Venomoid cobras give venom

In this video, we attempt to extract venom from several 'venomoid' cobras- snakes which have had their venom glands removed via a surgery. PLEASE NOTE: We recieved these animals in confiscations and we DID NOT do this surgery here. We disagree with mutilating snakes in this manner. However, you can clearly see that venom does come out of some of these animals. There is no such thing as an unloaded snake!

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• cobra
• venom
• extraction
• venomoid
• reptile
• snake

[balamas07]

Not being a smart ass so don't get pissy, I'm doing a paper and wondering if anyone would find it unethical if people were to genetically remove the venom of snakes to create a new markett for pet snakes



[kyreptilezoo]

@balamas07 The entire venom apparatus of snakes is quite complicated and involves lots of genes, so I don't think making them genetically 'venomoid' would be possible. Plus, many of the venom toxins are genes originally used for some sort of body function- like proteins in the pancreas, for example. It would be very hard to remove the venom genes and not the ones needed for the snake's other bodily functions. Plus, remember for law enforcement purposes no one could tell if they were modified.

[BlackWing96]

is the tubing also removed are just the glands? cause apparently the tubing dosent grow back

[kyreptilezoo]

@BlackWing96 We don't know how the surgery was done on these snakes- they came to us after being confiscated. Our point is that people who purchase a venomoid also don't know how the surgery was done.

[FlawlessRevelation]

Very cool. Should show the stupid people on Youtube who walk around with these things on there necks what can happen. Aren't you supposed to have it bite into a rubber film though instead of having its teeth grind against that glass????

[kyreptilezoo]

@FlawlessRevelation The membrane we normally use is to keep any debris in the snake's mouth out of the venom. Since we were doing this to show that these snakes give venom, we didn't use the membrane - we wanted to be able to see the venom coming out of the fangs.

[tristen101]

I very strongly disagree with venomoid. Its very dramtic on the snake and impacts the snakes digestion process. People I know personally have had these and are handling in a very unsafe manner. This type of surgery should be outlawed.

[MaskFac3]

It would probably have been better to not bother putting this video up and letting all the people doing this get what they deserve for animal cruelty.

[JamesC808]

If you go to a reptile expo and decide to buy a venomoid go ahead and ask them to perform a milking on the spot before you buy. If you are a potential customer to drop at least $400 for a venomoid then that shouldn't be a problem for them. And those of you who say it is inhumane, think about the altereatins we do to cats and dogs. We spay, neuter, declaw, crop ears, cut tails, and devocalize and that has been acceptable to the public but devenomizing a snake is not?

[JamesC808]

Venomoid INC. is a well known distributor and the only distributor who has a licensed and practicing Doctor of Veterinary Medicine to perform the surgery and surgical grade implants(such as breast implants) are inserted to give a natural look on top of the fact that the surgery is performed inside the mouth so visual scarring will not occur. All of their animals come with microchipping of proof of venomoid along with certificates.

[AntiKipKay]

@kyreptilezoo Hey how about stitching their venom ducts closed similar to a vasectomy?

[balamas07]

@kyreptilezoo No I wasn't concerned if it was possible but more focused on how people felt ethically about genetic alteration