Getting Bit or Almost Getting Bit

So I have this new YB that is still a baby about 200g or so maybe 250g but man is he a vicious little dude always trying to bite me and stuff. But here is the thing I have had many snakes strike at me but never never actually bit me and for some reason im scared of getting bit I mean literally my heart starts pounding if it almost gets me. Lol you would think i wouldnt be such a sissy but for some reason when a snake strikes it really gets my nerves going, does this happen to anyone else

O and one time i had my 700g spider bp out and when he was slithering through my hands he actually opened his mouth and tried biting one of my fingers but he never struck or anything has this ever happened before to anyone?

We get tagged on a regular basis 'round here

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Originally Posted by llovelace

We get tagged on a regular basis 'round here

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Well how do you get used to it hell Brian from BHB gets bit and dosent even make a face lol

I think the human being brain is pre-wired to not want to get bit by a snake. I've been bit by dogs, cats, rats, babies, daughters, etc. and all of those bites hurt a lot more than a snake bite. Why, then, the subconscious reaction to getting bit by a snake? I have no clue. You should let your little YB get you once or twice. Maybe when your brain registers that it's really no big deal, you won't have that reaction?

I Get it, but it's real important to not be scared of these animals if you are going to keep them and care for them. It takes a ton of fun out of owning them. Babies, btw. are typically more nippy than adults. My big ones never strike (except my spider guy when he's in shed, but that's normal) He'll probably grow out of it. Also, once you have them in hand, they don't typically bite. That thing about your male spider is weird. Maybe your finger smelled like a rat? :)

Good luck

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Originally Posted by tsshields

Well how do you get used to it hell Brian from BHB gets bit and dosent even make a face lol

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Practice makes perfect. It sucks, but that's really the best way, lol.

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Originally Posted by tsshields

Well how do you get used to it hell Brian from BHB gets bit and dosent even make a face lol

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Conditioning, after so many bites, you become conditioned not to flinch or pull away, at least with balls anyway lol.

I've been around snakes for more than 20 years and I still flinch some times. The one's that get me are the snakes that come out of the tub when you open it. without notice, here they come. I'm fine when I'm going into a tub and get tagged.

I've got a female Lesser Platty and she's over 1000 grams now and she's been a biter ever since I got her at 250 grams. She's also a hisser too. No one in the house will hold her except me. You should see her go after me after she's been in the sink soaking for 10 minutes. She's my viper in training.

Jim Smith

Once you get bit once, you realize it was kinda stupid to be scared in the first place, you'll know what I mean when it happens, pretty much no pain, a little blood. My first bite was from a gtp in the face and honestly if i didn't feel the blood running down my face, i wouldn't of even thought she got me. 10 minutes later, the blood stopped flowing and you couldn't even tell I got bit unless you were looking for it.

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Originally Posted by jamesa2580

I think the human being brain is pre-wired to not want to get bit by a snake. I've been bit by dogs, cats, rats, babies, daughters, etc. and all of those bites hurt a lot more than a snake bite. Why, then, the subconscious reaction to getting bit by a snake? I have no clue. You should let your little YB get you once or twice. Maybe when your brain registers that it's really no big deal, you won't have that reaction?

I Get it, but it's real important to not be scared of these animals if you are going to keep them and care for them. It takes a ton of fun out of owning them. Babies, btw. are typically more nippy than adults. My big ones never strike (except my spider guy when he's in shed, but that's normal) He'll probably grow out of it. Also, once you have them in hand, they don't typically bite. That thing about your male spider is weird. Maybe your finger smelled like a rat? :)

Good luck

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yea i agree it is impt not to be scared its not really tho that im scared its just that i idk it just a weird feeling i guess and your right i have been bit by dogs cats all kinds of other animals and nothing like a snake striking at me gets my heart pumping a million miles a hour lol.

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Originally Posted by j_h_smith

I've been around snakes for more than 20 years and I still flinch some times. The one's that get me are the snakes that come out of the tub when you open it. without notice, here they come. I'm fine when I'm going into a tub and get tagged.

I've got a female Lesser Platty and she's over 1000 grams now and she's been a biter ever since I got her at 250 grams. She's also a hisser too. No one in the house will hold her except me. You should see her go after me after she's been in the sink soaking for 10 minutes. She's my viper in training.

Jim Smith

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Yea your right i dont think i will ever get used to being bit or the strike, I think its just the fact that i cant tell when they are going to strike i think that is what gets me the most.