Baby Utiri Rhino Viper

by TurtsAndTorts
Jun 11, 2004 12:58 PM · 12777 views · 52.1 k · 785 x 563

Keywords: Rhino Viper, venomoid, baby uturi forest rhino

This is a baby captive bred and born Uturi or Ituri (spellings seem to varry) forest Rhino viper. It underwent the venomoid surgury at the age of one month, and has been doing great! It is feeding every 7-10 days on fuzzy frozen and thawed mice, and has been fully recovered from the surgury. It has been tested several times, and the surgury was flawless! No venom is being produced! I will continue testing the snake for life, as I would like to disprove the myth that snakes can regenerate their venom glands and ducts, even when the venomoid procedure is properly done.

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Comments (4)

arboreals

Jun 11, 2004 2:25 PM

I've actually gotten sick of being some mean old guy on here so I'll just be a bit kind. The ducts can be re-grown the venom glands can not! It is a fact as it's already happened. As you probably already know I'm very against this procedure although as far as I can see it's here to stay weather I like it or not. The one thing I can say about people keeping venomoids is that from what I can see they are kept in great conditions and are not neglected like many venomous. By the way he is a beautiful Rhino! Best of luck with this little guy,

John

yasin1

Jun 11, 2004 3:06 PM

Rating: 5/5

Steve this little guy is even more beautiful than the little girl I have. (actually you have rýght now;) ) Did you get a new group of babies?

matt_fl

Jul 28, 2004 9:26 AM

I would just like to say that i don't support that procedure at all.

TurtsAndTorts

Jul 28, 2004 3:10 PM

So far I have had a northern pacific rattlesnake for a while with only ducts removed. A full duct removal that is properly done is rare. She was captive born in 2002 and the surgury was done in March of that year. To date she shows no signs of issues related to health, and she remains unable to envenomate. She feeds, sheds, and acts like a normal northern pacific as well! I will be publishing all of my findings online in the future.

-Steve Clark

Baby Utiri Rhino Viper

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