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    Turkey Surprise

    Figured I'd go grab one of the turkeys I saw advertised on Craigslist at $20, which is a bloody damn good price for an adult farm raised bird. Getting there was interesting to say the least, as it was in a place that neither Google Maps nor my laptop GPS had a clue even existed. Once I...
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    Blood Sausage Making

    When you have collected the blood, livers and fat of so many lovely game birds over a few day's time - specifically, six ducks, three pheasants, a goose, ten quail and a few chickens all collected into salted red wine and vinegar - it is surely time to make a gourmet blood sausage. I used a...
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    Culinary Ramblings

    I spent the morning idly poking at food blogs, mostly to put off the cleaning we need to get to today. Naturally I clicked on a few that included home slaughter experiences. The upshot is that I'm pleased that some folks are actually getting the gumption to do this thing, but they're missing...
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    Experienced home butcher in Raleigh NC with lots of spiffy tools available to help and educate folks wanting to learn how to do their own animals. I have assorted tools that make a (large animal) butchering go a lot quicker, just because I do it often enough to have made the investment...
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    Will rattlesnakes eat eggs?

    Quote: Tee-tiny songbird eggs they may have a hope of crushing and digesting, or passing intact, though tree climbing rattlesnakes would be an extreme rarity and limited to very young, light bodied and agile animals. The rattlesnake that ate the hen's egg very well might not have survived the...
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    This is a REALLY GROSS question, but need an honest answer!!

    Quote: Except that the vast majority of people I have ever encountered on a professional snake call *can't do it* and there are always going to be more dead Nerodia than Agkistrodon. Cold hard fact. Make of that what you will. Every single professional snake wrangler will tell you the same...
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    This is a REALLY GROSS question, but need an honest answer!!

    Quote: Chances are actually pretty good that what you killed wasn't a cottonmouth; most people honestly cannot identify them but sincerely believe they can. If a snake is not venomous and not endangering your family, then it is actually protecting them from disease and germs spread by...
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    My new pet snake *PICS*

    Quote: Depends on how you define "slightly venomous". If you mean the saliva from a modified Duvernoy's gland has a toxic effect on frogs, and sometimes mild local irritation or inflammation in humans, then you're probably looking for a Nerodia, a Thamnophis or a Heterodon (water snake...
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    My new pet snake *PICS*

    Quote: Um, what? Do you mean a Thamnophis (checkered garter snake)? It is not an adder of any type, nor is it likely to make anyone ill. Like all animals including dogs and cats, they have proteins in their saliva that can cause an allergic response, but it's really pretty rare and depends...
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    My new pet snake *PICS*

    Quote: I'm working on enlarging the pic of the cobra so you guys can see it. If the venom gets in a cut or a scratch its just like being bit. If you wash it off your skin fast, you will maybe get just a rash as long as it didn't get in a cut. If it does get in a cut than you have had a bad...
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    My new pet snake *PICS*

    Quote: There's a lovely one in quarantine in my bathroom now. Pretty green thing just ate, and it should be ready to go back to the museum any time now when safe transport can be arranged.
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    My new pet snake *PICS*

    Quote: Snakes have a single occipital condyle, making their necks quite fragile, and viperids are the most fragile of all due to their lack of supporting musculature. They can actually end up bruised under the skin from necking and pinning, as well as stressed, and you won't see the damage...
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    My new pet snake *PICS*

    Quote: My refrigerator. Mamma didn't raise no dummies, and I work with a lot of African and Asian species, so I am well stocked up on SAIMR and Thai Red Cross antivenom.
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    My new pet snake *PICS*

    Quote: I don't recommend playing with them for fun, but they are really very easy to work with, and are no different from a nonvenomous snake when it comes to how quickly they become habituated to gentle handling. And yes, many of them are endangered, so breeding them for venom research is a...
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    My new pet snake *PICS*

    Quote: Adult rattlers (other than pygs) are usually very docile, and I've done many, many veterinary exams and procedures in a similar manner when gentle handling benefited the patient more than being grabbed by force. I don't advocate freehandling however, especially for entertainment...
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