what was your first Naja?

My first real cobras were bought a little more than a year ago and they were one small (I was told CB 2008 but it was most probably CB 2009) Naja kaouthia (first two picture - taken last year) and a 150 cm (aprox.) female banded snouted cobra (Naja annulifera: third picture, also taken last year). While the N. kaouthia is the most evil little monster I've ever seen and is trying to kill me even when it's eating, the large N. annulifera is quite a calm snake and almost never hoods up at me (however, with other people around she becomes quite unpleasant, to say the least)... Next in mind are a pair of young N. pallida and, probably, pairs for the ones I already have.

Baby Naja kaouthia:

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I would say young adult female Naja annulifera:

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Hi,
I haven't got any Naja, cause i don't have the autorisations at this moment to keep them at home....... Laughing

(i'm outside)............... Laughing

Ps: Also, i think to start in a good way and condition, i will keep on Naja Haje legionis.....
(that is just my point of vue)

I only have one Naja...a young male albino kaouthia. He will turn two years old in April. He is a feisty bugger, but impressive and not terribly aggressive once he's out. I only handle him when it's time to clean his cage, and then I wear Hexarmor gloves and use a hook.

Living in South Africa I was lucky as I had the opportunity to work with many wild Naja sp. The first one I kept long term was a large Naja woodi, and to this day it has to be my favourite cobra species.

my first naja's are a young couple off siamensis (CB '12), the man is very easy going but the female is very defensive and has spitt a couple off times.

My first naja was 1.0 Naja Naja Polycelleta, he was very laid back and as soon as i came to close he ran away and hide.
I still have him and he is still the same, he almost never shows his shield and try to scare me.
After this Naja i fell in love with naja genus so im getting more Smile

I bought two rinkhals in Hamm this year but they didnt survive Sad

I started with an adult pair of naja kaouthia. I believe for me it was better statrting with naja with a little size instead of a hatchling but thats just the path I took.
Very Happy

My first Naja was a Naja nivea juvenile, but before that I kept Aspidelaps scutatus scutatus and Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus. The A.l. lubricus where especially good warm up cobras, nice and small and give you a slight idea of what something bigger and more venomous may be capable of.

A pair of sub-adult kaouthia.
The male was very placid and easy to deal with, the female on the other hand was as evil they can be. I was well prepared when i got a insane melanoleuca, he was faster but couldn't even get close in matter of being aggresive Very Happy

I began with a Naja kaouthia, and that was, in retrospective, not a good choice. The snake was aggressive and unpredictable. Nothing happened, but easily could have happened a couple of times. My second Naja was a pair of pallidas. Much easier to handle if one takes the appropriate precautions to protect ones eyes. In the past 30 years or so I had a large variety of Najas; the ones I like most are still Naja nivea. The only Najas that are almost exclusively active during daytime, so you can watch them cruising all day long, that are more moderately sized and not too aggressive, and that come in beautiful colors. I highly recommend them. Best is to aquire them as a baby. That way you grow with the snake.

My first Naja was a Naja siamensis, it was in the 80´s and I was defently to young for this kind of snakes. But nothing happends to me or something else. I have seen this snake in a reptile shop, not far away from my hometown. I was totaly in love with this black&withe snake. It was not a big one, only 60 cm around. I aske there to buy them, but the owner don´t give them to me. He aske for a permit but we don´t have here! Not in the 80´s and still yet!
So I ordered it over a friend of mine. I keep this for years as a signle one. Than I seen a classified in a Journal from a herpetological society. There was offered CB ones of this snake species. Oh I forgot, it was not sold as a N. siamensis to me, in the 80´s the ,,Trade Name was´´ Naja naja atra (from Thailand). Totaly wrong, like we all knows very well yet!
Ok, I buy a couple of the CB´s ones and keep them seperate, after years, I breed with them more than one time....After this I´ve keeped some other species of Naja´s. African and asian ones too. Actually I don´t keep Naja species. But I´m allways happy to find one in the wild.

Hi i myself have been looking into my first true naja,, It was suggested that naja multifasciata is a good choice if i could find one(seems rare),,Has anybody got experiance with this species or breeding plans in the future,,As not much information is available on them compaired to other naja species.

After much reading and talking to different peoples, My first najas will be Naja Nubiae.

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