have anyone of you poison snakes?

[infernalis]

And hair too.....

[Aundrea]

OMG Wayne hahahahaha your too funny!!!!!

Do you still have anymore of them snakes James?

[reptile3]

And hair too.....

with hair, without... either way!!

[Loren]

AWESOME James.

As for the rest of the posts, I agree fully that a persons living situation (kids around, how well they can be locked and sealed away from other people, etc. ) makes a big difference on whether or not a person should keep hots. Its also the keepers responsibilty to research whether or not the local hospital has the abilty to treat a bite from the species you intend to keep.
And although I did compare this hobby to other thrill seaking hobbies- I was not intending to indicate that keeping hots should be done for the rush. It should be done because of a sincere facination of the animals. In fact, those who feel the need to seek adrenaline rushes with hots should probably not keep them.
Bottom line- keeping hots is most definitely not for almost all reptile keepers, but for the few who can do it properly, I am happy to see it. It is not without risk, even for the best keeper, and those people must understand the chance they take, and be ultra commited to making sure they never endanger the public.

[snakeman]

Good luck finding a hospital that knows how to treat a snakebite.Keep venomous if you want.I have had them for years.Be prepared for the consequences.$1000's in medical bills,disfigurement,confiscation of all your herps, and or death.

[Hornets23]

James..love the copperhead. That is probably the only venomous snake that I would even be tempted to keep. We had one in my herpetology classroom along with a cottonmouth. She was positively gorgeous but honestly, even though copperheads dont have venom that is as stong as a lot of the others, I dont think I could justify the risk.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Maybe I'm just reading you wrong (probably), but to me that seems like pretty much the worst possible reason to keep a potentially dangerous animal. It's one thing if the dangerous element just spices up the hobby a bit, and a whole other if danger is practically the only reason you're doing it.

Well, you are entirely right.... and the sad thing is, that when I ask some people why they keep venomous snakes... a lot of them answer something along these lines. Usually, these are younger single guys between 20 and 30. The people that say that, I say to myself.... never take snake keeping lessons from that guy!!! And continue on my way. I want to keep them purely to observe and to photograph. I am not at all keen on jumping out of a perfectly good airplane and I am not particularly fond of rollercoasters... and I have target shot many guns but I don't like doing it. The same goes for venomous snakes, I am not going to get into keeping them because it's dangerous.... if I DO get into keeping any.... it will be for the observe and photograph the beautiful snake aspect.

[gregmonsta]

Good stuff James glad you found some of those photos

[charles parenteau]

This is my regret, I sold this boiga cyanea to my friend Martin..2 years ago.She give me two cluch of eggs that turn to be unfertile...At the same time my male died,unable to breed them...
I already order one male and 2 female To my friend Phil.
Today I went to my friend home to take a look at her shes around 5 foot long.Very Docile ..

[guidofatherof5]

Beautiful snake!