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Urgent Id please

Postby bergsma » Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:47 pm

Found this little bugger about 20min ago, think its a 'nag adder' thought I'd rather ask the people who know

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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby dasie » Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:56 pm

Its a puff adder,good for not killing it!
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby bergsma » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:01 am

I don't know that much about adders but isn't this one a bit dark in colour? or is that just because of the size? Its about 15cm in size
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby Tails'nScales » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:11 am

That's a young Puff adder. Bitis arietans and also one of nature's most wonderful..

These beauties are usually a bit darker in colour in their first stages of life.
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby bergsma » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:12 am

Great stuff!!! Can I keep it? Or do I need a permit?
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby Tails'nScales » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:19 am

bergsma wrote:Great stuff!!! Can I keep it? Or do I need a permit?


You would need a permit in any provence except KZN
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby bergsma » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:24 am

Damm :( , so what would be the best thing to do with it? Caught it at a friends house who stays on a farm, but he has kidz
and wanted me to just take it away lol
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby Tails'nScales » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:41 am

Find a nice and appropriate place and release it back into the wild,
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby bergsma » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:46 am

I'd rather take it to someone I know with much more experience, this was my first catch even though small but stil a first for me. Don't like pushing my luck with these kind of snakes lol
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby bergsma » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:49 am

Got to add thou, this is an amazing looking snake and would love to keep it, just got to get more experience first.
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby Hustler » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:23 am

Puff adders have different colours depending on their localities. Like you get dark black puffies in limpopo and light yellow puffies along the coast. Just take it 10km away from where you found it and tip the tub over, just watch your fingers cause man are they quick when they strike!
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby Boskobra » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:58 am

nice snake...... a good first catch! :)
hustler- and haven't we all had first hand experience with that! fed my copperheads yesterday and was stunned at their speed again! adders and vipers are such an awsome species!
but these babies are my next step, Puffy! :)
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby Silvrav » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:20 pm

Good on you for removing a problem snake. Bad on you for wanting to keep it! If you want one,buy one. Do not keep wild animals. They are freely availible in the pet trade and therefore no reason to keep it!!
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby bergsma » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:31 pm

Silvrav I already released the animal early this morning, like I said Im not keen on keeping hots like that (would't mind but in time)
But fear not it is back where it belongs found a great spot in the "boendoes"
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Re: Urgent Id please

Postby bergsma » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:37 pm

Jammer dat ek nou nie n Wetenskaplike of Bioloog of enige iets i.v.m reptiele tedoen het nie, eks maar net iemand wat graag sou wou meer leer en weet van dit af. Ek was onder die indruk dat die forum n plek is waar raad en advies gegee sou word vir die wat dit vra maar duidelik was ek heeltemal verkeerd! EK HET NOOIT GESE DAT EK DIE PUFFIE SOU AANHOU NIE WOU NET WEET WAT SOU DIE REGTE PROSUDURE WEES OM DIE SLANG OF TEHOU OF TELAAT GAAN DIS AL!!!EK SAL IN DIE VERVOLG NET DIE DING EERDER SKIET EN KLA KRY SOOS MEESTE ANDER MENSE WAT NIE WEET WAT OMTEDOEN DOEN!!! Ek is dankbaar aan die wat die tyd, moeite en ordentlikheid het om mens te antwoord en die nodige raad tegee. Net gistraand lees ek weer van n jong seun wat gevra het oor wat sou die beste opsie wees vir sy 3de hot snake. Die keuse was tussen n Copperhead of die Cotton Mouth. Eerder as om vir hom die regte pad tewys is hy eerder verneder en gese hy moet eerder n Cornsnake kry (volgens hom het hy al 14 ander slange en 2 hots reeds) Ekt dit totaal en al onnodig gevind. Uit die 10 wat terug voering gegee het het net 1 gese dat hy sou aanbeveel dat die Copperhead beter sou wees, niemand het eens die moeite gedoen om uit tevind watter ander slange hy nie. Hoe stel julle wat ALS VAN ALS weet dat die wat nie weet nie ooit sal verbeter as dit die manier is op hoe hulle vrae geantwoord word? Ek is nie gelukkig oor die besluit om die forum telos nie, maar as dit die manier is waarop mense hanteer word dink ek nie ek of enige iemand wat ek ken is reg vir julle forum nie. So verwyder my maar met GROOT graagte asb
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