I am a cobra fanatic! Who here has some nice naja to show off? Most of the threads I've been looking through are all vipers (which are still awesome!) but surely someone has to have some cobras :)

hehehehe

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/patthesnakeman/100_5824.jpg


:p:p:p

Funny Patrick!

What type cobra is that????:lol:

That would be a FALSE water cobra


Sylvias... most likely I will have one later this year... once I get a secure enclosure built.

That would be a FALSE water cobra


Sylvias... most likely I will have one later this year... once I get a secure enclosure built.
LOL Kevin....Liz was so pulling your leg!

and she does such a good job.

and you so fall for it :lol:

of course I did.... Im a redneck... what do you expect.

nice fwc

Here are a couple I had about 2 years ago. I posted them down a ways.
Snouted
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb150/NoahCriswell/Picture147.jpg
Suphan
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb150/NoahCriswell/Picture198.jpg

nice suphan :)
Kevin haven't you been "getting cobras" for like a year now?! Come on man! hurry up!

yeah... but the animals that make me money.... always seem to push the cobra back to the back burner.

That would be a FALSE water cobra


Sylvias... most likely I will have one later this year... once I get a secure enclosure built. I knew that

LOL Kevin....Liz was so pulling your leg! :lol:

and she does such a good job. obviously I did a great job

and you so fall for it :lol: Hehehe yes he did

of course I did.... Im a redneck... what do you expect.:lol:

Here are a couple I had about 2 years ago. I posted them down a ways.
Snouted
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb150/NoahCriswell/Picture147.jpg
Suphan
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb150/NoahCriswell/Picture198.jpg


NICE pics

See Liz... at least we can agree on one thing.

See Liz... at least we can agree on one thing.
Yes we can Kevin

Monocled Cobra

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m49/southernwolf/Hots/MonocledcobraNajakaouthia03RS.jpg

King Cobra

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m49/southernwolf/Hots/KingCobraOphiophagushannah05RS.jpg

Banded Water Cobra

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m49/southernwolf/Hots/BandedWaterCobraBoulengirinaannulat.jpg

Monocled Cobra

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m49/southernwolf/Hots/MonocledcobraMeNajakaouthia01RS.jpg

Naja ashei

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii139/kbnaturephotography/Hots/0803hot001.jpg

Naja ashei

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii139/kbnaturephotography/Hots/0803hot002.jpg

Thanks for lookin...

WOW awesome cobra pics but better you than me

I love em... and as Sylvias has said... eventually I will have a few.

Great shots Kevin .
Toni

yeah... but the animals that make me money.... always seem to push the cobra back to the back burner.

what kind you planning on getting?? some i can play with i hope XD

Nice shots everyone. Love looking at pics of them.

I want a lucy monocled and a Coral Cobra

Those last two pics are awesome shots Kevin!

mmm the naja ashei...gotta love it! Not the kidna cobras i'll be getting into though heh I wont do spitters...

Nice looking cobras guys! The monocled cobra's freaking nice looking!

We were at NERD last night and I got to hold the non-business end of Kevins 9' female king cobra. She's a venomoid and tame as a puppy but damn I still don't quite trust that!

Man.....this thread is gonna get me in trouble!!!

Love the cobra pic's guys :yourock:

I will never work with... or keep a venomoid.

Why would you do that... oh yeah.. so you can say your cool... and MAYBE live thru a bite because you have no business with a hot to begin with.

Sorry..... but those types of people just rub me the wrong way.

Ive worked with Kings.. that are as nature intended them to be.

I will never work with... or keep a venomoid.

Why would you do that... oh yeah.. so you can say your cool... and MAYBE live thru a bite because you have no business with a hot to begin with.

Sorry..... but those types of people just rub me the wrong way.

Ive worked with Kings.. that are as nature intended them to be.

i have to agree with you :yessir:

i dunno Kev... I have always been against venomoids but then I thought about how iI would like to include a cobra in educational talks I want to give eventually... and thought.... it would be alot easier to handle a snake and talk to the audiance if I knew it was voided....doesn't mean the audiance has to know... and of course i would only get it done by a liscenced vet who can do it professionally....
but that would only be ONE animal and all my others would be regularly dangerous.

