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My wife is researching the viability of a pet sitting service and was thinking about providing for reptiles as well. I know snakes can be left without food for a while but would people be interested in a service where somebody came to your house and feed and watered your various scaly friends...

Hey guys, im chasing a nice looking yearling coastal taipan. Contact on [email protected] thanks

call me a noob but im just curious, what exactly makes a person "experienced" enough to own venomous snakes? i think i read that they have to have a written recommendation by an experienced handler, but what makes them so experienced? by no means do i want one in my possession, im just curious...

Does the DSE consider Brown Tree Snakes as venomous? As in, would I need to do a course (not that any of them let you be under 18 years old) to get one?

I'm hoping someone or hopefully a few people will be able to point me in the direction of some literature on snakebite. Specifically accounts of bites from highly venomous Australian Elapids or where bites from so called less venomous snakes have caused potentially life threatening symptoms...

This was found in the NT outside of darwin. Some said it was a keelback, others a brown. Can anyone confirm for me please?

For those who followed the old thread (http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/general-reptile-discussion-42/snakebite-documentary-abc-tonight-75880/)about our work in Papua New Guinea: Here's the latest postscript which some of you might find to be interesting reading: PLoS Neglected Tropical...

Sorry if this is a well-worn question but does anybody know whether this snake is an Eastern Brown or Coastal Taipan? Spotted today at the top of Mount Beerburrum in the Glasshouse Mountains on the Sunshine Coast. Not great photos but we weren't about to get any closer (spotted in the grass from...

Ahh yes another guess thread if you guess it correctly I'll post the full pic and you can have a turn I'll start easy

As a snake catcher and relocator, I get to see and meet many different types of people who are having a confrontation with a reptile. It didn't take me long to figure out that the majority of people I meet are flat out scared of reptiles. If I was to extrapolate the percentages I would...

Species Common Name Coastal Taipan Age yearling Length about 1m Quantity Available 1 Bred By Shane Black General Description Nice looking coatsal taipan, red & cream coloured animal, feeds well on adult mice. pick up only will not freight. Must have appropriate license...

i just want to know if you can keep a brown snake? if so what type of licence do you need? and if you can handle them? im just curious as i think they are freaking gorgous...unfortunately the only live ones i have seen have been killed. and live i meant by non picture/photo form

Mate found this in this garage, Is it what I think it is?

I used to know a bloke up here (sadly deceased) named Graham Gow. He claimed that bhp's were immune to the toxins of taipans, death adders, browns, etc. He felt that given the fact that current broad spectrum antivenines were as dangerous as the bite itself in many cases, someone should find...

Does it annoy anyone else when snakes are described as "poisonous" or am I just too picky?

Hi all, Just putting a question out there to everyone. Ignoring all States regulations etc...... What are your thoughts of free handling venomous snakes in public???? Cheers Darron

http://www.northjersey.com/topstories/fairlawn/020111_Fair_Lawn_man_25_in_serious_condition_after_pet_cobra_bite.html?c=y&page=1 If the guy had died do you think the dealer who lied and told him that the cobras venom glands had been removed would face murder or manslaughter charges?

Taken at- Rockhampton, Central Queensland.

have you ever noticed how mean looking elapids look? the kinda look of 'don't mess with me or i'll kill you!!!' heres what i mean with comparisons to snakes like carpets. ^^pilbara death adder ^^Eastern Brown ^^Coastal Taipan Comparisons ^^Diamond ^^Jungle see...

Does feeding while sloughing or prior to slough hinder the shedding process? I've heard stories of this - with multiple reasons behind it (such as the new skin hasn't "set" yet or they have trouble getting it over a bulge) but have been unconvinced so far. In my experience if the snake...

I took the family to the reptile park at Gosford today. It was a good day, but would have liked to have seen and handled a few more snakes. (only seen 2 that were being handled by everyone, the second was a gorgeous diamond, but i only spotted it as the girl was taking it away, and she was quite...

Scientific Name Common Name Coastal Taipan Age 3 yrs *** MALE Length 2 M Quantity Available 1 Price $500 Bred By General Description Great snake, feeds very well ! Location Park ridge Willing to Freight? yes Contact Details Shaun (07) 38033973, 0435520152 License...

