How should you handle venomous snakes as pets?

Venomous snakes are not pets, and they should only be handled under emergency circumstances. Acceptable reasons to handle a venomous snake are: removal from an area where it might be dangerous to humans, pets, or livestock, for veterinary care for the snake, or because a stupid mistake allowed the snake to be outside of its enclosure uncontained. read more

Handle it exactly like you would a venomous snake and keep track of each time it struck at you and each time it struck you. After three years count each time it landed a strike as a point for the snake. read more

Mostly because people are stupid. Because you’re correct. No animal like that should be kept as a pet, even by an experienced pet owner. They are wild animals. It’s terrible for the animal, and it’s terrible for the human. read more