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Snake bite

haha....Thats nonsense. I think every kid needs a variety of animals. It is good for them physically and mentally. Doctors or scientists or whoever the hell it is says kids should have a cat and dog when they're young to help their immune system. Im sure a snake or frogs and lizards and what ever else would also be benificial.

The fear of getting bit by the snake is actually more than my horses kicking me and they kick pretty dang hard, but you can usually tell when the horse might kick you lol. The snake just happens within a second. The horse might take a certain stance, pin its ears, swing its butt towards you. So my theory is more that it isnt the bite which you dont know, its just how fast its gonna happen. That you wont have time to respond.

Ok, just mice then haha. That was awsome watching it eat the mouse for the first time. My first snake was too small so it only ate frozen pinkies. But that was my first time gettting to watch a snake eat a live mouse which was pretty cool. I've gave mice i've caught to the cats which is entertaining to watch but the snake was just awsome.
 
Cat bites/scratches are the worse, I'll take a bite from a corn anyday. I'd also much rather be bit then be musked or pooped on.
 
What exactly is musked? I used to catch garter snakes alot and those are so nasty! They are the most disgusting snakes ever. They crap all over you and they stink. Supposedly I've heard that they are the easiest to tame though.
 
Actually you can often tell when the snake is about to bite, just pay attention to their body language. Youll know when they're grumpy, scared, or hungry. A kick from a horse can cause a ton of damage, while a bite from a corn will be just a slight inconveniance.
 
Almase said:
What exactly is musked? I used to catch garter snakes alot and those are so nasty! They are the most disgusting snakes ever. They crap all over you and they stink. Supposedly I've heard that they are the easiest to tame though.
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Musking is when they squeeze stinky fluid from their scent glands out their vent. Garters arnt disgusting, they think your going to eat them and they know how to make you drop them.
 
lol, yeah thats true. But man they stink. What I do like about garters though is they have live offspring. I wouldnt want to deal with trying to hatch eggs if I was a breeder. I hatched woodfrog eggs and thats hard enough to do. I'd bet its harder to take care of frogs from egg to adult than snakes though. Since you gotta hatch the frogs (as well as snakes of course) but then with the tadpoles they need water changed which runs risk of killing them. Then when they get to certain size you have to make the water so that the froglets can get out of the water and not drown. Then you gotta find food tiny enough for the frogletts that wont get out of tank. lol I couldnt get pinheads (tiny crickets) once and had to catch a bunch of those little sugar ants and they all climbed out of my tub thing. lol Jeeze, glad I dont have frogs anymore. :-offtopic
 
By Almase:
...The fear of getting bit by the snake is actually more than my horses kicking me and they kick pretty dang hard, but you can usually tell when the horse might kick you lol. The snake just happens within a second. The horse might take a certain stance, pin its ears, swing its butt towards you. So my theory is more that it isnt the bite which you dont know, its just how fast its gonna happen. That you wont have time to respond. ...
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Watch your snakes body language. A snake must be coiled to strike. In order to shoot their body out at your hand in a strike, they will first have to coil back in the classic "S" position. From there, they will ONLY be able to strike the distance of their body length that is coiled. Before they strike out of fear or aggression, they will pull back into this "S" position, raise the front portion of their bodies off the ground, and keep moving their head into position in front of the rest of their body, all while the eyes never leave your hand, and the tongue never stops flicking. They will sometimes rattle their tails as well, but not always.

A relaxed snake will stay in a straighter position, which all but eliminates their ability to strike. They can still bite, but the actual strike will be much slower and shorter in range. In a relaxed position, just be sure to grab your snake at least 1/3 of the body length back from the head, and there *shouldn't* be a problem. A relaxed snake will *usually* only bite out of a feeding response or if you grab the head, which is interpreted as an immediate threat by some snakes.
 
A good portion of them too. Most of the other bites then happen with snakes who are obviously in defense mode while being handled and a finger moves the wrong way near them.
 
So it would seem that most snakes that bite might bite because they are smaller and confuse fingers with pinky mice? Do you think?
 
Nanci said:
I think the scale should be animal-based:

1= mosquito
10=parrot
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:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

Having owned several parrots, I agree they belong at the top of the list just above mountain lions and grizzly bears.
 
I think most snakes bite because either they are defending themselves _or_ they are in a hurry to eat and get you instead. I don't think they mistake you for pinky mice- I think they strike at any movement. This hungry-type biting snake may also bite tongs, itself, or the floor of its feeding container.

A third category are snakes that don't strike- they just open their mouths and start chewing. While this is most often a feeding response, there are also cases where the snake shouldn't reasonably be hungry and still chews anyway.

I've only been bitten out of fear by a snake (pet) twice- and both times happened while I was already holding her.

I have lost count of the times my Tri-hog bit me, hoping I was food. He opens his mouth as soon as I lift his hide up, and I have to get him by the middle and get him out to the bed (hopefully without getting bit) where we can take a minute to figure out that no, it's not dinner time. Once he was resting on my desk while I was DLing some photos I took of him, and he made a flying leap at my typing pinky finger. _That_ is the only time I would count as him actually mistaking a finger for food.

Nanci
 
I forgot to say- I have a guaranteed biter (velcro-level) and a guaranteed musker (usually white or yellow specks, but if she's really determined to be put away, not that it helps- you can even get black musk!) so I am willing to rent these snakes out to anyone who would like to experience either biting or musking in a controlled setting, for a slight fee, which I will use to buy more snakes. :sidestep:

Nanci
 
lol, whats so bad about the musking?

I've had parrots too. Two blue and golds, a scarlet and a cockatoo. Those suckers can bite hard. They crack those brazil nuts they can crack fingers no sweat. Luckily the blue and golds and the cockatoo were really nice birds. The blue and golds only bit when they were playing and they would even laugh at you when you said "owe". The cockatoo was a really sweet bird and she never bit. The Scarlet was naughty though. We cant even hold him cause he bites to hurt.
 
Nanci said:
I forgot to say- I have a guaranteed biter (velcro-level) and a guaranteed musker (usually white or yellow specks, but if she's really determined to be put away, not that it helps- you can even get black musk!) so I am willing to rent these snakes out to anyone who would like to experience either biting or musking in a controlled setting, for a slight fee, which I will use to buy more snakes. :sidestep:

Nanci
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I wish I'd thought of that when my Deckert's was a guaranteed blood-drawer!
 
Nanci said:
I forgot to say- I have a guaranteed biter (velcro-level) and a guaranteed musker (usually white or yellow specks, but if she's really determined to be put away, not that it helps- you can even get black musk!) so I am willing to rent these snakes out to anyone who would like to experience either biting or musking in a controlled setting, for a slight fee, which I will use to buy more snakes. :sidestep:

Nanci
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No thanks...If I really want to get bit, I'll just hpold one of my mice and then try to pick up my floridana without washing my hands. That would be a guaranteed blood drawing bite...She has the most aggressive feeding response I have ever seen in person...even more so than the red tail and BP my old roomate had...
 
Could I perhaps interest anyone in a used shed? I have one that has the face of Baby Jesus on it...

Nanci

(It's just a joke- no religious insult meant!!)
 
can someone help me i dont know how to start my own thread and im getting tired off people telling me im hijacking their threads cuz i only hijack cars
 
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