N.mossambica(Mozambique spitter babies)

[Bushviper]

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[Eyelash]

Thanks BV...Very interesting...
Will the bite actually kill it(according to me it wont),or do you guy's think they do this purely because something is/was wrong with them ?

[froot]

Strange thing to see for such a successful species. Natural selection in action.

[swazi]

Eyelash why are you breeding these snakes?

[Eyelash]

Haha...Swazi...To be honest,just to gain some experience in breeding over all and to hopefully learn more about them seeing that I am planning to do research on their venom in the future(I am currently studying BSc:Bio sciense and want to do Toxicology after that)...

[swazi]

Best you come to SD they, toooo many of them here.

[uncutdiamonds]

Very interesting pics. Do they count as indigenous? I mean for the purpose of permits for keeping

[mgiddings]

They are indigenous snakes, so yes they count as indigenous.

[pena penttinen]

Mossambicas keep suprising me. Does anybody know just how quickly they actually become mature? I've fed mine (1.2) normally, and they grow with alarming speed, I dare say even for cobras they are voracious feeders.
They are around 70-75cm long, possibly quite a bit longer even and just started their second year.

[Bushviper]

Pena unfortunately because they are so common not many people keep them here and certainly dont feed them as much as they will eat. They are like dustbins and will eat anything any time. This can become expensive

I am pretty sure they will only mate after their second winter.

[Richard Mastenbroek]

Great pics, I really like mossambica kept and bred them for some years, but really miss them now I don't keep them anymore. The second pic is hillarious and yes only a spitter would do that aha

good luck with the babies