Hello everyone, I'm new to your forums.
Thought I'd say hello and introduce some of my pets.
Firstly, here is
Kwaaitjie.
He/she (haven't sexed it yet) is a Snouted Cobra - always a little scared and defensive.
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Here's its larger sibling,
Kreatien, who is always very friendly. He/she never hoods.
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Here's
Goebbels, my baby West-African Gaboon Viper.
Unfortunately he's sick at the moment due to my own negligence. His enclosure was too cold because I positioned his thermostat probe incorrectly. I'm giving him an antibiotic injection every second day, hoping he will feel better soon.
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Last year, I bred Bamboo Vipers.
Here's my female, named
Eva.
Unlike her "husband", she's very well behaved and has never tried to tag me.
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She ended up giving me nine perfect little babies. Raising them was difficult, because babies usually eat small frogs or lizards in the wild.
I don't have access to feeder geckos or frogs, so I had to assist-feed them frozen (thawed) day-old mice. This is done by placing mice in their mouths and letting them swallow by themselves.
Soon, they graduated to tease-feeding, which is basically just annoying them with the mouse until they get angry and bite it. Sometimes they realize it's food and swallow it.
Eventually, they got used to the taste of mice and started eating without any help.
Here's a picture of one of the male babies.
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I traded the nine baby Bamboo Vipers for four baby Snouted Cobras. You saw two of them in this post.
That's it for now, maybe I'll post some of my other pets in the future.
To whoever sees this, have a great day!
