Mangrove Snake

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

So I've always admired venomous snakes and decided i may want one in the future. The thing is if it somehow does bite me i would like not to be in risk of dying. I was thinking that a rear-fanged mildly poisonous snake would do good. I was looking online and mangrove snakes are really pretty so i thought i would ask who has first hand experience with them? can i hold them without restraining them? how bad would it mess me up if it got me? what do they eat? and how easy is it to breed them? how big of a tub would it need? and this pic is just cool so i thought i would just post it
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[Charlet_2007]

I know nothing about them but impressive little snake... i LOVE the tude lmao :D:D

[Loren]

Heres a link for you Reed.Snakes and Reptiles - Great Valley Serpentarium - Snake Museum (http://www.snakemuseum.com/mangrove.htm)
Its the great Valley serpentarium in Lodi, Ca.
Bill Gillingham runs the place, and might have some on display - you could call and ask if he does, then take a fieldtrip there someday.
I've thought about getting a pair someday too.

[ssssnakeluvr]

those are pretty snakes...and very aggressive. hognoses and night snakes are rear fanged....saliva toxic to prey and won't hurt a person. much easier to raise.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

im not sure about the aggressive part for i have seen quite a few pics of them being held in bare hands, even WC imports, and i know that its just the mangrove snakes are so pretty..

those are pretty snakes...and very aggressive. hognoses and night snakes are rear fanged....saliva toxic to prey and won't hurt a person. much easier to raise.

[Stefan-A]

I don't know much about them, either. Apart from the absolute basics and what I've heard, of course. Their babies are supposed to be very difficult to get to eat. I'd personally like to try B. irregularis at some point, though.

I think the point of getting venomous snakes, was that you would actually have to try to avoid getting bit. :) Otherwise, why not stick to hognoses and garters? ;) By this, I don't mean that you should, but rather that there are a lot of snakes that fit into that venomous-but-practically-harmless category.

[Loren]

Most information that I have read about snakes like mangroves and false water cobras recommends that they should be handled with respect just like an venomous snake. I agree, because many of those types of snakes still have very little information available about their bites. There just arent enough bites on record to know what the chances are of a bad reaction.
I would recommend handling them with tools, and keeping your body away, just like any other venomous snake. Like stefan said- I would try really hard to avoid getting bit, just in case.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

yea, i wasnt gunna hold it much, more for looking :) i read somewhere that if it gets a good bite on your arm, it could go paralized for 3 days, that would suck

Most information that I have read about snakes like mangroves and false water cobras recommends that they should be handled with respect just like an venomous snake. I agree, because many of those types of snakes still have very little information available about their bites. There just arent enough bites on record to know what the chances are of a bad reaction.
I would recommend handling them with tools, and keeping your body away, just like any other venomous snake. Like stefan said- I would try really hard to avoid getting bit, just in case.

[adamanteus]

Mangroves are great snakes, but they are very quick to bite....repeatedly! The venom is practically harmless, and they have recently been taken off the 'Dangerous Wild Animals' list in the UK. However, the teeth are large and can cause nasty lacerations. They are inclined to 'chew' when they bite too.

They are quite easy to care for, and are a good introduction to venomous snakes, but as others have said, they should be treated with great respect.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I am looking into FWC's!! but you won't see me holding them lol!!! A snake with venom no matter how toxic or not toxic should be treated with respect... you never know how you personally will react to it!