Cobras as pets...

[dave himself]

I see three cobras delt with on a regular basis, each one has a different personalities. The spitter is quite calm, hoods up now again and very rarely spits. The Naja Naja is a bit more defensive hoods and strikes most of the time. And the albino is a nut job she just wants to bite anything that's near her all the time. I stay well clear of them all, now don't get me wrong they're awesome snakes and I could watch them all day from behind glass. But when it's time for to deep clean the vivs I stay well clear and leave it to guy's who've worked with them for a long time. Watching videos is fine but when it comes to the real thing it's a completely different matter, please don't think I'm being cheeky or attacking you in anyway. But has stated above at sometime you're going to have to get up close and personal with them such as, remove eyecaps, retained shed. I've watched this being done, and I was sweating bullets, never mind having to do it myself. Once again I'm not being cheeky, just merely telling you from what I've seen and trying to be helpful

[Scubadiver59]

I just watched a VK vid where he had a stuck shed on one of his vipers...I liked the clear tube he used to keep the "pointy end" encased and controlled while he pulled off the stuck shed from its tail. Nice touch that.

Originally Posted by dave himself

I see three cobras delt with on a regular basis, each one has a different personalities. The spitter is quite calm, hoods up now again and very rarely spits. The Naja Naja is a bit more defensive hoods and strikes most of the time. And the albino is a nut job she just wants to bite anything that's near her all the time. I stay well clear of them all, now don't get me wrong they're awesome snakes and I could watch them all day from behind glass. But when it's time for to deep clean the vivs I stay well clear and leave it to guy's who've worked with them for a long time. Watching videos is fine but when it comes to the real thing it's a completely different matter, please don't think I'm being cheeky or attacking you in anyway. But has stated above at sometime you're going to have to get up close and personal with them such as, remove eyecaps, retained shed. I've watched this being done, and I was sweating bullets, never mind having to do it myself. Once again I'm not being cheeky, just merely telling you from what I've seen and trying to be helpful

[dave himself]

Originally Posted by Scubadiver59

I just watched a VK vid where he had a stuck shed on one of his vipers...I liked the clear tube he used to keep the "pointy end" encased and controlled while he pulled off the stuck shed from its tail. Nice touch that.

Once again mate I don't mean to be cheeky, but as I said videos are all well and good. But when you're actually there with the snake in front of you it's a different matter, and things don't always go according to plan. I love watching VKs videos to , but even he has some scary moments. Look for the one where he's trying to box black mambas and ends up getting charged by one of them . It's one of the older videos and I can't remember the title but well worth a watch