NIce pics Kev! THat one with the venom coming out is awesome!!!!

but here is the problem Sylvias... doesnt matter IF it is done by someone qualified or not... they have been PROVEN to regenerate. There are video's over at the Kentucky Reptile Zoo site that proves this.

You should treat ALL venomous as Deadly Hot.... I dont care if its just a copper or someones sick joke of taking out the venom glands. They are still hot. Freehandling them is NOT an option.

NIce pics Kev! THat one with the venom coming out is awesome!!!!

That only took me like 30 some odd trys.... they have ALOT of venom

but here is the problem Sylvias... doesnt matter IF it is done by someone qualified or not... they have been PROVEN to regenerate. There are video's over at the Kentucky Reptile Zoo site that proves this.

You should treat ALL venomous as Deadly Hot.... I dont care if its just a copper or someones sick joke of taking out the venom glands. They are still hot. Freehandling them is NOT an option.

The ones that have been proven to grow back are usually the ones done wrong. None have ever replaced their glands when done properly (like the ones at venomoid inc) were they remove the entire gland and duct and replace it with a silicone implant, kinda hard to grow back around an implant.... and i'm not saying i would treat it at all differently, i would need to make my audiance believe it still had its venom now wouldnt i?

Just keep thinkin that way. The moment you think you can handle a venomoid as it was a colubrid... no matter who does the surgery.... then you will most likely end up dead... and even if you dont.... you have lost my respect.

Why would you take a chance. It has been proven to grow back... even if you just leave a small sliver of the gland or duct work.

Like I said.... go check out the videos from the KY Reptile Zoo.... they did some tests on supposed Venomoids.... and they werent. The heads were sunken in because the gland had been removed.... but they were still producing. These vidoes showed either 2 or 3 different cobras that had the surgury producing venom.

I wouldnt trust a supposed venomoid any farther than I could throw it.... cause what happens is you get in the mindset... oh its a venomoid.. it cant hurt me... and then you get lax in your precautions. Then you get bit... and I hope like hell it hasn't regenerated anything.

I wish I could remember where I saw the info... but a zoo keeper was working with a venomoid cobra (freehandling it DOH)... and then threw a mouse in with the cobra.... cobra struck the mouse and a few minutes later the mouse was dead.... and the zoo keeper turned white as a sheet. (just a basic summary of the story)

Sylvias you know I trust Bobby (my mentor) with my life... he has been keeping hots for over 10 years now... and has his Masters in Herps... he will soon be going for his PhD in herps.... well he trusts the KY Reptile Zoo enough to loan them his animals for extraction and research.... therefore I trust the info coming from the KY Reptile Zoo.

Please dont fall into the trap of.... its a venomoid... it cant hurt me.

I know, kevin, like i said, i would still treat it as any other venomous, it would be a simple precaution for me and my audiance when i do eventually get around to doing educational talks.
go check out www.venomoidinc.com i've been researching all over that site and asking random questions alot lately, they are pretty reliable as far as I can tell...
Please keep in mind that IF i ever got a venomoid it would only be ONE and only for educational talks, thats it. NOT to free handle and show off or anything.

Dont get bit

If i do it will probably be because i'm being stupid with one of the ones that hasn't been voided *rolls eyes*
You know this is a long time in the future Kevin, don't lose respect for me already when I haven't even found a mentor to do training under yet...

i do not keep non native hots, but my buddy i share a facility with does....here's his axantic....he bred to his daughter this year, so we are hoping he proves genetic....the daughter is also het albino, but he is more interested in producing more axantics rather than snows.....
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n203/CanebrakeCowboy/axanticmonocle3.jpg

*drools* i saw that one somewhere before, LOVE the axanthics!!! so gorgeous

yea....we've had him on display at hamburg and the columbia shows......

wow.... very beautiful

I hope he can prove it out.

meeeee tooooo...

Good luck to him. That sure it an awesome looking animal..

wow that is awesome

That is a beautiful cobra.

That is a wicked pic :rockon: