Got my bones!

[teague]

Yesterday I got my first bite! My baby RTB got me. Let my hand linger a bit too long after putting him in his feeding container. A mistake I will not repeat. I must say though I'm glad I got it. I have read countless stories of being bit and never knew, and I didn't want to "make" one of my snakes bite. So thats my story.
Anyone else remember their first bite?

[infernalis]

My first bite was by a wild garter snake,

It was 1977 give or take a year.

I found a large female (probably gravid) and immediately reached down and picked her up, she spun around and latched on to my hand so hard I bled.

Nowadays, if one of my snakes bites me, I don't do anything, I wait for them to let go of me.

I am too afraid of hurting the snake.

[Will0W783]

Lol. My first bite was my ball python. I had been handling my pet guinea pig and forgot to wash my hands. About 10 minutes later the maintenance guy from my apartment complex came in to fix a leak and I asked if he wanted to see Saleen (my BP). He said he wasn't sure how he felt about snakes, as the only ones he'd seen were when he was in Vietnam and they shot them. I assured him Saleen was "the sweetest snake ever, perfectly tame" and went and stuck my hand in there, and WHAMMO. He got his mouth across all 4 fingers and hung on. I screamed and the maintenance guy turned white as a ghost (and for a rather dark-skinned black man, that's quite frightened). Saleen let go as soon as he realized I wasnt food, and I walked to the kitchen to run my hand under water. The guy was freaking out and asking if I needed to go to the hospital...I just said, no I'm fine and forgot I was holding a guinea pig and the snake mistook my hand for food. He was starting to go into shed at that point, so he probably couldn't see my hand well, but just caught a whiff of food scent and a moving heat signature and went for it. For the rest of the time I lived there, the maintenance guy would not go in the spare bedroom I kept Saleen in.

[infernalis]

Here's one for ya.......

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/PG1/images/1strike.jpg

[DeesBalls]

haha awesome pic!!

[Hillsberry]

I have been Two times

[Will0W783]

Wow, Infernalis, that's a killer pic! Nice shot! Did he get you?

[infernalis]

Wow, Infernalis, that's a killer pic! Nice shot! Did he get you?

Actually he just finished off a nice meal and was yawning.

I love that shot, people ask me things like "did he swallow the camera" and "did it hurt", things like that.

[marvelfreak]

My first bite was the worse one of all. I was watching a 8 an half foot burm for a friend while on vacation. The second day i had it i went to change the water reached in an WHAM. He bit my left hand an rapped. It took me, my oldest daughter, and sister in law to get it off. We ran water over it head, an it let go after 5 minutes. (seem like 20min) I had 76 teeth holes and 8 teeth broke off in my hand. Luckly it only got haft my hand.(his head was as big as my hand) It bleeded for a few minutes. I end up with nerve damage in my index finger. I couldn't move it more than a 1/4 of a inch for around 5 to 6 months. I found out later that it hadn't ate in 2 months. He told me he fed it 3 days before bringing it over. His wive said he lied. After that everthing else has been love bites.

[Kmef07]

wow dude that really sux... I don't know what else to say to getting bit by an 8 foot burm. lol

[rahlers]

this is a not so good one running a few days late on feeding was waiting for rodent pro package so anyway soon as it gets there pull 2 bags of jumbos thaw them go to the snake room set them on the counter start
sliding the boa tubs out and one of my best females flies out literally
latches on to my neck1st and last time she ever bit me
still cant figure how she got the momentum to get most of her 8 ft out of the tub always been a real sweethart and still is

[Will0W783]

Wow rahlers, that must have really hurt. I hope I never get tagged in the face or neck....ouch!

[infernalis]

I got bit last night by miss Mojo.

She tagged me on the right hand drawing blood.

I forgive her though.... She was just upset that I picked her up.

[marvelfreak]

this is a not so good one running a few days late on feeding was waiting for rodent pro package so anyway soon as it gets there pull 2 bags of jumbos thaw them go to the snake room set them on the counter start
sliding the boa tubs out and one of my best females flies out literally
latches on to my neck1st and last time she ever bit me
still cant figure how she got the momentum to get most of her 8 ft out of the tub always been a real sweethart and still is THE NECK OUCH! I had a baby retic nip my nose twice, but the neck. I bet that hurt like hell. Just the thought of getting bit in the neck is just so freaky. Did it just strike or latch on? Did it leave a mark? Detail we needed details.

[marvelfreak]

I got bit last night by miss Mojo.

She tagged me on the right hand drawing blood.

I forgive her though.... She was just upset that I picked her up. When you get tag do you ever count to see how many teeth marks it leaves?

