Thank is not me. It is Dennis Wasko and he is waking up a Bothrops asper after surgery. They need a little breathing assistance to come back.
mrcanada21
Jan 3, 2006 9:16 PM
I'v never seen or heard of this, even after doing several surguries (radio-telemetry) on vipers.
eunectes4
Jan 9, 2006 3:59 PM
Dr. Harry Green made a video on this surgery. It may not be 100% necessary with each case but sometimes the snakes need a little help coming back. If you had snakes stay asleep you might want to help the next one out.
varanuskaouthia
May 13, 2006 8:02 PM
what kind of surgery venomoid or not for you people that dont know with vipers they remove glands from inside the mouth or they just do ductectomy
varanuskaouthia
May 13, 2006 8:06 PM
sorry that big of a snake would only be a ductectomy i cant tell but kinda looks like there is a mark or a suture under the eye above the lip where they cut for ductectomy i could be seeing things wrong though
eunectes4
May 14, 2006 1:09 AM
You could not be more wrong about this snake. The surgery was a radio transmittor surgery for tracking. The snake was a wild snake being tracked for Dennis's PhD research.
I would not post a photo of a venomoid surgery nor would I be present for one.
