Hey Guys,
RBBS are supposed to be one of the lesser venomous snakes eh? I attempted to force feed my poor little Otis as he will only eat live food - I just cant get any food for him now as winter nears. He turn his nose up at live mice etc etc etc. He is always been a reluctant biter, as they...
Hi There Everyone,Just looking for some advice and opinions regarding one of my female spotted pythons. Her name is Bug. She is a full-grown adult that I got a few years back. Come breeding season 2006 I put one of my males in with her and they hit it off immediately (you know what I'm sayin')...
Handling East. Browns, Mulgas, Spotted Blacks, Collett's as if they were pythons. Just wondering what everyones opinion is on this? Can it be done? Have you seen it done?
Hey all. I have a mate who lives on a sheep property in Longreach, Queensland. It's about 80, 000 acres and he regularly gets big venomous visitors (namely tigers and King Browns).
His dad killed an eight foot long King Brown :shock:. Amazing!
First of all, I know how APS works so I want to...
Hey,
Just wondering if anyone can tell what snake species you are allowed to keep on a Recreational wildlife licence ?
I've googled but can't find a list,
Thanks.
Scientific Name - P.Colletti
Common Name - Colletts Black Snake
Age - 2 yrs
Sex - Female
Length - 70cm
Quantity Available - 1
General Description -
Extreamly Placid, Would make fantastic beginner or demo elapid. Eats both adult mice and simular sized rats weekly. Prefer to trade for a Yearling...
Just wondering what family/scientific name the collett is under (out of curiosity and so i can place under the right section in the gallery). I did a google search and found pictures different to mine
cheers
hey all, me and a couple of mates have a few acres out near warwick and on a previous trip we stumbled across a small snake about 30cm long hiding under a rock. It had a completely black head, a red body with black and white rings running around its body evry 5cms or so. I didnt have a camera...
Just some pics I took at Billabong Koala Park.
From left to right we have Coastal Taipan, Death adder, inland taipan and a red belly
The taipans were very inquisitive. The flash frightened him but he came right over to the glass to check us out.
It is a common discussion amongst snake enthusiasts as to how vens compare re; toxicity, deadliness, etc...
I thought you might find this table interesting, it is based on comparison with the toxicity of the Indian Cobra venom, which is assigned a 1 rating.
The table is not mine, but comes...
What reptiles and amphibians, or can someone give me a link to this info, are deemed 'restricted reptiles and amphibians' as per the Qld EPA definition.
Thanks in advance :-)
Hey all how are you? Look I am sure this has been discussed before but Whta i wanted to know is I have just been going over what we can and can't keep in respect to reptles in Qld and after reading it several times as far as I understand we can keep Crocs in QLD on a rec license. Here is the...
hey, just wondering how many of u guys out there own venom producing scalies? and what have u got?
Mostly i want to know how and when u got into it/them? seems a pretty big jump in confidence / responsiblility / insanity? (just kidding i would love to) :P to go from being happy handling...
So oftern people use words that some of us dont understand their true meaning of.I thought it might be interesting to see how many herp associated words their are and what they mean.
Ill start off with an easy one
Morelia Spilota ::: carpet/diamond python.
Odie
Here's a few pics of the pets we have at home
Death adder, Acanthophus rugosus
Mainland tiger, Notechis scutatus
Redbelly, Pseudechis porphyriachis
Collett's snake, Pseudechis colletti
Eastern brown snake yearling, Pseudonaja textilis
Eastern brown snake subadult, P...
Different Sp. of pythons are there?
Or rather how many different Pythons i.e Morelia Spilota Chenyei and Morelia Spilota McDowelli count as two not one.
Obviously not including morphs, also say scrubs for example they come from different parts like the tanimbar, and halmahera and Moluccan...
some of u may remember we have had a few snakes visit us lately
a large coastal
a smallish brown tree snake
a little green tree snake which we have seen several times since posting
after the last snake i said 'at least we havent had anything venomous'
well i jinxed myself
today this...
ok, i dont have my rest. licence yet and i wont for a little wile but am wondering a few questions.
what is a good elapid for a beginer of dangerious snakes.
what elapid is the least agressive.
thanks
ashley
just wandering how many people in aps keep venomous reptiles? if so what sort? as i have a few myself and just want ideas on what most other people keep.
Thanks Rick