[gonesnakee]

Been tagged thousands of times, mostly by baby Kings & Carpets.
I also keep many species that try to eat me on occassion as well (Kings, Womas, Blackheads, Diamonds/Carpets).
Its not much fun having an 8ft python trying to eat you or knuckles full of teeth etc. but is all part of keeping/breeding snakes. Mark

[SlimeyLimey805]

i got tagged by my baby bp about a month back because i was being a newb and didnt wash the smell of mouse off my hand and when i went to retrieve Kali (the bp) i used the mouse-y hand to try and pick her up (not that i got that far lawl) and then wham! she got me right on my left wrist just below where the thumb starts but above the bones of the forearm. she held on for what felt like 5-6 seconds (i asked my brother and apparently it was more like .5 seconds xP) and she let go when she realized her mistake. she was only about 18 inches long (at a guess) so she barely left a mark. the only mark was a tiny (and i mean TINY) pin prick of blood on the soft underside of my wrist and i wiped that away once, and that was that. i totally agree on what you said about wanting to get it over with, and i must say im relieved i did. but obviously we're still gonna try and avoid them if we can help it..

[marvelfreak]

Welcome to the club!

[emseeKAY]

still havent been tagged yet, although my brooksi likes to shake his tail and crap all over me lol my BRB just hisses the odd time but seems to like climbing on me lol

[marvelfreak]

Everybody gets tagged eventually. It will most likely be the one you least expect. hehehe It really doesn't hurt. It's just shocks you when it happens.

[Geckogal]

My tokay bit me 5 times first day i had it :)

Dont think a snake ever got hold of me.

[emseeKAY]

yeah lol im expecting my king to eventually, just cause hes young and a bit feisty haha

[Will0W783]

Ouch, Tokays hurt really bad; they don't like to let go. I used to have one, and he was a nasty bugger. My cats would swat the sides of his tank just to hear him bark and make wide eyes at me when he did. Lol.

[Feebo]

My first ever bite was a baby Cali King snake, I`d had him for a month or two. He just bit my hand and quickly let go. I was quite shocked at how sharp it felt lol :D That`s the worst part of a snake bite though eh, the shock. Depending on the bite and the species though but you know what I mean. Since then I`ve been had by all sorts and as Infernalis says, I just keep still and wait for them to let go, I`m too worried about hurting the snake. I even take my wedding ring off before I handle one of my snakes just incase they bite and damage their teeth on it. I haven`t been bitten for a good while now though, but now I`ve said that, I`m sure my Blood python will rip my face off when I go in there later lol My most painful bite has to be an Amethistine Python that I didn`t even see was there, it was like being stabbed with a bottle, lots of blood and a big girly squeek......

[Geckogal]

What happened to him Kim? U said u used to have one.
Mine is a young male, everytime he bit me so far he let go quickly, just once he bit my boyfriend and didnt let go :) think he likes the ladies.

[Will0W783]

I had him about 5 years ago. I adopted him from a kid at a pet store who just didn't want him anymore. The novelty of pissing him off and listening to him bark had worn off I guess and that was that. Psycho was huge when I went to pick him up- he was definitely full-grown, probably the body was 6 inches and the tail another 6 easily. So I know he was an adult but no idea how old he was. I had him for two years and then he just suddenly died on me. He was so pretty and quite alert and neat. I do miss him but I'm not anxious to get another one. He was a mean bugger!

[Geckogal]

Prolly died of age, lol i bought a massive aquatic snail about a month ago, think its same case senario. Poor Mount-Nole was on his last breath, shame he didnt have anything in his will, just a really big shell.

[shaunyboy]

Here's one for ya.......

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/PG1/images/1strike.jpg

my first bite was from a male jungle we called crazy bert.the guy that first had him used to open his tub lid a little,chuck in a food item and that was it.the only other human contact bert had was when the guy changed his water,but only when he could be bothered.my mate rescued bert and i bought him after my mate tried for 3 months to calm him down.i tried my best to get him used to human contact for the next year.on a very,very good day you could take him out for 10 minutes and not get bit.you had to take him out with gloves on,let him get used to being handled with the gloves,then slip a glove of and introduce him to the heat of your hand.on a good day you'd get both gloves off.you would still have to move in slow motion to avoid bites.it was the heat from your that set him off the worst,he would not even go across my jeans as the second heat was detected from my leg he was very nervous and on his guard.the good days were few and far between.i kept him like a wild example,in the end he would let you take his water bowl but that was about it.i sold bert only a couple of months ago with a female jungle as a pair.i told the guy all about bert,the female was tame so there was no problems with her.the other day i was on a forum and the guy i sold the pair of jungles to is now selling them.his advert says both jungles are quite tame.this made me very angry as imo bert has special needs and if those needs are not met then some poor guys going to get some sore bites.you see bert would'nt just strike you the one defensive bite,he would hit you like a machine gun until whatever was bothering him was out of range.he was quite a charecter and part of me misses him,my bitten hands,legs and arms dont though,haha
cheers shaun