Anyone else afraid of dropping their snake/lizard/etc because it bit you?

This is one of my biggest fears! So far I haven't done it, but I just about dropped one of the babies while I was moving it to a different tub. He probably bit me a good 20 times in the span of a month! I'm so paranoid about dropping the snakes I put foam flooring down in front of the baby rack. I just hope I have enough sense to always hold on to them.

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

This is one of my biggest fears! So far I haven't done it, but I just about dropped one of the babies while I was moving it to a different tub. He probably bit me a good 20 times in the span of a month! I'm so paranoid about dropping the snakes I put foam flooring down in front of the baby rack. I just hope I have enough sense to always hold on to them.

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oh man thats intense!
I guess out of reflex I probably would drop them but I havnt had it happen. Even with my bullsnake babies... they were all hiss and no bite. :P

I don't care about being bit but I've had a snake stike and fly out of my hand before. It was pretty funny. I think it was more shocked than I was. I laughed pretty hard. The room is carpeted so it pretty much dropped a couple of feet.

Regards,

B

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Originally Posted by mues155

oh man thats intense!
I guess out of reflex I probably would drop them but I havnt had it happen. Even with my bullsnake babies... they were all hiss and no bite. :P

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Lol, it's cement flooring so if they fell, I'm guessing they would die. I'm also worried that if one got out and fell on the floor that would be the end of that. So far I've been able to overcome my reflex to let go. It's not even like it hurts when a bp bites you, but it definitely startles you!

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Originally Posted by Simple Man

I don't care about being bit but I've had a snake stike and fly out of my hand before. It was pretty funny. I think it was more shocked than I was. I laughed pretty hard. The room is carpeted so it pretty much dropped a couple of feet.

Regards,

B

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Oh my gosh I never thought of that! They definitely like to launch themselves when they are babies! Now I'm slightly more worried, lol. If my floors were carpet I would be a little more relaxed about it. I'm sure they are hardier than I'm giving them credit for, but I definitely think the foam flooring was a good choice. It's the big black interlocking foam pieces.

exactly, its the surprise that gets you. Its not really about the bite itself. A hatchling bite feels like toothpicks scraping your skin, it doesnt hurt at all. But yes I get what you mean.

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

This is one of my biggest fears! So far I haven't done it, but I just about dropped one of the babies while I was moving it to a different tub. He probably bit me a good 20 times in the span of a month! I'm so paranoid about dropping the snakes I put foam flooring down in front of the baby rack. I just hope I have enough sense to always hold on to them.

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Ouch.. Crikey! You go yourself a mean little one! Sorry. Lol.
But to b honest, out of the about the 30 or 40 times I've been bitten by countless different snakes, (even a 3 day old albino Burmese!) None hurt of really scare me. Now... I did get a scare last week, and it left a scar. Our 5-6 foot Burmese bit me and latched on wrapping my hand, that is the only time that I have ever been bitten that even scared me, and to be honest" I was more scared of hurting him then dropping him. :P Il

You could always buy a throw rug that takes up the majority of your snake room :)

i remember about 12 years ago i was just starting to collect snakes and i bought a pair of kenyan sand boas from the chicago reptile house. i never realized how fast they were when they were hunting. i moved my hand along the sand and one nailed me. startled me so bad i ripped my hand back and just happened to still have the kenyan attached to my finger which now went flying through the air landing safely on the couch.....lol
adam jeffery
i dont even flinch when young ones snap now

Iv always been terrified of being bit by anything, i always freak out. I remember my first snake which was a baby corn snake, i had her for 2 months and one day he decided to bite me, scared the crap outa me! After that happend i got rid of her and quit snakes.

But i missed snakes so much i decided to get back in the hobby and got a black king, iv learned to read her emotions and if shes pissed i leave her alone, but shes a sweetheart, if it wasnt for her i wouldnt have got back into snakes....but iv also come to the realisaition that im going to get bit again some day but i cant let that scare me again, snakes are my passion.

(P.S. I still dont mess with corns and havnt handled one since then lol)

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

So far I've been able to overcome my reflex to let go.

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thats good, imo, the best way is to always expect a bite no matter what, that way when it happens, you'll have already been ready

also, mine fell probably 5 1/2-6feet to the floor (carpeted) out of his tank when he escaped one night, he didnt get hurt at all though, but it was kinda funny, i was half asleep and i heard a big thump lol, i found him behind the dresser his tank was on