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Re: just a question for all venomous snake owners
most hospitals won't allow you to supply your own a/v, but some will and some of those require that it be kept at their facility.
and in 10 years when that a/v is losing its pop and those 10 vials become about as useless as 1-3 vials, you have to spend a few more thousand to update that problem.
keeping around all the a/v the average collection would necessitate would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars every decade or so. no one could afford it.
there needs to be an antivenom co-op but the hot keepers are a microcosm of the herp community. reptile keepers are notoriously unorganized and that leads to all sorts of problems, like lack of an antivenom bank that anyone can utilize with a membership fee, the ability to really fight unfair legislation, etc.
really, your best bet IS to know what you're doing, be careful and never overextend yourself, kinda like when you jump in the car and go to town. insured or not, a bad wreck will still kill you. sometimes being safe and responsible isn't enough when others are not.
at least when it comes to hots, you have control of the situation (or you should)
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