Milking Western Hognose for Research Purposes

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Hi Aaron,

Thanks for your reply! Your idea works too, if I can figure out a way to pool all the venom released into some kind of siphon or vial at the bottom of the chewing device, we may be able to extract it afterwards. My only issue with letting the venom travel any distance is that we are working with microlitres, so trying to harvest as much as possible while maintaining a clean sample is top priority. I'm afraid if we were to let the venom drip down a surface I might lose a lot of it on the surface. But that is a really good idea though, because maybe I could create little a ball that has pockets further down which concave in that the venom could slide into. Sigh if only someone milked hognoses on the regular -_-