A Few Questions?

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The thing with venomous is that they are easy to keep, like non-venomous snakes, besides the handling of course. BUT...

Things start to get hard with force feeding, stuck shed/eyecaps, illness, and so on. Not to mention when your taipan or whatever thinks that today is the day to take a leap and get out of the enclosure and ignore the mouse on forceps, or your forest cobra wants to have a closer look at you. The unpredictability of these animals and their potential danger to your health is something you need to seriously consider. Also, your willingness to lose a finger/hand/arm/your life for your hobby, because you happen to like a species which has venom that literally rots your limp off or high potential to kill you even with administration of AV.

The amount of care around keeping venomous goes far beyond knowledge of the species and the way to make a snake room for hots. Just think about the need to always have someone around, even if in another room, when you need to handle them - just in case you get bit. Then there's the keeping of AV at home which has to be procured and for some species is very hard to import to the US, or export from the country of origin. Then there's the need to have consultation with nearby hospitals to prepare them for the possibility of you coming in with a serious Gaboon bite. Everyone needs to understand in full what to do, because you might not be conscious. Then there's also that thing called girlfriend/family/neighbors, who may not be comfortable living with or next to your snakes... and this list will go on forever.

I too, would love to keep some hots, but all those things combined with my busy job, and family, has made me realize it is a path set for disaster. If I would be living alone, with a normal job, I might of considered it.

PS. Also look into the price of CroFab AV which you will need for many species native to the US. If nothing puts you off - that will.