Free-a-Hundleeng - Zee Prus &emp; Cuns

[ViperLover]

I'd leeke-a tu heer vhet zee peuple-a here-a et RTB theenk ebuoot free-a-hundleeng fenumuoos snekes.

Thees is nut meunt tu pee-a unybudy ooffff, hooefer it is intended tu seek oooot belenced, und respectffool oopeeneeuns, Bork Bork Bork! - Pleese-a keep it respectffool, es muny peuple-a vhu use-a thees methud, mey be-a ooffffended.

Thunkyuoo.

[snakecouple]

iv never done it, and would never think to do it.. lolz i would not trust a hot

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[SUAD]

Free handling is beyond ridonculous. It really takes a bonehead (amazingly stupid) to free-handle a hot, sorry if that offends anyone. And I'll apologize for my offense, because the hots sure won't. Quite frankly, the people who use this method have a deathwish, and a needless one at that.

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[kellymack515]

There is never a need to free handle a hot IMO unless you're looking for attention or a cheap thrill. I believe it to be overall reckless and irresponsible. I think it's selfish to use any animal to garner attention for shock value. When you get down to it, there's absolutely no need for it.

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[Sakara]

agreed with the above. cockyness leads to complacency leads to death or an animal planet speel about how "awesome" you are because you survived a bite -_-

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[ViperLover]

In egreement veet ell ebufe-a,

Free-a-hundleeng is es stoopeed, es stoopeed gets.

Hooefer, vhet beneffeets cun it geefe-a tu zee sneke-a? IE lerge-a keeng cubres itc

[Vinny]

Originally Posted by ViperLover

I'd like to hear what the people here at RTB think about free-handling venomous snakes.
This is not meant to pee anybody off, however it is intended to seek out balenced, and respectful opinions. - Please keep it respectful, as many people who use this method, may be offended.
Thankyou.

Free handling venomous snakes is completely caress and stupid IMO. Now I had a male Ituri 'local' Rhino Viper (Bitis Nasicornis) that I did free handle a few times when I was 17, but I had this snake for well over a year and he never struck at me or even his food. And I decided to try and hold him, I knew the chance I was taking. I would never free handle a venomous snake again, thats why I have my 40" Midwest Gentle Giant tongs and my 30" hook. Their is no reason to take that risk. Now with Cobras I would 'tail' them and support the dangerous end with the hook I would NEVER do that with a Viper species.

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[wrfuess]

well i mean unless your the corc hunter....

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[Vinny]

Originally Posted by kellymack515

There is never a need to free handle a hot IMO unless you're looking for attention or a cheap thrill. I believe it to be overall reckless and irresponsible. I think it's selfish to use any animal to garner attention for shock value. When you get down to it, there's absolutely no need for it.

Very well put kelly You are 100% correct

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[Vinny]

Originally Posted by wrfuess

well i mean unless your the corc hunter....

Steve Irwin took A LOT of dangerous chances, but he was as professional as it gets IMO. And for all the hots he worked with and never got tagged IMO means a lot

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[boaterr]

A word of advice, if you want to prevent people from becoming annoyed and irritated by one of you threads you cannot create a thread about the benefits of free handling hots. That is like me starting a thread about the benefits of handling dangerous adult anacondas alone, which would be a clear violation of large snake safety protocol.

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[ViperLover]

Originally Posted by wrfuess

vell i meun unless yuoor zee curc hoonter, Bork Bork Bork!...

Ifee Irveen shuooldn't ooff free-a-hundled.

He-a oonly ifer free-a-hundled Ilepeeds, und nefer Feepers.

Heres a qooesteeun... Beeeng beeg, und heefy budeeed... Cun gebuuns cume-a beck oofer zeeur oovn budy? I meun, iff yuoo free-a-hundle-a zeem by teeeleeng zeem ooffff zee gruoond, cun zeey cume-a beck oofer und vheck ya?

[Vinny]

Originally Posted by boaterr

A word of advice, if you want to prevent people from becoming annoyed and irritated by one of you threads you cannot create a thread about the benefits of free handling hots. That is like me starting a thread about the benefits of handling dangerous adult anacondas alone, which would be a clear violation of large snake safety protocol.

I do agree

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[ViperLover]

Originally Posted by boaterr

A vurd ooff edfeece-a, iff yuoo vunt tu prefent peuple-a frum becumeeng unnuyed und irreeteted by oone-a ooff yuoo threeds yuoo cunnut creete-a a threed ebuoot zee beneffeets ooff free-a hundleeng huts. Thet is leeke-a me-a sterteeng a threed ebuoot zee beneffeets ooff hundleeng dungeruoos edoolt unecundes elune-a, vheech vuoold be-a a cleer feeuleteeun ooff lerge-a sneke-a seffety prutucul, Bork Bork Bork!

I du NOT sooppurt free-a-hundleeng, by uny meuns, shepe-a oor furm, Bork Bork Bork!..
I joost vunt tu heer zee reesuns (oor ixcooses) sume-a mey du it, Bork Bork Bork!..IE, beeeng cumffurteble-a, oor snekes dun't edept tu huuks und tungs.

[telefrag]

not much of a discussion when there are no "pros"

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[ViperLover]

Originally Posted by telefrag

nut mooch ooff a deescoosseeun vhee zeere-a ere-a nu "prus"

I'fe-a heerd fereeuoos reesuns by free-a-hundlers.., Bork Bork Bork!

Oone-a ooff vheech uses thees furoom regoolerly, Bork Bork Bork!...

Zee oonly fulks vhu free-a-hundle-a thet I hefe-a nu respect fur, ere-a peuple-a vhu prumute-a it., Bork Bork Bork!.

Lets fece-a it, it's zeeur leeffe-a iff zeey veesh tu free-a-hundle-a., Bork Bork Bork!.nut meene-a.

[telefrag]

I guess whatever floats their boat.

You may as well skydive without a parachute, play russian roulette, bungee jump off an 11 story building with a 12 story cord, etc etc.

I don't understand why someone would subject themselves to the possibility of being bitten by a venomous snake.

keeping them and carefully managing them is hard enough, and comes under plenty of scrutiny.
free handling can just be an accident waiting to happen, and if it happened in the US, you could guarantee it would probably cause some type of knee jerk reaction to "ban" all venomous snakes as captives.

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[_Sam_]

There are no "Pros"

Btw, have you read BW's book on keeping hots? I've recently read it myself and found a lot of really good information, even though i dont ever plan on keeping venomous snakes. If you havent, I highly suggest it.

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[morti]

Originally Posted by _Sam_

There are no "Pros"

Btw, have you read BW's book on keeping hots? I've recently read it myself and found a lot of really good information, even though i dont ever plan on keeping venomous snakes. If you havent, I highly suggest it.

I don't know if he knows who BW is since he is pretty new around here:

Amazon.com: Venomous Snakes in Captivity: Safety and Husbandry (9781411629493): B. W. Smith: Books

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[ViperLover]

Originally Posted by morti

I dun't knoo iff he-a knoos vhu BV is seence-a he-a is pretty noo eruoond here-a:
Emezun.cum: Fenumuoos Snekes in Cepteefeety: Seffety und Hoosbundry (9781411629493): B. V. Smeet: Buuks

I hefe-a heerd ooff heem....I theenk he-a hes a FB..

Nefer reelly telked tu heem mooch, hooefer.

Veell check oooot thet buuk thuoogh.