Defanging/ Devenomizing

[Will0W783]

Defanging is generally not the norm- most of the times the surgery is to remove the actual venom glands and ducts, leaving the fangs intact. If you remove the fangs, they will grow back. But without its fangs the snake cannot grab and hold onto prey properly and most end up with mouth rot and die before the fangs can grow back. Like Wayne said, there is ONLY ONE company in the entire USA (Venomoid, Inc) that has a licensed veterinarian do the glad-removal surgery, provides implants to take up the space from the removed glands and gives the snakes pain medicines. Their animals come with paperwork and customer service and generally seem to do well, but venomoid surgery has not been around nearly long enough for anyone to speculate on how they will do long-term. It is unnatural, it is most likely detrimental to the snake, and will most likely shorten the lifespan. Also state and local governments do not recognize the existence of venomoids, so if your area outlaws keeping venomous snakes, then venomoid snakes are illegal too.