more random venomous!

[CrotalusR#1]

these are just some more of my snakes.
it was brought to my attention that using the scientific names which i am more familiar with may make people feel left out. this time i will use the common names.

crotalus ruber [red diamond rattlesnake] [pair]




western massasauga rattlesnake


great basin rattlsnake


mojave green


blue tiger rattlesnake


Arizona black rattlesnake






i will try to post some more down below because of the 8 picture limit

[CrotalusR#1]

canebrake rattlesnake


speckled rattlesnake




southern copperhead pair






Horned viper [Vipera ammodytes]

[PsychoSnake]

Very, very pretty rattlesnakes!

[BIGT FROM F.B.]

You have yourself a huge, awesome collection of hots there. Love the Copperheads!

[sharthun]

Wow! love your collection! The speckled and copperheads are beautiful!

[CrotalusR#1]

Thank you!!

[reptiledude987]

How do you go about feeding with the 2 copperheads in the smae enclosure?

[EL Ziggy]

Wow, that is a very impressive collection of hots. They're all beautiful!

[CrotalusR#1]

thank you EL-Ziggy......to answer your question reptiledude987, the answers carefully! i will often separate them but usually theirs no problem.

[reptiledude987]

so does that mean you offre 2 mice at same time or feed 1 then other?

[CrotalusR#1]

They are in a relatively large cage so I will have them on the opposite sides. I try to have both occupied with a mouse at the same time so there not interested in each other...I have never had problems doing this with this pair. I do have snakes that I will absolutely separate during feeding.
Nathan.

[reptiledude987]

Ok I was just curious as I'm taking a bit of heat on the thread "Great feeding debate inside or outside enclosure" because I have some morelia I house together and seperate for feeding. that being said I've only ever been bit by one of them (aside from a nippy baby) and it wasnt during a feeding so i was just curious what you were doing for venomous snakes living together as I imagine you would want to remove them as little as possible.

[CrotalusR#1]

Yes I prefer to take them out as least as possible. I will take a look at your thread.

[SSSSnakes]

Originally Posted by reptiledude987

I imagine you would want to remove them as little as possible.

Do not want to derail this thread, just wanted to respond in a positive way to a comment here. I actually use newspaper as substrate for my venomous snakes, so I have to handle them often to clean their enclosures. The more I handle them the more docile they normally become. I don't take them out just to handle them, but trying not to handle them, in my experience, keeps them defensive. Most experienced venomous keepers can handle their snakes for maintenance with little chance of getting bit. If you are afraid of your snake, then you should not keep it. Respect them, don't fear them.

[reptiledude987]

I really do love the copperheads I think theyre beautiful. Dont have anything venomous and wondering how dangerous and difficult to keep they are? I'm not new to keeping snakes by any means but hots would be a whole new world for me.