Comments on: Venomous snakes as pets

By: Pet Snakes

Pet Snakes — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:54:00 +0000

I definitely agree. There should be some kind of certification process, BUT on the other hand I believe in the freedom of a person to be stupid. Even stupid to the point of death. Now I’m certainly not saying that owning a hot makes you stupid, but rather owning a hot with no experience or training in how to handle and care for them is pretty stupid.

By: monroe

monroe — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:46:00 +0000

If you do own a hot their is one smart thing to do and that is get the antivenom for the particualar snake you get. i have a few hots and i buy antivenom at antivenomandvaccine.com it is the only place i can find to buy it. It is not always cheap though about 100 dollers a vial and i needed six.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:39:00 +0000

Thanks a lot for this page. It helped me a lot. I was seriously considering getting a venomous snake, prefferably a viper, but now realise i was probobally going to become one of those ‘idiots’. I enjoy owning snakes i can handle and really appreciate up close and as personally as you can and I dont think that would be possible with a snake that i know could kill me when its in a bad mood. Best to carry on loving and appreciating these marvelous creatures from a distance.

By: Markmosley60

Markmosley60 — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:21:00 +0000

venomous snakes are NOT PETS, them 2 words should never be used together! a pet is something that will show you affection and does not want to kill you.

By: Frank Bergman

Frank Bergman — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:04:00 +0000

Lexjex this is not true, in states where hots are legal thousands of people go to reptile expos and buy hots and thousands of people keep them and everything is working our just fine. Do accidents happen ? Of course, but they are rare, and that is not a reason to tell someone not to own a hot snake. The accidents you mention of snakes getting out and attacking a neighbor has never been documented. Most hots could not live outside in the winter or most of the year, and even if they could they do not want to attack people. They would probably just slither away and never see any one again, or die. What you are doing is called fear mongering and it shows that you have absolutely zero experience with hot snakes.