welcome me into "the club"
:snake:well I just got my first "bite" today and all it did was remind me why I hate cats... Its feeding day I pre-scented the room and by now my little guy knows his feeding schedual. When I went back to take him out and feed him sepreatly I seen he was already looking around his tank for Mr. Mousie-Face. i reached in to grab him and I noticed he was in the 'S' shape but I didn't think he could confuse my hand with a mouse, after all I am bigger right? Anyway he struck at me and I could feel the bite but he immediatly let go, I gave him a stern "No!" (as if he heard me) then decided to just drop the mouse in. No bite marks blood or anything (unlike a cat attack) and I know where the snake was comming from he thought I was a mouse (unlike a cat which does it for the fun of it). So im now in the bite club, I guess, and ball pythons are still better than cats!
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TimmyG
:snake:well I just got my first "bite" today and all it did was remind me why I hate cats... Its feeding day I pre-scented the room and by now my little guy knows his feeding schedual. When I went back to take him out and feed him sepreatly I seen he was already looking around his tank for Mr. Mousie-Face. i reached in to grab him and I noticed he was in the 'S' shape but I didn't think he could confuse my hand with a mouse, after all I am bigger right? Anyway he struck at me and I could feel the bite but he immediatly let go, I gave him a stern "No!" (as if he heard me) then decided to just drop the mouse in. No bite marks blood or anything (unlike a cat attack) and I know where the snake was comming from he thought I was a mouse (unlike a cat which does it for the fun of it). So im now in the bite club, I guess, and ball pythons are still better than cats!
Most bites happen when people put their snakes in a separate enclosure to feed. I, haven't been bitten feeding in cage, cause I never have to touch them. :gj:
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Welcome to the club :welcome:
Either yoiu shouldn't pre scent or you should move it into the container before pre scenting.
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blackcrystal22
Most bites happen when people put their snakes in a separate enclosure to feed. I, haven't been bitten feeding in cage, cause I never have to touch them. :gj:
It never happened to me. My first bite was when I was weighing my BRB. Lol.
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I've decided that since he's basicly a great tempered snake (if my needle blunder in another post is any indication) I don't really need to concern myself with feeding in a separate container to improve temperment. So next time I'll just do like I did today without trying to move the little guy. Thanks for your guys input!
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TimmyG
I've decided that since he's basicly a great tempered snake (if my needle blunder in another post is any indication) I don't really need to concern myself with feeding in a separate container to improve temperment. So next time I'll just do like I did today without trying to move the little guy. Thanks for your guys input!
Haha, I don't really know how temperament would improve feeding in another enclosure, my worst tempered snake is fed in the enclosure to avoid issues all together. :D
