Venomoid snake

Here a brown snake eats a rodent for dinner. This is one of many venomoid snakes, made so by the snake man Raymond Hoser. The animal in this video has been venomoid for many years and venomoid snakes are the most frequently demanded snakes in venomous snake shows as there is no risk with them. Venomoid snakes are those that have been surgically devenomized.
There is a venomoid FAQ on the web here:
http://www.smuggled.com/VenFAQ1.htm
The venomoid snakes FAQ has been produced by Snakebusters: Australia's best reptiles, the world leaders in terms of working with venomoid as in devenomized snakes, to give an unbiased and accurate account of the consequences of surgically devenomizing snakes.
Note: There are a number of so-called venomoid FAQ's on the web. Most have been written by novice reptile people and/or persons with no experience with venomoids and they are often riddled with inaccurate or false information. Others are written to contain deliberately false information and are written by envious business rivals who lack the expertise to perform venomoid surgery and are unable to source their own stock of venomoid snakes from elsewhere.
Venomoid surgery is the removal by surgery of a snake's venom glands to permanently make them unable to inject venom in a bite. Generally it is used on dangerous species to make them harmless.
Until about the year 2004, the operation generally failed for various reasons. This is one reason for a lot of negative sentiment against the operation, including on the internet.
Reasons for failure of operations varied, but included a general belief that the operation wasn't possible due to the (alleged) need of snakes to have venom to digest food, and/or that the glands were essential for survival in one or more other ways. A common cause of failure was the operation itself, in that almost all attempts involved cutting the glands out from the side of the head.
In 2004, herpetologist, the snake man Raymond Hoser published a major paper detailing a series of successful operations in Australia. These operations differed from previous attempts in many ways, most notably being that they were done by cutting through the roof of the mouth. The same operations have been successfully done on all the deadliest genera (world's top five) and without exception all have been a resounding success. As of 2011, all the original venomoids mentioned in the first 2004 paper are alive, well and continue breeding.
Following the publication of the 2004 Hoser paper and later ones by Hoser in a similar vein, there was a general disbelief that the operation was possible, or had been done. It all seemed "too good to be true". This was in spite of the relevant venomoids being seen in reptile shows daily in Australia and regular media appearances, including on TV and front pages of major Australian newspapers (see below). (Hoser became the first person in history to appear in the media holding the world's five deadliest snakes, a feat repeated many times).
Raymond Hoser has authored a number of books on corruption, including wildlife smuggling and a number of people adversely named in those books have retaliated and used the internet and elsewhere to publish a series of falsehoods and lies about Hoser and in particular the venomoids. Hence there remains a widespread belief that venomoiding is not possible and/or that it is somehow cruel for the snake.
There continues to be a wide-ranging hate campaign against the Hoser venomoids being waged online and elsewhere by inexperienced business competitors of Hoser, who are unable to match the high standards of the Hoser, Snakebusters displays.