The New Guys (PIC HEAVY)

[TRD]

Landmines in the house
Gaboons are beautiful snakes but very dangerous as they are almost impossible to read and defy gravity if they have to. Having to deal with a stuck shed on a Gaboon will be quite the adrenaline rush Do they bob their head when you bob your head? Can be so cute.

[SnoopySnake]

Thanks everyone! I don't work with the gaboons as of yet but they are cool. The only two that are actually mine is the bredli pair.......

TRD to answer your question yes they do!! It's so neat. The larger male does it a lot, the females not so much, I've only ever seen one of them head bop once. Haven't had the little male long enough to tell. They are awesome for sure

[TRD]

just be careful around those guys... they may move and look like big slugs, but they strike incredibly fast and have a very nasty bite. I'm sure you know of that.

I follow some dude on YT that has tons of venomous, including a bunch of Gaboons, and there is this one video where the Gaboon thinks he should take a blast at the hand that feeds him, man that speed is insane... they can literally strike their full body length in 0.1 sec out of nowhere if they want, which is much farther than what you would expect.

Pretty snake, but be wary around them.

[SnoopySnake]

For sure. All I do is take the photos, not doing any maintenance with them yet the little guys sure seem to express how they feel about us, they are so noisy. The big guy is very calm and observant, I wouldn't mess with him but he's about as laid back as it gets. The other day he struck at me through the glass while I was moving something, and it was quick. Seemed out of nowhere but I thought about it and there definitely were some very subtle warning signs...he had been following my hand with his eyes very intently before and his tongue wasn't going as much. Being around them and getting used to their behavior is essential and there is no getting complacent with them. I won't be dealing with them for some time.

[GyGbeetle]

Originally Posted by SnoopySnake

For sure. All I do is take the photos, not doing any maintenance with them yet the little guys sure seem to express how they feel about us, they are so noisy. The big guy is very calm and observant, I wouldn't mess with him but he's about as laid back as it gets. The other day he struck at me through the glass while I was moving something, and it was quick. Seemed out of nowhere but I thought about it and there definitely were some very subtle warning signs...he had been following my hand with his eyes very intently before and his tongue wasn't going as much. Being around them and getting used to their behavior is essential and there is no getting complacent with them. I won't be dealing with them for some time.

I would call this a "Code Brown". Holy crap! Even through a window I would be terrified.

I try to go support a lot of the local reptile rescues around where I live. There's one very popular and large group out here; the Phoenix Herpetological Society. They have what I call the "room of doom"; every single venomous snake on the planet is in there. All of them are in protected enclosures, but my heart races every time I *try* to go into that room. It's unfortunately where they have their educational classes, so you can hear rattles and hisses and general ambient hot noises in the background while trying to pay attention to the learning. that's a big fat no for me.

[GyGbeetle]

Originally Posted by TRD

Landmines in the house
Gaboons are beautiful snakes but very dangerous as they are almost impossible to read and defy gravity if they have to. Having to deal with a stuck shed on a Gaboon will be quite the adrenaline rush Do they bob their head when you bob your head? Can be so cute.

Cute? Hahaha, I knew us reptile people were weird! I think if I saw that, I'd definitely be screaming and leaving the room quicker than the gaboon could head bob.

[Tsubaki]

Beautiful!! All of them got to love those Gaboons, amazing patterns.

[Anticleon]

I can't think of handling a viper lol. Beautiful snakes though.