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Luray Zoo and Reptile Rescue pictures

NonVenomous

NonVenomous

Bronny
I went on vacation in September to the Shenandoah Valley and went to the Luray Zoo and Reptile Rescue in Luray, Virginia. I took pictures of every reptile they had. I would post them here, but there's 171 pictures on the album! lol. So I give to you the link of the album if you want to see the pictures...

The Luray Zoo and Reptile Rescue pictures

There are doubles in there as my camera takes simultaneous pictures with and without the flash so I can decide later which ones look better. I kept them both for most the animals so you can see them in in natural light and with the flash.

While I am incredibly happy to have seen so many venomous snakes in one place, I was very disappointed with the state the reptiles were kept in. They have two small snake rooms. Everything was dirty. The glass wasn't wiped down, the walls were dirty. I understand that the snakes are on display, but 75% of the viv's (if you would call them that) had just a water bowl in there with the snakes. No hides, no branches to climb on (there were a few with branches, or lucky enough to get a rock). I understand that most the snakes are venomous so cleaning is a task, but yeah, I was disappointed. Most of the pictures don't show it, but *shrugs* ...


Anyways, I hope that you enjoy the pictures. Feel free to leave comments in the album if you want.
 
It looks like they were unsure how to house the snakes so that they would be both visible, and have adequate hiding spots, and decided that your viewing pleasure was more important than the needs of the animal. About the corn with the kink; I couldn't tell from the picture but could it just have been an odd shaped prey item? I have to say that this whole album of pictures makes me sad. I saw a few really beautiful snakes in there ( the eyelash viper, the Cantil, and that Sawscaled viper ), who were not living like they should. I just wanna build a bunch of naturalistic vivariums and ship em over ><.
 
I just had a brain... could it be possible the display cages are only temporary homes for use during zoo hours?
 
No, unfortunately, that is a kink or growth. I got much better up close pictures, but I left those outl

caherp said:
I just had a brain... could it be possible the display cages are only temporary homes for use during zoo hours?
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It's a thought, but I hope not. I just hope that no one would move a snake twice a day while it's digesting. Especially not venomous ones ;)
 
That's a lot of pics. The Copperheads are a favorite of mine.
Thanks, I may go look for myself, it's fairly close.

I guess you didn't get to meet David(Snakemaster24)?
 
I recently took a trip to the Central Florida Zoo and was really impressed with their setup. They have a very large venomous collection for the size of the zoo and the vivs are (IMO) a good balance of making it easy to view the animals while making it possible for them to hide and feel secure. I was really amazed at the shots I was able to get of some of them, even with a cheap camera (I've posted a few of the pics here before but here's a link to the slideshow: Central Florida Zoo)

Your pics of the chondro are nice, it's too bad they don't have similar type setups for the rest of the snakes.
 
alan said:
That's a lot of pics. The Copperheads are a favorite of mine.
Thanks, I may go look for myself, it's fairly close.

I guess you didn't get to meet David(Snakemaster24)?
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Sorry it's taken me so long to respond. I kinda forgot about this thread.

Next time you go, lemme know. We might go again! lol

I dunno if it was because I went on a Thursday morning or just in general but the place was empty. Just the bf and I and the lady behind the register.
 
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