Hands, the new substitute reptile feeders.

[stephanbakir]

‎I was working with my newest retics (only about 3 feet but really nippy)I calmed them down and was just holding them when my dumbass of a cat jumps on my lap and sets off a feeding response... Next thing you know the male is trying to eat my middle finger and the female is randomly biting my hand and trying to swallow the hook..... SIGH
"all of my fingers were bitten in the making of this photograph, including 4 from the other hand..." They were all coiled around my wrists calmly before the cat came into the picture, and I had to uncoil the damn things to get them off, then work on releasing the coils on my finger, then release the jaws... that middle finger was completely down the males throat...

My knuckles on my middle finger are starting to swell, not sure why... there is almost no pain in my hand...

[TeaNinja]

lol, i like how someone called you'd get bit just earlier. that sucks. hopefully the swelling is just irritation from the bite.

[millertime89]

ha ha, looks awesome. I make it a point to keep my cats out of the room when Nero is out. Like Ninja said it my be irritation from the bite. The other thing it could be is it is entirely possible you could have jammed it and the adrenaline from the moment (gotta love it) prevented you from feeling the pain (or the pain from the bite was more significant). Just throwing out alternatives.

[Snakefood]

at least you know what they'll eat if you ever run out of rats!!

[Aaron_S]

There's a good chance there's a tooth stuck in your hand if it's swelling.

Maybe handling one at a time is also a good idea.

[Gungirl]

Ouchie.. you got it good. I think keeping the cat locked out of the room if you are taking them out is a must. Unless of course you want to feed the cat to them!

[SnakeyJay]

Sweet bite :D......we all make mistakes tho, just learn from it lol.

[TeaNinja]

There's a good chance there's a tooth stuck in your hand if it's swelling.

Maybe handling one at a time is also a good idea.

i had that thought also.

[lady_bug87]

yikes.....

[stephanbakir]

My hand is fine now, swelling went down after a few hours, you can't even see the cuts.
My finger is stiff though.

[Lankyrob]

When my SD hit my thumb the worst part was the bruising rather than the bite, made it stiff and sore for a few days.

[lady_bug87]

i hate being tagged... it hasnt happened with any of my snakes (yet) or my beardie but I know when it happens it is going to suck

[marvelfreak]

lol, i like how someone called you'd get bit just earlier. that sucks. hopefully the swelling is just irritation from the bite.
That would have been me. 14650.

Now you have a good reason to get rid of the cat and the means to get rid of it. lol

[stephanbakir]

When they get older I fully intend to feed that cat, my neighbors dogs and possibly my neighbor to them.

[marvelfreak]

Now your talking.

[lady_bug87]

When they get older I fully intend to feed that cat, my neighbors dogs and possibly my neighbor to them.


hahaha nice...

[Aaron_S]

If you're finger is still stiff make sure there are no teeth left in there! There's a very good chance that there is!

[stephanbakir]

I've got long term nerve damage in both hands, anything sets it off these days. I checked, no teeth that I can tell.

[Aaron_S]

Good. If it starts to show infection then get to a doc asap to dig around ;)

[stephanbakir]

Docs suck here :( I've had a piece of glass in the palm of my hand for about a year now. It's only the size of a pinhead but you can feel it if you rub the palm of my hand and if I clench my fist hard it bleeds under the skin there, the docs have tried a half dozen times to get it and nothing.

[millertime89]

cut it open (or let your retic do it for you) and pull it out yourself. That's what I did after a motorcycle accident that left some gravel in my knee. But that was only a few days after the fact, not a year...

[Will0W783]

I had a tooth stuck in my hand for three months after a carpet python bite. It felt like little jolts of electricity every time I bumped the area. One day I was typing at school, and my hand started to itch really badly...I looked down, and saw a white thing poking out. I grabbed tweezers and pulled out a tooth. The next day, another came out...and two days after that a third tooth popped out. My hand has been fine since.

[Aaron_S]

I'm glad your body just rejected those teeth Kim!

[SkYyaMe1623]

I had a tooth stuck in my hand for three months after a carpet python bite. It felt like little jolts of electricity every time I bumped the area. One day I was typing at school, and my hand started to itch really badly...I looked down, and saw a white thing poking out. I grabbed tweezers and pulled out a tooth. The next day, another came out...and two days after that a third tooth popped out. My hand has been fine since.
Do carpet python's teeth grow back?

[shaunyboy]

you better hope the cat don't do the same thing a few years from now mate :yes:

cheers shaun