Painful ?

[ZARADOZIA]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

He went for a brief flight and was quite angry.

LMBO!!!

This happened to me once when I was rescueing a furball. I had no idea what it was but it was screeching and under my kitchen cabinets, so I stuck my hand under there and caught it. Stood up and looked at it (flying sugar glider) and it sunk it's teeth into my hand, I jerked my hand up and the poor thing went flying across the room. I felt SO bad about it. But I was only 13 so I didn't know any better

[KORBIN5895]

Well unfortunately I did it a couple of days ago with a king snake at the pet store. I had just fed their atb and was moving the hide sunglow the king snakes cage when I noticed he perked right up..... I tried to get my hand out fast but he caught the side of my finger and came flying right to my chest. He is about 20 inches long and it didn't phase him one bit.

[Swany]

Originally Posted by ZARADOZIA

Well, pain has levels and it depends on your tolerance of each level.
Tatoo in the web of my hand is about the equivelant of a constant cat scratch (to me)
Snake bite, less painful than a pissed off cat bite.
Pissed off cat can do way more damage than a pissed off snake. (Usually & depending on how big the teeth are of course)

Evie (cat) has ripped my hands and arms open and I mean where I was pouring blood. (She is easily scared by smells and loud noises, I unfortunately was holding her when she spazzed) It didn't hurt until an hour later.

Spike (cat) had gotten his foot caught in a cat door (F* POS) and was freaking out. I went to grab him and he bit down on my hand so hard that his teeth almost went all the way through. I held on to him as he held onto me and kicked the door in so it would release his foot. I didn't feel it until about 20 minutes later. My hand swelled up twice it's size and had t take antibiotics.

Both of these instances are way more painful than anything a snake can do and I weathered them jsut fine. Mostly it's the shock of the strike that scares you and pain sets in after. At least this is true for me. Unless the snake naws on you...I haven't experienced that so I am unsure what the level would be.

Thanks for this. All th replies I've recieved pretty much say the same, that its more the fright than the pain. I think my tolerance for pains about average. The attached pics a tattoo on my butt :-) And i managed that just fine lol

[Swany]

Originally Posted by Norm66

I totally agree that cat bites are worse. And also that a tattoo is like a constant cat scratch. LOL.

And daggone it if I didn't get a splinter in my hand last night working on my rack. And again I couldn't see it and dug it out anyway and now it's way more sore (sorer?) than it was before. I really need to get new glasses, I just can't see like I used to.

Join the club man. my eyes aint as good as they were, either that or my arms are getting shorter ;-)

[Swany]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

My recommendation is that if it bites you do your best NOT to jerk away. One of my bci nailed the web of my hand and when I jerked my hand away he was still attached
He went for a brief flight and was quite angry.

Aye, the brief flight would have p@*%ed me too. Cheers

[ZARADOZIA]

Originally Posted by Swany

Thanks for this. All th replies I've recieved pretty much say the same, that its more the fright than the pain. I think my tolerance for pains about average. The attached pics a tattoo on my butt :-) And i managed that just fine lol

Oh My! LOL

[mykee]

"So I was wondering, how painful is a bite from a full grown BP ?"

Damn painful, don't listen to these fools. They're just trying to show how tough they are. It hurts a lot and you'll bleed a lot.

[Swany]

Originally Posted by mykee

Damn painful, don't listen to these fools. They're just trying to show how tough they are. It hurts a lot and you'll bleed a lot.

Jesus. Thanks man the critters gone in the morning ;-)

[Maclyal]

depending on how tough your skin is & how high your pain threshhold is, it can hurt a lot or a little. you may not bleed or you may bleed quite well.
I have had my 3000+ gram female ball python get ahold of me & yes it hurt a little & yes it made me bleed, but I have had worse from other cuts & bruises.

If you are that afraid of something, then you have no business owning it.
It's not fair to the animal/reptile.

[Swany]

Originally Posted by Maclyal

depending on how tough your skin is & how high your pain threshhold is, it can hurt a lot or a little. you may not bleed or you may bleed quite well.
I have had my 3000+ gram female ball python get ahold of me & yes it hurt a little & yes it made me bleed, but I have had worse from other cuts & bruises.

If you are that afraid of something, then you have no business owning it.
It's not fair to the animal/reptile.

Thats me told then !

If youd read all the posts in this this thread, you'd have seen I said I wasn't nervous (or scared) i just wanted some feedback from experienced people.
Thanks for the input anyway :-)

[KORBIN5895]

Listen swany if he wants to just jump in and fire away let him. Who are you to say anything in your own thread?

[Swany]

Maybe hes right and I should sell my two dogs as well :-p

[KORBIN5895]

Glad you see the light swany.

@maclyal.

Just have some fun man. No hard feelings. We do this to every one.

[Swany]

No sweat man, cheers
But the dogs and the snake are gone tomorrow,btw do rabbits bite, cos if they do, shes gone too :-D

[Norm66]

My wife bites but I'm keeping her anyway.