Quote Originally Posted by chris-uk View Post
What were you milking the copperhead for? When I was 15 I did some pretty stupid things, but I don't think my parents would have let me keep venomous snakes - in fact I'm certain of it, because in the UK you need 5 be licensed to keep dangerous wild animals (am I to understand that in New Jersey anyone can keep hot snakes?).
Regardless, what were you planning to do with the milked venom? Outside of a lab or medical setting there's not much that venom is useful for.

When we were younger we all did some dumb things. Milking the venomous snake I owned was one of them. I was going to try to use the venom to create a venom-resistant mouse. Before I get criticized for doing that, I know it is a dumb idea and almost definitely would have failed. And to answer your question, no you also need to be licensed to keep venomous snakes in NJ. That's why I will not start up with hots again until I can live in PA, because in PA, anyone can keep hots.