feeding day from the gaboon viper

gaboonviper85

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figured id take some pics today of the gaboon eatin...enjoy...

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whos hungry?
 

slidebabyslide

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i was going to buy a snake at a pet store but i have a hamster ..... my g/f said it was a bad idea/...... Then i saw a bearded dragon but it was 300 bucks and it was small It look brown so i duno if it was healthy haha..
 

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I dislike snakes as well. I dont see the appeal of them as pets either. To each his own.


poor mouse

your loss i guess....i killed the mouse before i fed it to the gaboon fyi lol

nice snake! looks cool, how large will it get?

about five foot 15 pounds. they are very short but very thick.

i was going to buy a snake at a pet store but i have a hamster ..... my g/f said it was a bad idea/...... Then i saw a bearded dragon but it was 300 bucks and it was small It look brown so i duno if it was healthy haha..

having a hamster doesn't mean anything....aslong as you wash your hands well before handling the snake your good.....ive never had an issue with small animals and snakes...infact ive had snakes come nose to nose with cats and they didnt care its almost like they knew it wasnt food.

and i could geat you a bearded dragon for less then $100 shipped....from a very respectable breeder.
 

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Gaboon vipers have one of the prettiest patterns and colors of all snakes. The pictures of the red boas's were gorgeous also. I've caught just about every snake imaginable in the U.S., and I've had numerous snakes as pets, but my favorites were my California banded king snakes. I've also had watermocasins and copperheads as pets for short periods of time. I would keep them for a week or so and then release them. I used to have the Alabama snake farm about five minutes from my house. I would take them snakes all the time and trade them for less aggressive snakes.
Do you still have the albino King Cobra? If so, make a video of it eating.
 

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How did you kill the mouse? Did that not hurt your feelings at all? Lol... I had to feed my lizards flies and I didn't even like doing that. Stewart!!!
 

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they were in a box and I threw the box against the floor and waited till the mice stop kicking......no I didn't feel bad...I'm used to killing rodents I don't care
 

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suprahero;1082779 said:
Gaboon vipers have one of the prettiest patterns and colors of all snakes. The pictures of the red boas's were gorgeous also. I've caught just about every snake imaginable in the U.S., and I've had numerous snakes as pets, but my favorites were my California banded king snakes. I've also had watermocasins and copperheads as pets for short periods of time. I would keep them for a week or so and then release them. I used to have the Alabama snake farm about five minutes from my house. I would take them snakes all the time and trade them for less aggressive snakes.
Do you still have the albino King Cobra? If so, make a video of it eating.

Never had an albino king cobra(had an albino monocled cobra)...I sold him over a year ago though...sorry...I miss the guy though cause he was so mellow!

Yes I keep the gaboon in a rubbermaid because of the strict humidity requirements for gaboons would rot wood and glass aquariums are horrid cages and very heavy.