It's been about 1 year since I got my first snakes and one finally got me... It was totally my fault. I was cleaning her cage at night, moved her to the other side of it to dig around for hidden "presents", was removing poo (which I supposed smelled "mousy"), and brilliantly decided to fiddle with a thermometer cord right next to her head (with said mouse-poo smelling hands) and she got me. Oh, the pain! Oh the gruesomeness!
First the wound
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Now a closeup of the viscous culprit (zelda, the anery KSB..about 115 grams)
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And another pic of her for scale
I was surprised at how little it hurt and how little the damage was. I never expected this from her because she's so docile... I guess snake poo actually smells like mice and can cause one to be mistaken for food? Otherwise I'm not sure what the motive would've been. I hope you enjoyed the carnage. My husband said "Now you're a real snake owner."![]()