Thought Id make a thread for snake catchers to show off their rescued / relocated venomous snakes. Me 1st

Last week i was made look an absolute fool by mistaking an escarpment childrens python for an oenpelli :P. They look a bit different to a normal phase childrens and apparently the mistake isn't that uncommon, doesn't make it any less embarrassing though. They don't grow quite as large as the...

When I first moved to Australia I asked my year 9 science class to tell me all of the things that could harm or kill me so I could be on the look out. They were really gutted that I was going to be ripped a new one by a cassowary, envenomated by a stinger or a taipan, perhaps smashed by a...

NOTE*ok so this is not a insulting thread to people that actually know what they're talking about, have a small amount of knowledge or have done the research. this is more aimed at those that are ABSOLUTELY and POSITIVELY clueless about snakes (also i did a search, couldn't find anything...

*grabs shovel*

Hey guys, having a dicussion with one of the vets at work. am after an accurate distribution of coastal taipans in the south east qld region. cheers Gary Looking for info from the local snake relocators, one of the venom detection kits came up with coastal taipan

After reading the other thread ,and seeing some people's so called 'nesessary' thinking that you need to kill the snake to ID rubbish thinking ...thought I would actually tell you what happened and show you a few actual pics (they arent the best as I used my phone) of my husband in the ICU at...

spotted at work just after 8 pm.... about 20 k's west of rockhampton..

tonights ep, he cant even tell a diamond python from a broad headed snake.. haha. thats like seeing a worm and saying step back it may be a centerpede........ she should have called a snake catcher instead

G'day all, As I was just sitting about doing a bit of research on Australian Elapids, and a past very breif discussion about this species of Taipan came to mind. Which sparked some thought as to what research has since been undertaken in trying to improve knowledge of them and what has been...

Common Name Coastal Taipan Age 10 months *** Probable male Length 60cm Quantity Available 1 Price $400 Bred By Venom Supplies General Description Handles well, feeds great, in awesome health and condition. Location North Brisbane Willing to Freight? Yes $80...

I am marlborough in nth qld working and have seen two black snakes both with bright yellow bellies and with a white/grey head. One i found dead and the other very much alive while out jogging. both were decent size snakes. The first i thought was a red belly black but after seeing the dead one i...

Salutations forumites, First a few warnings. There is quite a lot of text in this post as a consequence of the amount of material. Feel free to skip it and look at the pretty pictures if you please. Also, the photos in this post were taken with both a Canon DSLR and an Olympus point-and-shoot...

I have been wanting to get a snake for a while now and now I have my own place I can now do this. I was wondering what snakes are good for a first timer. I am looking at getting something that can be handled, that is colourful and also want to buy it young but don't want something that grows...

I was looking for a list of the most dangerous snakes on google and i came across this paper. http://members.iinet.net.au/~bush/myth.html It is well worth a read and makes some really good arguments about our snakes being ******* in comparison to some other snakes in the world. The...

Hi, went to Australia zoo today and had a really good day. Last time I went was the 2nd of February last year and it was so incredibly busy,we heard on one of the staffs walkie talkies that 6000 people had visited, while today we heard about 2000 people. I'll start with the negatives. I...

found out the old scientific name for The coastal taipan when it was first discribed, clue it shared the same name as the yellow faced whip snake?

Just wondering if anyone made it to the Armidale course on the weekend? Unfortunately, I was double booked and know that Pinkie was unable to go due to car troubles, wondering if it was a good weekend?

...and everyone else, but I thought David could help me with this one. We constantly hear about Australia's Fierce Snake as having the most potent venom in the world (of the terrestrial species of snakes), but often hear about another school of thought which suggests that the scale by which...

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When i was growing up i was fortunate enough to have a colony of common tree snakes living around and sometimes even in our house i often caught them at various sizes and found only the odd one would snap thrash and fart, uaually it was like they'd been hand reared.I'd love to keep one but they...

I think it is time for another triva contest. One point per question. first to 10 points. Questions will be posted at randon times but most questions will be posted after 9:00 Central daylight time. I'll try and make the questions google - unfreindly ! Where a question asks for a species...

To add to Fangs Mini Survey regarding what Python would you like to own if money was no object. I propose this survey if money was no object and you had the required licence what snake would like to own. Me personally # 1 Inland Taipan # 2 Rattlesnake # 3 King Cobra