Some of my cobras

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Some of my cobras

Postby GCol » Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:02 pm

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By far the most entertaining snakes i have ever kept.
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These guys are by far the meanest but i love them anyways.
Enjoy.

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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby Wolf777 » Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:31 pm

Stunning animals you got there. Love the forest cobra.

A quick tip: Some of the members are not that clued up on snakes and thus it would be appreciated if you give the common and scientific names of the animals next time you post a photo.

How many cobras do you keep?
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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby Eyelash » Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:33 pm

Good lookers man...
How big are those Forests you have there ?
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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby Fooble » Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:49 pm

Nice photo's man.

Awesome snakes.
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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby BOOGY » Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:43 pm

Love the cage setup. They look healty too. What else you have?
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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby uncutdiamonds » Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:58 pm

stunning snakes.

I'd also be interested what material the hide out is made off.
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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby Hustler » Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:24 pm

Man I'm inlove with those Forests! I have to echo what Eyelash said, how big are the Forsets?
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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby Microlepidotus » Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:03 pm

Are those banded Snouties, I see a tail there with some bands or maybe its just me needing to get glasses ;).

Im curious to find out what else you have.

Great setup, looks very healthy from what I can see, looks like their been eating their veggies.
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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby GCol » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:07 am

@Wolf777 sorry guess i got a bit carried away(: will do next time. I have 3 Forest cobras and 3 Snouted cobras. The Snouted cobras are not banded unfortunately. The male is that awesome chocolate brown and the female, which you can only see the back half of, is a mottled yellow and brown (best way i can describe it). They are both in the 1.2m range, so still pretty small.
The Forest cobras are a bit bigger, the female is roughly 1.6-1.7m and highly dislikes being measured while the males are 1.2m give or take.
The cage setup is just E-mulch with large pieces of bark that have been baked in the oven for a while, simple but attractive. Il take some pictures of my enclosures over the weekend.
Other venomous species are Cape coral snakes, Puff adders, and Natal blacks (which is another species people seem to under appreciate). I have a few other non and mildly venomous species but i will post those under the correct sections.
Thanks for all the compliments guys, im glad my photos were ok but il get better ones sometime dont worry(:, these dont do the critters justice.

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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby Smeegle » Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:04 am

Awesome, thanks for sharing! Looking forward to the pictures of the enclosures...
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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby Wolf777 » Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:12 pm

GCol wrote:@Wolf777 sorry guess i got a bit carried away(: will do next time.

No harm done. :D

Nice collection you have, please post some pics of the natal blacks.
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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby Richard Mastenbroek » Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:17 pm

I love the SA forest, I only keep the Uganda Forest with the zebrastriped faces
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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby deleray » Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:58 pm

Richard Mastenbroek wrote:I love the SA forest, I only keep the Uganda Forest with the zebrastriped faces


Welcome Richard!
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Re: Some of my cobras

Postby Silvrav » Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:07 pm

deleray wrote:
Richard Mastenbroek wrote:I love the SA forest, I only keep the Uganda Forest with the zebrastriped faces


Welcome Richard!


Welcome :)

Gcol, nice looking cobies...
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