Finally Bit!

Yesterday was feeding day and as usual I went to the reptile store to get a baby rat. When I came home, I opened up the bag and let Luther "smell" his rat with a few tounge flicks (first stupid thing). Then I put him in his feeding tub and then dumped the rat in. The rat's head was not facing toward him and I have found that if he gets the rats head in his mouth during the strike he will eat it faster, so I put my hand back into the tub like a retard (second stupid thing) to fix the rat. And of course I get bit :) It was startling but didnt really hurt. So then I just left him alone to eat his rat while I got the camera to take a pic (cuz i knew u would want to see it) and everyone lived happily ever after!
I am happy I finally got bit for the 1st time and here is the pic:
http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/o...eptiles007.jpg
He got me good :)

Hi,

Thanks for thinking of us and taking the pic. :D


dr del

congrats and welcome to the bite club! lol :)

Life gives us lessons each day and its up to us to learn from them and I bet you did.

:rofl: :rofl: Yeah I almost got tagged doing something like that lol, now I don't worry about them getting a perfect strike, I just watch and have tongs ready :)

Thanks guys lol, and yes I did learn from that (even though I already knew not to do that)

i usly get bit when i remove the prey item from the tub if they don't eat it within 20 mintues (by then the prey either dead from a brain injury (stunning) or still dazed and gets offered to the next snake in line. I found it simple to only pull one out at a time wiuth the pickie eaters. (het pied male ) since the breeding mode going.

Well at least the wait is over with:)

It's best to keep the hands away from the food. :)

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Originally Posted by llovelace

:rofl: :rofl: Yeah I almost got tagged doing something like that lol, now I don't worry about them getting a perfect strike, I just watch and have tongs ready :)

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My bp grabs their face and then starts to eat their butt. Gets its halfway in, gives up and goes for the head. EVERY time.