, Rev! Congrats :D

[reverendsterlin]

no milking, the less hands on the safer (3 of yesterdays vendors were recovering from bites), I keep species, venom type, emergency phone numbers, and map on both the inside and outside of the hot room, I ALWAYS use safety equipment, and the hospital knows what types of snakes I keep.

[Jeremy]

Hi Rev,
Very nice little gabby. However, the specimen in that pic is B.gabonica rhinoceros or the West African Gaboon viper. You can tell from the eye stripe. B.gabonica gabonica (East African Gaboon)will have two stripes coming down from the eye, one seeming to point twords the snout along with the one coming back from the eye along the cheek. West Africans have only one like yours, on the cheek. I hope this dosent throw a clitch in any breeding projects you had in mind.

Regardless, congrats on the new little leaf head:-)I havent moved into Bitis myself but definately see the fasination with these fattest of the vipers:-) Enjoy it!

All the best,
J

[Jeremy]

P.S Heres a pic of an East African Gaboon my freind used to own.

Photo by York Morgan

http://www.venomousreptiles.org/libraries/download/370/Mvc-006l.jpg

[casacrow]

Damn ! Those gabbys are the best lookin snakes on the planet. I love seeing pics of them.

[Sean_.E.]

Nice snake Rev!

[Shane Tesser]

If i was experienced enough, and not frankly scared to death of a hot animal..the gaboon would be the top of my list..mainly for the same reasons that Sophia pointed out. In the meantime ill just admire yours and dream about them at night. Congrats by the way Rev..beautiful lil girl you have there :D

[SDSnakes]

What a cute little snakey.
Too bad you can't hold her!

[Linds]

Awww she's so tiny! Very cute! Congrats! :D

[KaHane]

Very nice and dangerous:)

[Jurliki]

Nice baby.


Jurliki

[Pythonian]

that!?!? pfft please! my ball python can put a hurtin on that wuss! lol I love Gaboons! If i were to get a hot, i'd either get a monocled cobra or a Gaboon Viper!
Gaboons are gorgeous! but have you ever seen a picture of on laying on dead leaves?! that is the best camo i've ever seen on an animal!!

Mike

[Nanashi04]

great pics! ^^