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 Someones thoughts about these rear fanged for me please??

i have a little interest in getting one of these two snake but not sure, or if i even should yet. dose any one hear have a mangrove snake or a false water cobra? would you say in your opionion that would be a good first venomous to get? i dont really want venomous snakes but i have always really loved mangrove snakes and wanted one. but yea...

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03/28/08  07:27pm

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 Someones thoughts about these rear fanged for me please??

yes, very good step into hot keeping, and if you arent looking to get into hots they are still really cool species to keep.

mangrove snakes can have a bit of a ’tude, but usually they arent too bad unless its night time- when it is night time you have almost 0 chance of holding one w/o getting bitten, they are very nocturnal and their feeding response is CRAZY at night, from what i here.

false water cobras generally have a better demeanor, they get quite large, need large cages, big water bowl.
i havent kept either personally, so i wont go any further.



03/28/08  07:36pm

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 Someones thoughts about these rear fanged for me please??

I havent had either of those, but I recently started working into venomous with a blonde madagascar hognose, which I am very happy with. Feeding is being a little iffy still, they are a very shy species, but they are handleable. The madagascar hognoses are more like false cobras than north american hognoses, they have a slighty more toxic venom, they will form a nice hood sometimes, they really are great! I am thinking about possible getting a Mangrove snake before getting anything more toxic
03/28/08  09:58pm

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 Someones thoughts about these rear fanged for me please??

I just received a juvie (3.5’) FWC after reading the article on them in the latest Reptiles mag. This is a fast, strong snake, and as the article stated, it will knock over everything in the tank not nailed down. You will need a large, heavy duty water bowl and a solid hide box, emphasis on heavy and solid. I have a few plants in the corners of the cage (36"x16"x16") and one stout branch for it to climb on but that’s it.
As soon as I released it from the shipping container it went into feeding mode (frenzy is more like it). Within the next 6 hours it ate a slow lizard, a f/t hopper, 2 live hoppers and a cricket. Now it’s ready to shed and hasn’t eaten since. Due to its condition I have not handled it yet, except to pull it back into the cage after it chased an anole out.
All in all I am impressed with this animal and am thinking about a mangrove next, but know nothing about them. (I do have two other hots, a M&F C. atrox.)

Good luck!
JD
03/31/08  10:37pm


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