West African Gaboon Viper

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

Pictures of my West African Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica) feeding and first housing.

Check out the blood from just the fang, on the F/T mouse.
He is being housed in a locked model #332 Vision Cage.
The flash is making the cage seem a lot brighter than it is at night in the last picture.




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[stephanbakir]

Hes a cutie! Vid him puffing, its louder then most people think :P

[blindfireak40]

LETHALLY ADORABLE!! I wish I had the experience/guts/everything else requisite to keep something like him!! Beautiful :D

[Jay]

Beautiful. When I have enough time and more knowledge I am planning to own a hot, thinking of a cotton mouth or copper head, but this is not for years.

[Uncle_Rev]

Fricking amazing looking!

[SnakeyJay]

He looks amazing x

[Lankyrob]

Awesome, my mate has one and recorded the "huffing" sound - it is terrifying to hear it!!

[brylecc1989]

Absolutely stunning!

[ladyjustice33]

I have to relocate a cotton mouth (we call them moccasins down south) and a copper head out of my yard at least once a year down here in southeast texas and people on here want one as a pet, lol !!! I don't know about in captivity, but moccasins emit the worst smell!! We have a lot of them down here and I can be down by the pond at the park and tell where one is just by the smell. When one gets in my yard from the ditch behind it, 99% of the time I smell it before I see it. Last week alone I had to save two speckled kings and a western mud snake from my shepherd and all wild snakes I've dealt with emit that musk that stinks when they are frightened but the moccasins just smell period and they will chase your a** too, lol !!!

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

Thank you everyone for the kind words, he is a joy to work with. He is settling in now, in about two weeks ill post some more pictures on this thread for anyone that is interested.. If anyone has any questions about him or his keeping let me know.



Anyone here ever had any experience with WC Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnakes?

[Lankyrob]

Thank you everyone for the kind words, he is a joy to work with. He is settling in now, in about two weeks ill post some more pictures on this thread for anyone that is interested.. If anyone has any questions about him or his keeping let me know.




If you dont then you might just feel the wrath of the BANHAMMER!! ;) ;) ;)

[stephanbakir]

Or worse.... the BANHAMSTER!!

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

Or worse.... the BANHAMSTER!!


hahah the what??

[stephanbakir]

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[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

thinking of a cotton mouth or copper head, but this is not for years.

The copperhead is an amazing snake,getting a subadult, established eater is probably the safest route to go when keeping hots. To hone the the basics and and get a very repetitive safe rhythm going. Minimal stick work experience is required, although i recommend having logged many hours of stick work with various species of pit vipers before attempting to own one. The use of a trap box which is not always necessary for this species is also a way to increase safety and should be on hand before acquiring any venomous snake. Mentoring is the key, you will gain a very small amount of experience working with non venomous snakes that will transition over to keeping venomous snakes. You need to have logged hours taking care of a Copperhead or other species of Pit Vipers under the eye of someone with atleast a decade of experience. That being said do you plan to get a mentor? if/when you have decided to keep a Copperhead?

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

@stephanbakir: haha dont want to feel the wrath of that thing, ill post another picture of him later today.

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

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[Onyx Cross]

My eyes aren't deceiving me...This thing's head is massive & odd shaped!
Lol, I thought I was going incredibly bonkers...

[brylecc1989]

Its mouth needs to house 2 inch fangs!

[percey39]

Beautiful!!! I wish i could own these guy's as they are incredible to look at!!!

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

Beautiful!!! I wish i could own these guy's as they are incredible to look at!!!

Thank you. Do you keep any venomous snakes?

[crotalusco]

Very nice, i love good photos

[percey39]

Thank you. Do you keep any venomous snakes?
Yeah mate, i keep a few species myself but as im from Australia we can only keep native wildlife. So i will never get to own any of the species you guy's can get your hands on!
In saying that i keep elapids, so i have mulga's/king browns, collett snakes, australian copperheads, death adders, tiger snakes and always looking for more!

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

Yeah mate, i keep a few species myself but as im from Australia we can only keep native wildlife. So i will never get to own any of the species you guy's can get your hands on!
In saying that i keep elapids, so i have mulga's/king browns, collett snakes, australian copperheads, death adders, tiger snakes and always looking for more!


The Elapidae, the most amazing family of snakes.. Im a big fan of browns, im very familiar with them. I don't have any plans to ever keep one but i have had the opportunity to work with one quite often. You have quite a collection... If you could own several species of non native's what would be some of your choices?

[percey39]

Yeah the elapids especially the bigger guy's are quiet intimmidating to work with as they are lightning fast and can strike readily with great force! Hmm tough question but gaboon's, both black and green mamba's, eyelash vipers, puff adders, king cobra's, spitters and diamond back rattlers. All those species intrigue me beyond my liking haha, but as long as im in australia that will never happen.

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

Yeah the elapids especially the bigger guy's are quiet intimmidating to work with as they are lightning fast and can strike readily with great force! Hmm tough question but gaboon's, both black and green mamba's, eyelash vipers, puff adders, king cobra's, spitters and diamond back rattlers. All those species intrigue me beyond my liking haha, but as long as im in australia that will never happen.

Kings and spitters.. good choices, ive always liked Rinkhals. All of the spitting cobras are great.

[RegenerationRep]

My favorite snake. When I move out I'm getting one. They are so cute :)

[Kayla90]

Ahhh I freaking love gabbies <3
Yours is such a cutie

[alessia55]

Those are some great photos! I would only ever watch from behind the glass though :p

[marvelfreak]

I just noticed that we haven't seen KD35WIN.AS.ONE on here in a while hope nothing bad happen.

[snake man12]

Nice viper.

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

I just noticed that we haven't seen KD35WIN.AS.ONE on here in a while hope nothing bad happen.


LOL no im fine.. I dont have a data plan on my phone right now, and school is taking a toll on me. Not much has changed no new additions. I get on here when i get an email telling me someone has written on one of my posts, when i find the time. Thanks for the concern though ;)

[marvelfreak]

LOL no im fine.. I dont have a data plan on my phone right now, and school is taking a toll on me. Not much has changed no new additions. I get on here when i get an email telling me someone has written on one of my posts, when i find the time. Thanks for the concern though ;)
Good to see your still alive and kicking. When you get the chance we love to see some new pictures of all you babies. I am sure they have got to be getting big.:)

[youngster]

Yeah definitely post and update on your animals when you have the time!

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

Yeah definitely post and update on your animals when you have the time!


I do not currently provide care for this animal anymore. He is in a private collection back home. I will post a picture of the two snakes i keep with me under the species name.

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

This is a picture of the same animal posted in this thread taken about 3-4 weeks ago. He has maybe doubled in size pushing 2.5'.

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Here is his cage mate, this sweet little 11 girl.

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Here they are together.
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[Hurrok]

Wow, he looks amazing!

[jarich]

They are awesome looking man! That bright green water dish is pretty funny looking in there. ;)

[jaleely]

I just love their look. They are sooo cute! I love the copperheads too though. I don't trust myself with hots, but i Loooove them!