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ManitouWolf In reply to Meepin-Snek [2017-10-01 05:34:13 +0000 UTC]

Aren't they, though?  I wasn't able to go see her this year (she's on display over Memorial Day weekend), but hopefully I can next year.  She's not nearly as pink any more and is listed as a "white-sided" rattlesnake now. 

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Meepin-Snek In reply to ManitouWolf [2017-10-01 20:02:42 +0000 UTC]

Is there differences in the behaviors of different rattlers you think? I wanted to do a little research on rattle snakes for fun (though when I search rattle snakes on Google I get mostly articles about people who've been bitten) and I don't know what type of rattle butt I should start with.

Oh yeah, I've seen ball pythons start out pink and turn white later as well. I wanna see one of these animals stay pink.

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ManitouWolf In reply to Meepin-Snek [2017-10-02 17:21:47 +0000 UTC]

From what I've heard from various venomous snake keepers who keep rattlesnakes, it's definitely more of an individual snake as opposed to a particular species.  Individually speaking, some rattlesnakes are incredibly laid back, while others are incredibly high strung.

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Meepin-Snek In reply to ManitouWolf [2017-10-04 02:04:21 +0000 UTC]

I was thinking it would be cool to work with rattlesnakes if I know what I'm doing. I've seen a video of a man that had a rattler de-venomed or something, so he was holding it on his shoulders like it was a ball python! Though I don't know if I would risk pissing one off even without venom. I don't like the idea of flesh covered teeth sinking into my own flesh... Eheh...

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ManitouWolf In reply to Meepin-Snek [2017-10-12 18:08:52 +0000 UTC]

Removing the snake's venom glands is an inhumane and seriously stupid thing to do, as sometimes the gland grow back.

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Meepin-Snek In reply to ManitouWolf [2017-10-13 13:34:18 +0000 UTC]

Well I never said I devenomed anything or would.

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ManitouWolf In reply to Meepin-Snek [2017-10-14 15:19:21 +0000 UTC]

No worries.  Most vets refuse to do it now.  I just had to put that information out there in case other people read it and thought that would be an "easy/safe" way to have venomous snakes without having to "worry" about the whole venom thing. 

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Meepin-Snek In reply to ManitouWolf [2017-10-19 15:37:57 +0000 UTC]

I'd still worry even without the venom. Because I don't like the idea of fangs that look that way being in me x3

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ManitouWolf In reply to Meepin-Snek [2017-10-26 14:39:56 +0000 UTC]

Especially if you know you run a high chance of the bite getting infected even if there is zero venom involved. 

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Meepin-Snek In reply to ManitouWolf [2017-10-30 04:50:02 +0000 UTC]

Yep. Actually, I didn't know they could infect humans.

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ManitouWolf In reply to Meepin-Snek [2017-10-31 03:17:51 +0000 UTC]

Any animal bite runs the risk of infection.  With reptiles, there's also the possibility of them carrying salmonella. 

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Meepin-Snek In reply to ManitouWolf [2017-11-02 15:38:02 +0000 UTC]

Oh :c
Yeah it isn't something I hear about often so it isn't thought about often. Still though, on occasion if I get a little nip from a hungry and confused snake.

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ManitouWolf In reply to RowdyRocks909 [2013-08-22 21:14:25 +0000 UTC]

There is a lot of genetic mutations within rattlers.

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ManitouWolf In reply to The-Wild-Soul [2013-08-16 22:39:59 +0000 UTC]

I agree. 
I hope to be able to photograph her each year. 

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