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Snake bite
- Thread starter Almase
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hartsock
New member
I am a diabetic and I will say that the lancet that I use to prick my finger to test my blood actually hurts more than any snake bite that I have had. I remember when I got started with corns, my daughter had this little neonate that would hiss, puff, strike, shake it's tale, -- just do everything it would to seem big and nasty. I was deathly afraid of that thing to the point I would wear leather gloves. (For some fun sometime, why don't you put on a pair of leather gloves and try picking up a few month old snake that is slithering around at light speed) It really was humilating because I had no problem getting my 3 foot red tail boa out, but for some reason, this little guy just unerved me.
After a few weeks of causing the snake and myself a whole lot of stress, I finally said, forget this, how bad can it be and picked it up with a gloveless hand. It bite me three times, and I just stood there amazed, after that I haven't been hesitant to pick up any size snake and I just take the bites if they come. Most of the time they never come. Just be careful of washing your hands and don't give them an excuse to think you are prey.
After I took those three hits from the baby, he never has tried to bite me again. He threatened from time to time with coiling and puffing, but I think after he saw he didn't get his way, he resigned to the fact that I wasn't trying to eat him and he would be fine. Now, he can be handled without a hint of a problem. It is just like with kids, if you back off and give in to them, they'll keep trying to push you farther and farther thinking they will get their own way. Even if you have one trying to bite you, handle it, don't put it down unless things get really out of hand. If you give in, you'll just keep having a harder and harder time with it.
After a few weeks of causing the snake and myself a whole lot of stress, I finally said, forget this, how bad can it be and picked it up with a gloveless hand. It bite me three times, and I just stood there amazed, after that I haven't been hesitant to pick up any size snake and I just take the bites if they come. Most of the time they never come. Just be careful of washing your hands and don't give them an excuse to think you are prey.
After I took those three hits from the baby, he never has tried to bite me again. He threatened from time to time with coiling and puffing, but I think after he saw he didn't get his way, he resigned to the fact that I wasn't trying to eat him and he would be fine. Now, he can be handled without a hint of a problem. It is just like with kids, if you back off and give in to them, they'll keep trying to push you farther and farther thinking they will get their own way. Even if you have one trying to bite you, handle it, don't put it down unless things get really out of hand. If you give in, you'll just keep having a harder and harder time with it.
Nanci
Alien Lover
Who knows? All hoggies are rear-fanged. The Giant is classified as venomous in Florida now. I'm trying my best not to get envenomated!
The Eastern- she is probably the least likely to bite snake in the universe. She was scared watching Snakes On A Plane! I get pricked by her teeth when I am feeding her (she is not a voluntary eater) and it's like velcro.
The Tri is who wants to eat me. Here is an example of his work:
Fuzzy right when he bites into it-
Fuzzy after he's chewed on it for 15-20 minutes to envenomate it-
I am really trying to avoid looking like that mouse's belly...
Nanci
The Eastern- she is probably the least likely to bite snake in the universe. She was scared watching Snakes On A Plane! I get pricked by her teeth when I am feeding her (she is not a voluntary eater) and it's like velcro.
The Tri is who wants to eat me. Here is an example of his work:
Fuzzy right when he bites into it-
Fuzzy after he's chewed on it for 15-20 minutes to envenomate it-
I am really trying to avoid looking like that mouse's belly...
Nanci
Emanon
This and That
its funny... I am a panzy... I don't like getting bit... it is the startle reflex... there is a tiny bit of pain... I just don't like it... I have had hatchlings who liked the taste of my flesh and I did not love them LOL...
I have also been bit by a dog twice (don't ask)... the dog bites were worse LOL
Moral of the story... getting bit is not fun... it can hurt, cornsnake bites are not bad because of the pain... it is because of the startle reflex... scary. :crazy02:
I have also been bit by a dog twice (don't ask)... the dog bites were worse LOL
Moral of the story... getting bit is not fun... it can hurt, cornsnake bites are not bad because of the pain... it is because of the startle reflex... scary. :crazy02: