Gaboon Viper eats a Quail

I give Kaze (my hybrid gaboon viper) her first chick, a young quail. I tried to do the same for Death, but she was not interested, so i gave her a mouse instead.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Gaboon
• Viper
• Bitis
• gabonica
• Venomous
• Snake
• Feeding
• Eating
• Bite
• Quail
• Chick
• Reptile
• soulstealer9y0l

[AtarahDerek]

What's she bred with?  She looks fully gabby to me.

[1robbie55382]

do you need special permits etc to have these? thanx

[krazykyuubilv2]

@the3bigreddevils Snakes can unhinge their jaws and eat things far larger than them, so I wouldn't worry about the legs.

[rattlingtotheend]

actually, if it is a western x eastern gaboon cross, you have an hybrid, as they are different species (Bitis gabonica x Bitis rhinoceros)

[RobSchneeberger]

@RobSchneeberger also, is there an advantage to feeding dead vs alive or is it all preference to the snake or the keeper i would prefer a live meal if i was a snake.;.

[RobSchneeberger]

gaboons have a very pretty scale pattern, i would keep a venomous snake but i feel like my drunk friends would always think it is a good idea to play with it, and i wouldn't have the energy to drive them to the hospital after they get back from the bar at 2-3 am

[momlovesbeer]

I love vipers the best fucking snake ever

[johnmgd]

Subscribed. You have a beautiful viper.

[hatchi58]

can you pick these up after they have eaten? are they ever placid? man I would be freaked without lids on the tanks.

[connjamm]

I have gabbies and rhinos, and I was wondering something about hybrids, and since you have them you might know the answer. Arent hybrids more dangerous than just a gabby or a rhino because wouldnt the hybrid of the two snakes also have a hybrid of their venom...although i assume they bot have similar venoms, i know gabby venom has Haemorrhagin (causes pulmonary oedema) Cardiotoxin (permanently damages heart) but i am unsure of the components of rhino viper venom...