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Evil Rosy Boas

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Roy Munson

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I've received more rosy boa bites in the last two days than I have colubrid bites in the last year. I fed the four babies for the first time last night, and each one bit me repeatedly when it was their turn. But they treated their pinkies in the same way before promptly consuming them. Tonight I fed Mom, and she got me really good as I carried her from living-tub to feeding-tub. She surprised/startled me so much that I reflexively tossed her into the air after she bit (I'm an idiot). Luckily I caught her, so she could bite me again and again. Then she attacked her f/t like it was going to get away. I appreciate a vigorous feeding response, but these snakes are ridiculous. :grin01:
 

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diamondlil said:
So where are the wounds? :grin01:
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My camera batteries died while I was taking pics of my lav-blood male outside earlier, so I didn't take pics. Only Mom left real marks anyway. But I've noticed in the past that I seem to be sensitive to rosy bites. I've been bitten plenty of times by my older rosy, and these "wounds" are itchy and seem to take a long time to heal completely. He's a Mexican rosy. The bites from these coastal rosys don't itch, but they also seem to heal slowly. I still have a tiny line of scabs on my pinky finger from one of the baby coastals the night it was born. That was over two weeks ago! None of the babies broke skin last night. I've been bitten pretty good by adult corns and had little or no sign of it two days later. :shrugs:
 
Ah, so maye that explains how come Mr Bonney (my ratsnake) bites properly, but I have no lasting evidence, but Skeeter's (my king) velco-like strike has left marks ?
 
Wow! I'm shocked one that it bit you hard enough to reflex like you did, the other that it bit. When I think of all the rosey boas I used to catch, I guess I was lucky, never got bit by one, but I was a silly kid. Now tonight when I was culling mice one got loose and I started screaming. :crazy02: susan
 
Oh, Dean, all they want was some real pinkies - yours.

:sidestep:


And to give you a chance to show off, oh, no, not again - hands. :grin01:

:crazy02:
 
susang said:
Wow! I'm shocked one that it bit you hard enough to reflex like you did, the other that it bit. When I think of all the rosey boas I used to catch, I guess I was lucky, never got bit by one, but I was a silly kid. Now tonight when I was culling mice one got loose and I started screaming. :crazy02: susan
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Well, snakes aren't the brightest animals, and rosys seem to be on the stupid end of the snake intelligence scale. Mom bit me the day she arrived a few months ago, but she hadn't since. I got a little too relaxed, and she surprised me this time. I find that rosys and kingsnakes get confused if their primary diet is f/t and you handle them with damp hands. It seems that "wet + warm = food" to them. I've even had a few corns react hungrily to this situation. But I got complacent, and I payed the price. ;)
 
Just re-read your original post, Dean. Having just got in from a relaxed evening involving a couple of bottles of wine, I just wish I'd seen that 'snake-juggling moment'! :grin01:
 
Dean, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to take a few more bites so we can see the battle scars. It does no good to talk about bites if you have no blood to show for it. :cool:
 
diamondlil said:
I just wish I'd seen that 'snake-juggling moment'! :grin01:
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I just read this and started laughing: the hands setting some poor rosey flying through the air, the hands going in every direction to catch flying snake, it must have been a real site. susan
 
Roy Munson said:
Luckily I caught her, so she could bite me again and again.
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Bwahahahahahahaahaha!

I still totally want one : )

I've decided to wait a few years though, I just got two corn snakes. I don't need to go out of control here. Plus, I'd probably have to keep it in the living room. I'm not sure my roommate is ready for that, and the conversation of feeding....
(I may have forgot to tell him about the 100 mice in a my box of fishsticks in the freezer).
 
texastailfeathers said:
Dean, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to take a few more bites so we can see the battle scars. It does no good to talk about bites if you have no blood to show for it. :cool:
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I totally agree with you.
 
You know, I'd been told by many people that CB rosies are meaner and more likely to bite then wild caught rosies. Maybe someone crossed them to a devil snake *snickers* Sounds like your girl took the other approach to her short flying lesson then our male snow did. He too got tossed in the air the first time he bit me and I caught him on the down slide. He never felt the need to bite me again.


Jenn
 
I guess I've been lucky when it comes to bites. I had an ornery columbian rainbow boa who took me few months to tame. He struck all the time but had very poor aim. The only snake I currently own who's bit me is my BCI who at 100g (2-3 months?) gave me a kiss on the lips. It's pretty funny when a snake that little up and bites you in the face, I won't be so funny when she's 7+ feet long! :eek:
 
v_various said:
Bwahahahahahahaahaha!

I still totally want one : )

I've decided to wait a few years though, I just got two corn snakes. I don't need to go out of control here. Plus, I'd probably have to keep it in the living room. I'm not sure my roommate is ready for that, and the conversation of feeding....
(I may have forgot to tell him about the 100 mice in a my box of fishsticks in the freezer).
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Just remember to look before you cook or else you'll have micesticks for dinner. Yummmmmmmmy.

:crazy02:
 
When I told my co-workers that my freezer has more snake food (pinkies, peach fuzzys, rat pinkies, rat fuzzys, lg mice, day old quail and week old chicks) everyone said that they will not come to my house for dinner. They just don't understand how I can have my snakes food in the same freezer I keep our food. Go figure :shrugs:
 
For those sickos who demand to see the damage to my delicate flesh, here you go. I realize that these aren't as satisfying as fresh pics with blood pouring down my hand, but they'll have to do. Don't send flowers to my family yet; I think I'm going to make it. :grin01:

(I think these are the first pics of my RIGHT hand that I've ever posted.)
 

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Ewwwwwww. :rolleyes:

I wouldn't want to be bitten by that. Do those snakes have a lot of bacteria in their mouth?
 
Brizzle said:
Ewwwwwww. :rolleyes:

I wouldn't want to be bitten by that. Do those snakes have a lot of bacteria in their mouth?
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I doubt that rosy boas have any more bacteria in their mouths than any other snake. Some people have differing sensitivities to the saliva components of different snake species.
 
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