REPTI ZOO Portable Mini Snake Hook Collapsible Stainless Steel Snake Tongs and Snake & Reptile Hook Retractable Catching Snake Handling Tool

The item arrived exactly as listed. Good construction and very handy. Great for cage use on smaller snakes.

It’s sturdy, retractable and great product. However I work in a grocery store and I purchased it to retrieve items from the back of taller shelves. It fits in my apron when closed and saves me from having to get a ladder.

Decently sturdy when extended, fits in my tool box of terrarium tools, and small enough to work with my rough greens. The flattened end of the hook is nice, and the tip is rounded for safety. Working well for collecting shy noodles for cleaning day. Would not recommend for herping in nature. Get something sturdier and longer if that’s your need.

This hook is pretty much an old style car or a portable radio antenna with a hook affixed to the distal end. It's stronger than in at first appears, but it's simply not made to hook or pin larger snakes given that it has limited stoutness or strength when cantilevered out after extending the handle/shaft insufficient to hold much torsional weight, and it tends to want to reclose from it's extended configuration when downward pressure is transferred from handle to hook base when it's used to pin snakes of much strength or size. This creates a need for hypervigilence when using it for venomous specimens.This hook is, however, very easy to carry in your pocket (especially the back pocket), with easy access therefrom. I use mine exclusively for the sole two venomous I currently hold - both pygmy rattlesnakes, for obvious reasons. I can readily recommend this for smaller and non-venomous snakes....Pygmys are about the maximum sized venomous snakes I'd be truly comfortable working with using this hook, though I wouldn't summarily preclude it's use on larger venomous snakes if one exercises due diligence and care with their handling, often in a situation where you may be uncomfortable retrieving a more robust hook due to an immediate need to handle. It's also very, very handy for hooking water bowls for removal thereof and other items within venomous cages to move the item to a point for safe reach.Even given the clear weaknesses, I truly love mine and keep it handy at all times in my vivaria areas...and the back pocket is one such storage spot.

The media could not be loaded. Went hurpinmg today. Found two garters. Works fine for smaller snakes

This is a nice little tool and seems well made. The only thing I would change is enlarging the hole where you can attach a wrist strap. etc. I wanted to put a key ring on it but nothing was thin enough so I had to use a piece of wire. I must say I did not buy this for snakes. I bought it to put in my purse so I can reach the top shelves in stores. Every time I shop there is an item on the top shelf pushed way back and I often leave without buying it. This little is far less conspicuous than carrying around a grabbing reacher. It works great for this purpose and I love it.

telescopic and compact. Useful at the grocery store to reach items high up on a shelf. For items in boxes or in other packaging. not good for glass items.

Its shorter than I would like, I probably should have read the description better but its kind of short for handling venomous reptiles. I should have gotten a longer one.