re: Another snake thread spinoff who keeps venomous snakes...let's see em

I've been having this little guy (Pygmy Rattlesnake) for about 8 months or so. In this pic he is freshly shed and fed.Was 16 inches when I got him, 18 in. two sheddings later. I wanted to keep the last Copperhead I caught, but the wife wasn't having it. I convinced her that this one will never get out of the aquarium (anyone who has kept snakes knows this statement is never true) because he is too small and will stay small. Now that I've got the wife broken in, I'm looking to catch another Copperhead. I take venomous snakes very seriously. He's in a tall 29 gal. tank, and I installed 4 locking mechanisms on the corners to keep the top securely latched. If my kid is having friends over (or if I'm having drunken idiots over), I zip tie the top down. And I've never laid a finger on this snake - small venomous snakes are a bitch to get a proper grip on. For me, a 3-4 ft. Copperhead is the ideal venomous snake to handle.

ETA: Here's the Copperhead my wife wouldn't let me keep. This was the first I bare-handed, though I did find a small stick to pin the head with first. Didn't have my snake stick with me. Awesome adrenaline rush to grab one of these guys.