Halloween Trick or Treat?

[adamanteus]

Very nice atrox, Jerry. Do you specialize in Rattlers? They seem to crop up in your posts quite often. My personal favourite, and one I have kept long-term is adamanteus (hence the screen name). I have kept several others, but the Eastern is 'the daddy'!

[RZL36]

I recently saw a huge albino adamanteus at Hamburg. Really, really scary (in a good way). I love buzzers so much.

My favorite is basilicus, but it could be durissius (very pretty)or horridus (the only native rattler to my state) on another day.

Jerry, that albino atrox is a beauty. I'm not even a huge albinism fan (I hate that movie Powder), but for some reason, I love albino rattlesnakes. The reason probably is you can see their definition better. Really nice snakes. Love seeing crotalid pictures. Someone bring on the bothrops

[adamanteus]

Someone bring on the bothrops

Rich, don't get me started on Bothrops! Or more specifically Bothriopsis and Bothriechis, I love 'em! Also Trimeresurus. We could start a whole other forum! What about Atheris? My wish list just gets bigger!

[RZL36]

Oh man, do I love bush vipers.
Especially those without a specific antivenom.

[RZL36]

Habus scare the hell out of me though. I really gotta chill though. Every time I get into this, I immediately start thinking about moving to Pennsylvania and starting a crotalid zoo.

[Lori P]

Sigh... leave it to me to notice not the gorgeous yellow snake first, but that fact that she is in a Toblerone box.... LOLOL!!!!

[adamanteus]

It's a well known fact that a Rattlers' staple diet is triangular chocolate. I thought you would have known that, Lori!

[Lori P]

Livin' and learnin', James. Livin' and learnin'. :-) :-) Does it have to be German triangular chocolate or are American rattler's not so picky? LOL

[anji1971]

Well now, if I can share chocolate with a snake, then bring it on!!!!!!!!

BTW, thanks to those of you who shared some info about working with the venomous snakes; interesting, but I think I'll leave them to you to take care of!

[RZL36]

Well buzztails only like fine chocolates from Europe. Ironically they hate American chocolate.

That is why they are so cranky. It's some sort of sugar deficiency. Feed them some chocolate and you can free handle them like a kingsnake.