In addition to scooping the snake up, many snake handlers use the Snake Hook to gently pin the snake down to the ground,particularly near the head,and then carefully pick the snake up,immobilizing the head.I find the Snake hook a valuable tool in the field when I am performing snake searches and removals.It's been my tool of choice for handling larger and fatter snakes,where it excels over the gripping snake tongs.By the way,isn't the above photograph lovely,with the pretty autumn flowers and the lovely Banded Water Snake?I think so.Snakes and flowers go hand in hand get both for your sweetheart this Valentine's Day!And buy me a new snake Snake hook while you're at it,one can never have enough of them.

Tools Anyone looking to keep cottonmouth snakes should already have a couple snake hook and a pair of tongs on hand, but if by chance you don’t, these are absolutely necessary for safe venomous snake keeping.In the past when I used to keep venomous snakes there was never really a time when the tongs or snake Snake hook wasn't used in the handling if the animals. When cleaning the enclosures I would Snake hook the animal out straight into a large outdoor trash can with a lid until the cleaning was done at which point I'd Reptile Screen Cage or tong the animal back into the enclosure.
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