Got My First Bite Today!

Lol. I was at the Lone Star Reptile Expo earlier, and was holding a gorgeous little female carpet python (I don't know diddly about carpets, but she was labeled as a platinum, was a pretty bronzy and yellow, and was selling for $60).

Suddenly the little thing nipped me! She was so tiny her teeth didn't even nick the skin, and I only knew she did because my finger suddenly felt wet from the inside of her mouth. She made me jump, though!

Is it sad that I totally wanted to get her, just because she's fiesty? Sadly, wasn't allowed to bring her home, but she was a gorgeous little girl.

That's how I decided on my male spider a few years ago! He bit me, so to me, he decided for me :) Welcome to the Bite Club :gj:

Congratulations! Small Carpets are notorious for being defensive. LOL

Lol. I count myself lucky that my first bite came from a snake too tiny to even hurt. She more surprised me than anything, as she had been perfectly calm (if eager to explore) before that.

Silly snake, you want people to LIKE you!

Congrats, I'll never forget mine. 4 and a half foot redtail straight to the face.
I wasn't even holding it.

One day the big bite will come.

HAHA! Yeah, my girl has never actually succeeded in biting me, but she has tried a few times, usually on feeding day, so she doesn't really mean it. But that strike will just make you wet your pants, it doesn't matter if they can't break the skin, or if you know it won't really hurt even if they do, they are just so darn fast you can help but jump out of your skin! haha!

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Originally Posted by Bagged1

Congrats, I'll never forget mine. 4 and a half foot redtail straight to the face.
I wasn't even holding it.

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^^Exactly how my friend got his first bite :P. 4 foot Dumeril's female to the face, and he wasn't even holding it etiher.

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Originally Posted by smd58

One day the big bite will come.

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Those big bites suck. :P at Tinley I had a 14 foot Retic take a bite at my face, I move and he scraped against me! Now that was scary..

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Originally Posted by SilverDemon

Lol. I was at the Lone Star Reptile Expo earlier, and was holding a gorgeous little female carpet python (I don't know diddly about carpets, but she was labeled as a platinum, was a pretty bronzy and yellow, and was selling for $60).

Suddenly the little thing nipped me! She was so tiny her teeth didn't even nick the skin, and I only knew she did because my finger suddenly felt wet from the inside of her mouth. She made me jump, though!

Is it sad that I totally wanted to get her, just because she's fiesty? Sadly, wasn't allowed to bring her home, but she was a gorgeous little girl.

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You have to love the fiesty ones though. :) our rescue is fiesty to everyone buy me. Honestly u get more of a laugh out of it Because half the time she just snakes you with her head! Why didn't you pick the little carpet up though!?

Because I'm Not Allowed to have snakes where I'm at (my job doesn't pay very well, so I'm living with my parents at the moment, and my mom does NOT do reptiles). Otherwise I would have taken her home in a heartbeat, and done quick cramming on how to take care of carpets.

Also, uploading the pics from the expo to photobucket as we speak, will be posting them soon!

There's like over 150 of them, so it's going to be a SERIOUS DUW warning.