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07/30/2015

This is an extremely interesting episode which deals with the medicinal properties of the Curcuma Longa root and it's ability to keep a human alive after a King Cobra bite.

Snake expert Steve Backshall explores a small village in Thailand where the locals dance with deadly snakes to attract tourists, cobras are kept as pets and ...

07/27/2015

If you need a Necropsy done on a Reptile, this is a great lab with good people. ***IMPORTANT*** Make sure you NEVER freeze the animal carcass before sending out as it will make some Bacterial and Viral identifications impossible. Put your animal in a refrigerator and send it with Dry ice.

Special Testing Forms Dermatopathology Specialty Service Form Dematopathology Fee Schedule CEM Form Trichomoniasis Test Record (Texas Animal Health Commission) Equine Piroplasmosis Laboratory Test Record (Texas Animal Health Commission) TVMDL accepts samples taken from animals suspected to be infect…

06/23/2015

If you are interested in attending.

Venom Week 2016 will be an international conference on venomous creatures, their venom, and the medical effects of venom. Attending practitioners and researchers will be provided the most up-to-date information on the animals themselves and on treatments of snakebite, scorpion sting and spider bite.…

01/20/2015

Here is a great video that brings up a long debated issue with Poikilothermic species of venom producing animals. Feel free to debate and add your hypothesis in the comments.

Subscribe to Veritasium - it's free! http://bit.ly/YSWpWm As a Canadian-Australian, I have always wondered why it is that Australia has so many venomous anim...

12/21/2014

*** Feeder Update*** We have acquired 2 new clean genetic lines of feeder rats in Virginia. We will be stopping in South Carolina on our way back to TX and picking up 2 more genetic lines before heading back to El Paso. This means that we will have a total of 6 COMPLETELY UNRELATED genetic lines of rats that we will be breeding for our animals. This should somewhat eliminate the stargazing, crooked spine, 3 legged, 4 eyed twin tailed specimens that come from dozens of generations of inbreeding even in lab specimens.

Currently we are breeding for research and live feeders. In the very near future we will be breeding for select sales of genetically clean and healthy feeders for the El Paso market and surrounding areas. If you are looking for a cheap run of the mill mouse or rat, this is not for you. They will not be cheap, but a better quality feeder you will not find.

Also, once our supply "fattens up" a bit, we will be holding weekly drawings for Feeder Rats and Feeder Dubias. More info to come after the Christmas Holidays. Who doesn't like FREE stuff right??

That being said, may everyone have a Merry Christmas, Joyous Holidays and a Happy New Year. Be safe, take your time with your animals and enjoy your time with family.

From The staff at Texas VenomworX,

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12/18/2014

OK, please read this article and learn from it. DO NOT ignore a bite. It might be a dry bite, it might not. Do you feel like playing Russian roulette with your life today? If you even THINK you got bit by a venomous animal, seek help RIGHT NOW if not sooner! Also tell someone IMMEDIATELY what happened and which animal it was. If you become unconscious, you will not want CROFAB for a Naja bite because the ER Doc doesn't know any better. Please take it seriously folks. I don't want to read about you in the Obituaries.

Nathan Layton, 28, from Wing, Buckinghamshire, pictured with his girlfriend Laura Woolley, was bitten after the snake was found at his South African college.

12/17/2014

Here is a good video that demonstrates the basics of making Antivenin

Bitten by a venomous snake? There's hope! French scientist Albert Calmette developed the first snake antivenom in the late 1890s, and did such a good job tha...

12/17/2014

Great Video explaining the Origins and evolutionary development of various Venoms. This episode was co-written by Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry. Entertaining and scientifically accurate. Enjoy

There are a lot of ways to kill and be killed in the animal kingdom, but only a lucky few use the powers of venom. Not all are closely related, so how did th...

12/16/2014

What is your favorite venomous reptile? Why?