Im going to the NARBC this weekend and want to get an aggressive snake to prepare myself for venemous ones. I heard the tiger rat snake and the blood pythons are pretty aggressive, but I was wondering if there's any more snake that might be even more aggressive. Want to be more prepared before getting my first gaboon or western diamondback.
What's the most aggressive nonvenomous snake?
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Amazon tree Boas are pretty agro! So are white lipped pythons! I wouldn't get gaboon for your first hot. Get something local to you invade you need anti venom
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Is there any others? Im hoping to spend only around $100-150 and dont have the condition for a giant snake yet.
Bloods, amazon tree boas ! Rats are pretty fiesty
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Instead of putting the money into a snake that wont actually do anything to help you why don't you try to find a reliable mentor and learn the right way?
There is not a single non venomous snake that will help you prepare for any venomous snake.
Try as you might, you will never see that non-hot as a threat, thus you will always be subconsciously more relaxed than you should be with a hot. Not only that but no non-hot is going to have the same behaviors and tendencies as any hot.
Also, a gaboon viper is a terrible first hot, they are wicked fast, unbelievably maneuverable, and extremely deadly. If it was me I would never let someone I trained start with a gaboon.... They may be well known for being pretty laid back but that in itself is a terrible trait for a first hot, it teaches you to be complacent and allows you to get entirely to comfortable before you have ever really learned that that's not acceptable. On the opposite side a wild psychotic wiry hot is also not a good first in my opinion.
Point is... get a mentor, learn with the things you want to work with, that is really the only good way to get prepared for hots...
There is not a single non venomous snake that will help you prepare for any venomous snake.
Try as you might, you will never see that non-hot as a threat, thus you will always be subconsciously more relaxed than you should be with a hot. Not only that but no non-hot is going to have the same behaviors and tendencies as any hot.
Also, a gaboon viper is a terrible first hot, they are wicked fast, unbelievably maneuverable, and extremely deadly. If it was me I would never let someone I trained start with a gaboon.... They may be well known for being pretty laid back but that in itself is a terrible trait for a first hot, it teaches you to be complacent and allows you to get entirely to comfortable before you have ever really learned that that's not acceptable. On the opposite side a wild psychotic wiry hot is also not a good first in my opinion.
Point is... get a mentor, learn with the things you want to work with, that is really the only good way to get prepared for hots...
When I decided to keep hots I started with a mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila). They are not very dangerous but are crazy aggressive. They are great for practicing your handling skills.
Do as Sylvias said. You'll be able to progress much faster with hots that way as you shouldn't develop many, if any, bad handling practices if you have a good mentor.
If you're set on getting a snake to practice using a hook, then get a WC Amazon tree boa as they tend to display a decent range of behaviors that give you a bit of preparation for more than just arboreal hots. An ATB will most certainly latch on to you if it gets the chance to do so, and it's not a fun bite at all. A WC blood python isn't as good of a trainer.
Also, mangrove snakes are pretty hot for being rear-fanged & all, and there are recorded instances of severe bites that were comparable to a severe copperhead bite.
If you're set on getting a snake to practice using a hook, then get a WC Amazon tree boa as they tend to display a decent range of behaviors that give you a bit of preparation for more than just arboreal hots. An ATB will most certainly latch on to you if it gets the chance to do so, and it's not a fun bite at all. A WC blood python isn't as good of a trainer.
Also, mangrove snakes are pretty hot for being rear-fanged & all, and there are recorded instances of severe bites that were comparable to a severe copperhead bite.