r/VenomousKeepers 9h ago

Echis romani

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57 Upvotes

This little guy is doing good and growing. The skin texture is so strange feeling.


r/VenomousKeepers 19h ago

Indian man catching a king cobra

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25 Upvotes

r/VenomousKeepers 1d ago

TIL Spitting Cobra are very accurate and are successful over 90% of the time when aiming for the eyes.

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45 Upvotes

Apparently Steve Irwin was a victim of getting sprayed in the eyes. His mentioned it an interview.


r/VenomousKeepers 1d ago

what happens if you get bit by a Komodo Island pit viper? (Trimeresurus insularis)

24 Upvotes

I’ve recently gotten into loving more snake species more and more, and this is a dream snake of mine to own. of course, this is not something I’m going to own in the near future or anytime soon at all considering I’m a 15-year-old who just got her first ball python like less than two months ago and has other easy beginner reptiles lol.

Anyway, I’ve looked up a few things about a blue pit viper bite, but I keep getting different answers when I look it up so I’m not really sure. Is it fatal immediately or soon after? Is it something that’s life changing if not fatal? They’re such beautiful snakes and I think they’re the only venomous snake I’d want to own, although that’s probably gonna change in the next decade😭 I currently only own a bearded dragon, a Halloween moon crab, and my juvenile ball python Salem. Along with other animals that are not reptiles. So by no means am I gonna get this anytime soon I just want to know about the bite and it’s venom because for some reason I can’t find a direct answer anywhere.


r/VenomousKeepers 1d ago

Wild pit vipers casually lying around

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61 Upvotes

r/VenomousKeepers 2d ago

Bitis gabonica "uganda" eye ticking

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36 Upvotes

r/VenomousKeepers 2d ago

Bitis gabonica "uganda" eye ticking

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34 Upvotes

r/VenomousKeepers 2d ago

Sunday morning sleepyheads

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84 Upvotes

I hope everyone is sleeping in and as comfortable as these two Gilas are this Sunday morning!


r/VenomousKeepers 2d ago

Can you name an ugly looking snake?

6 Upvotes

So many beautiful snakes on our planet, but c'mon, they're had to be one snake that is just butt ugly. Please tell me about them


r/VenomousKeepers 3d ago

Huamantlan rattlesnake

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55 Upvotes

r/VenomousKeepers 3d ago

Freshly shed hypermel C. atrox, Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

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174 Upvotes

r/VenomousKeepers 3d ago

Sistrurus tergeminus

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53 Upvotes

New here, figured I’d show off my new pair lol


r/VenomousKeepers 3d ago

Black widow pictures?

2 Upvotes

Hello I'm an artist with a fascination with venomous animals and making art of them. I've drawn a King Cobra before, and am giving other snakes, like the Copperhead, a shot. But you want to know what I think would be a fun challenge? A spider. So I'd like to request a picture of a Black Widow (not picky about subspecies) from anyone who's OK with me trying to draw their spood.


r/VenomousKeepers 4d ago

Best Place to live for Venomous Snake Mentorship/Education

1 Upvotes

What is the best state to live in for venomous keepers? I'm not talking about easiest or the place with the most lax laws regarding hots, but somewhere with a good community based around venomous snakes, and somewhere with good, trustworthy and respected mentors?


r/VenomousKeepers 4d ago

Bitis gabonica 0.1

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523 Upvotes

r/VenomousKeepers 5d ago

Looking for Mentors/Education Opportunities in Michigan.

6 Upvotes

Hello, I am based in southern Michigan and would like to get experience with venomous snakes and find a mentor. I’m not(currently) looking at this with the intention to own hots myself, I’m not sure if my life will ever logistically allow me to, but I am extremely passionate about snakes; they have fascinated me ever since I first interacted with one as a child…so even if I never have the privilege of keeping these animals, the knowledge and experience alone would be well worth it to me.

I’d be happy to clean cages, sweep floors, and do anything else required of me as long as I get to learn!

PS: if this is weird way to look for a mentor, my bad, and I would be interested in correct way to go about it, or to at least be pointed in the right direction :)


r/VenomousKeepers 6d ago

Beaded lizard was thrilled to hear our chickens just started laying.

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39 Upvotes

r/VenomousKeepers 6d ago

Atheris Broadleyi

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106 Upvotes

Welcome to the family, she is a beautiful girl❤️


r/VenomousKeepers 6d ago

Sri Lankan Pit

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90 Upvotes

r/VenomousKeepers 8d ago

Atheris squamigera

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211 Upvotes

I’m a broken record with my squams but I can’t get enough of em! Enjoy 🐍


r/VenomousKeepers 8d ago

Cameroon gabonica

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325 Upvotes

Grown from a bebe.


r/VenomousKeepers 8d ago

Chilled SA Bushmaster

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52 Upvotes

1.0. Lachesis muta muta


r/VenomousKeepers 9d ago

What instar do female Western black widows [Latrodectus hesperus] get their adult colors?

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9 Upvotes

r/VenomousKeepers 10d ago

Gila posing for the camera

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98 Upvotes

Not really, Gilas are naturally photogenic! This is one of the Gilas I produced a few years ago that’s really getting a deep orange.