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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:28 pm    Post subject: Has anybody heard of ?? Reply with quote

Has anybody heard of QUIVERTREE LTD (Hampstead )
The reason is iv just seen a price list of his, and the DWA are what I would call very cheap So that makes me interested and so on this note I would think all are W/C Can anybody please tell me different. I have looked on net but can find nowt to do with the company ???
eg price
Boomslang £45
Gaboon viper £45
Rhinocerous viper £45

In total 14 DWA snakes on list. So what do you think any good
thanks.....indeep
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those three species are easily some of the hardest captives to take care of if they are wild caught.

The Boomslang is going to be a real handful. Besides being really fast, getting it to eat rodents is going to take on whole new meaning of struggling. Bar forcefeeding, you can just about scrap any other method. It won't sit still long enough to even attempt a tease feed.
A bite is going to be a very bad thing.

The Gaboons end up being heavily dehydrated, stressed and emaciated in most cases. Also heavily infested with parasites. So be prepared to spend some money on it.

Captive bred Rhino vipers are very difficult captives, so can you imagine how hard a wild caught will be? They are very prone to respiratory infections.

While those prices may look good, you may end up buying more trouble than its worth.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Din't think it was worth it but that's always the case when something looks to good ho well..........Indeep
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also, Boomslang need space. And alot of it.
They don't do well in the smaller cages you buy at petshops. It needs a lot of height, and you may need to mist it often. Its similar to keeping green mambas, the boomslang just tend to move a whole lot faster.
Really not worth adding to the collection, unless you have the space.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol on that list was the most expensive was £95 SAW SCALE VIPER
BOOMSLANG
FOREST COBRA
GABOON VIPER
GREEN MAMBA
GREEN TREE VIPER
HOODLESS COBRA
LEAF GREEN VIPER
NIGHT ADDER
PUFF ADDER
RHINOCEROUS VIPER
SAW SCALE VIPER
SPITTING COBRA
CARPET VIPER

all so nice as well..........indeep
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

does it say scientific names? if so what a hoodless cobra and a leaf green viper?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For interests sake, a carpet viper and a saw scale viper are the same species, Echis.

The night adder will die, it does not take to mice easily.


My opinion, those fellas are neonate smugglers, or guys looking to make a quick buck. They most certainly don't know what they are selling.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

indeep wrote:
lol on that list was the most expensive was £95 SAW SCALE VIPER echis ocellatus
BOOMSLANG dispteldus typus
FOREST COBRA protoxrus strangeri
GABOON VIPER bitis gabonica
GREEN MAMBA dendroaspis
GREEN TREE VIPER atheris chloraechis
HOODLESS COBRA naja melaolauca
LEAF GREEN VIPER atheris squarmigher
NIGHT ADDER cauc reheaboatus
PUFF ADDER bitis arientana
RHINOCEROUS VIPER bitis nasicornis
SAW SCALE VIPER echis carinathus
SPITTING COBRA naja nigricollis
CARPET VIPER echis ocellatus

all so nice as well..........indeep
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LOL these guys are having you on!! Here's the corrections to their "scientific" names


Boomslang - Disphilodus typus
Forest cobra - Naja melanoleuca
Gaboon viper- Bitis gabonica
Green mamba - Dendroaspis angusticeps/viridis
Green tree viper (there are so many) - Atheris sp. are known as bushvipers
Hoodless Cobra - uhm?????? see forest cobra Smile
Leaf Green Viper - petshop name perhaps? Again Atheris
Night adder - Causus rhombeatus (or any of the other six)
Puff adder - Bitis arietans
Rhino viper - Bitis nasicornis
Saw scale Viper - Echis carinatus (or any of the other 3 species)
Spitting Cobra (13 species) - Naja nigricolis (black spitter)
Carpet viper/ Saw scale viper - Echis sp. again
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Think it's a job where ya order and then they collect from wild??

If I was to have more I would buy from a UK sauce anyway ....Thanks indeep
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