finding snakes

[mistersprinkles]

Yup. All the ones around here have internal parasites though and sometimes they have externals too so if you get one and you want to make it a forever thing, you should get it treated for both first thing and keep it quarantined from other reptiles for a couple months to make sure it is clean.

[stephanbakir]

I might get a northern water snake this year, they look amazing and all the ones i catch are good eaters.

[infernalis]

I have a Nerodia, He's really cool, take the pinkies right off the tongs.

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

Originally Posted by infernalis

Depending on what part of the state, the forests out around spartanburg piedmont have been known as good herping spots.

Get away from population centers as much as possible.

Marshy and rocky areas are usually good spots.

Your right, i live one county south of Spartanburg, (The Metro-Greenville area) and i see water snakes all the time, right off a popular river in the downtown area. Venomous snakes, is a different story only seen 1 in the 10 years ive lived here. He lives in the low country, which is weird cause ive heard snakes are more common that way.

[sickvenom]

Originally Posted by infernalis

I spoke with my local DEC officer, and he told me those laws were more to prevent mass gathering for the pet trade, and no one was going to kick in any doors over a person who keeps a few pet garter snakes.

I would be willing to bet that applies almost anywhere.

uh... arizona has some of the most strict laws regarding keeping and collecting herps. and yes, there have been house busts.

[sickvenom]

Originally Posted by mistersprinkles

Yup. Different to see you break a window and steal a TV than have a TV in your house set up and go "did you buy that TV legally?"

come over here and merely PICK UP AND HOLD a gila and we'll see how long it takes you to bail out of jail.

[mistersprinkles]

Originally Posted by sickvenom

come over here and merely PICK UP AND HOLD a gila and we'll see how long it takes you to bail out of jail.

I wouldn't pick up a poisonous lizard with an attitude problem .

[sickvenom]

Originally Posted by mistersprinkles

I wouldn't pick up a poisonous lizard with an attitude problem .

weird statement, considering most of them around here are docile.

[mistersprinkles]

Originally Posted by sickvenom

weird statement, considering most of them around here are docile.

The only one I ever saw in the wild was in mexico, and when I approached it, it tried to walk away until I got close at which point it positioned itself to make it clear (maybe a bluff) that it would bite me. Nothing like the wild green iguanas you come across in the forest that rarely see people. Those things are just mean.

Anyways, given the "medical facilities" in that country I chose to walk away.
I should perhaps have said porentially mean. I have no first hand experience.

[serpentshideawa]

Why no antivenom for corals?

[TeaNinja]

iguanas can tail whip the HELL out of you lol
they can be bitter creatures.

[sickvenom]

Originally Posted by serpentshideawa

Why no antivenom for corals?

the company that was producing it, pfizer inc, stopped making it. coral snake bites are so rare that it wasn't profitable or feasible to keep supplies stocked. however there is a new company instituto bioclon, that is trying to develop a new antivenin, but that could take several years.

this info is regarding north american, new world corals.

[sickvenom]

Originally Posted by TeaNinja

iguanas can tail whip the HELL out of you lol
they can be bitter creatures.

it's not uncommon for larger monitors to actually knock people out. i've seen it happen with a black throat.