whats with the concept of manliness in letting snakes bite you? LOL

Just making a vent thread

What's with the repeated idea among men of having to handle feisty snakes without gloves on, because apparently letting feisty snakes bite you proves you "have a pair" or are otherwise manly? I had some random man on the internet tell me to "grow a pair" after I posted a video of handling my GTP while wearing gloves, since she has tried to bite me a few times in the past in the middle of handling. And the variety of man-to-man comments I've gotten in the past about "manning up" and just letting my scrub python bite me, from people who clearly don't realize I'm in fact not a man. lol

I don't know about you, but I'd still prefer not to have a bunch of holes in my skin if there are simple ways to prevent it and while knowing the snake is readily defensive, thanks.

And I don't see an actual man as lesser or lame if you do wear gloves when handling feisty snakes, so... haha. In fact, I'd see it as just a smart, normal preventative.

I can't help feeling the "pair" he was refering to were neurons.

I get bitten occasionally while feeding - I can assure you screaming obsenities and squealing like a little girl during a large adult feeding bite in no way increases testosterone.

Oddly I do advise handling without gloves simply because it lets you more accurately judge the pressure you are applying to the snake during handling - but if you are feeding you shouldn't be handling and vice-versa.

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

Just making a vent thread

What's with the repeated idea among men of having to handle feisty snakes without gloves on, because apparently letting feisty snakes bite you proves you "have a pair" or are otherwise manly? I had some random man on the internet tell me to "grow a pair" after I posted a video of handling my GTP while wearing gloves, since she has tried to bite me a few times in the past in the middle of handling. And the variety of man-to-man comments I've gotten in the past about "manning up" and just letting my scrub python bite me, from people who clearly don't realize I'm in fact not a man. lol

I don't know about you, but I'd still prefer not to have a bunch of holes in my skin if there are simple ways to prevent it and while knowing the snake is readily defensive, thanks.

And I don't see an actual man as lesser or lame if you do wear gloves when handling feisty snakes, so... haha. In fact, I'd see it as just a smart, normal preventative.

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I have been mitten by my 7+ ft boa. I didn't even know it happened till it was over. I was surprised how little damaged she did. Sure it was bloody and all but in the end you can't tell anything ever happened.

I have scars from cat scratches.

But the psychology of being bit by a snake is much greater than being scratched by a cat.

All that being said to say that, it is perfectly understandable to try and protect yourself but an animal known for biting.

This is an honest question, because I seriously don't know the answer. Since I've never kept a snake that I felt warranted gloves I've never done much research on the topic. So here's my question:

Would the gloves increase the risk of injury to the snake?

My thought is that the material may snag a tooth more than skin might.

Again, I honestly don't know, so I'm asking.

Either way, @redshepherd, I have nothing but the utmost respect for you and admiration for you animals. Whether you wear gloves or not doesn't make a lick of difference to me, because I know your animals are well cared for.

It's just the 'old school' mentality, same as how some 'big dudes' only want to have 'big snakes' or gators to show a 'toughness'. Used to see it a lot more 20 yrs ago too.
Vent away and ignore it, silly machismo. I don't normally wear gloves but I wield a snake hook and shield like no body's business.
I'm not against wearing gloves though. I've had an ATB bite my hip and get a tooth stuck in jeans for a moment, they usually free themselves quite easily.
Also... If getting bit makes you a man then I guess I'm wearing the wrong type of pants. XDD
Silly people.

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

...What's with the repeated idea among men of having to handle feisty snakes without gloves on, because apparently letting feisty snakes bite you proves you "have a pair" or are otherwise manly? ...

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The smarter you are, the less "brave" you have to be... And I'm a gal too so I'll never "grow [or have] a pair" but FYI guys, if you want to put on some gloves so
you have hands left that aren't shredded, it's perfectly fine with me. :cool:

I've never felt more manly than when I cried for 3 days and refused to get out of bed because I had a head cold.

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

I have been mitten by my 7+ ft boa. I didn't even know it happened till it was over. I was surprised how little damaged she did. Sure it was bloody and all but in the end you can't tell anything ever happened.

I have scars from cat scratches.

But the psychology of being bit by a snake is much greater than being scratched by a cat.

All that being said to say that, it is perfectly understandable to try and protect yourself but an animal known for biting.

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I've been bitten so many times by my tanimbar python that I lost track so then I decided to wear gloves, since I already know she'd bite me anyway. :/ My GTP has attempted three times but she's dumb and misses and bites the perch or herself instead LOL, which is frequent considering I only take her out like twice a year. It's not really psychology, it's that I already know they're going to bite me without a doubt ahah.

And craig, for some reason I've found that the gloves keep them calmer and they don't act up or get as nervous when I handle with gloves, I guess because the temp isn't super warm like my skin. My skin temp seems to be what makes my tanimbar python tick. So they've never actually bitten the gloves.

That's a great point about gloves helping to disguise our body warmth, I never thought of that. I only have one snake that I put on gloves for, a perpetually-
panicky (& adult) Korean rat snake.