And.....Im a whimp

Like a jack in the box on silent

Still jump now and then :rolleyes::oops:

Totally normal, lol. I don't jump as often as I used to, but a five foot boa hits the prey hard and occasionally she still catches me off guard and I jump. It does get better, but I can't say if it ever goes away lol.

Well needless to say I feel much better now....lmao, Thanks all! I guess the answer to my problem is to get a boa. that way the bp wont scare me any more lol ;)

That's great I thought I was alone!I used to feed a monster Burmese and that didn't make me jump like this mean four foot male I have right now!

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One female BP I have has an insane feeding response. Honestly, several times after she has coiled I have had to try to lift her back into her enclosure as she is almost half out and hanging down.
Thankfully, unlike my boa after coiling she does not immediately look for another target, she constricts while holding with her jaws the entire time until she is convinced the F/T rat is dead again(might be because I let her watch Walking Dead).

So yes, when I get hit by a rat from 24" feeding hemostats I do tend to still jump. Maybe that make me a wimp too but, hey, that doesn't mean I love these animals any less and won't still do what ever it takes to look after them even if they do occasionally make me jump.

And, for the record since I just have Carpets, a BCL and BP's until my ETB's get here, my snakes are all generally speaking very chill. Other than when the one female BP or the juvie Carpet decides to really strap on the feedbag that is.

It's not being a wimp. I feed live. And I still jump when a ball hits their rat hard, and they are in a tub with a lid and the lid is CLOSED. And I jump. Even a baby hitting their mouse especially hard can make me jump.
My big female, who is nearly 6' long, has come close to dislocating my shoulder a few times hitting her rat. And even if I'm fast enough to get it in the tub and the tub shut, she still hits hard enough to make me jump. I swear one of these days she's going to bust her tub wide apart.

So if you are a wimp for jumping, there are a lot of us out her wimping out right along with you. :D

Gale

OMG!! I feel so much better about myself and I mean that in saying I felt like a wimp too when I fed my "kids". I have 3 full grown BPs measuring 4.5 to 5 feet long. Every time I feed them, I jerk back a bit every time they strike. As you said, its not out of fear of the snake, its just my body's instinct to pull back. I will admit that it was much worse before. Back then, I'd almost anticipate the strike and pull back while the poor snake is staring at me motionless. LOL.. So, yes, it does get better but I cant say it will completely go away. Have fun..

Mine will almost never let me watch her eat. But the other day she struck at the thawed mouse right when I put it in her feeding box and I about jumped out of my skin. I got a good laugh out of it afterwards :D

closest thing i can compare feeding sessions is to thrill rides. from the feeling of anticipation for the oncoming "scare", the actual but fleeting "scare" moment, and the tingling feeling that lingers afterwards. i can't get enough of that feeling and would feed my snakes a lot more often if it wasn't bad for their health.

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closest thing i can compare feeding sessions is to thrill rides. from the feeling of anticipation for the oncoming "scare", the actual but fleeting "scare" moment, and the tingling feeling that lingers afterwards. i can't get enough of that feeling and would feed my snakes a lot more often if it wasn't bad for their health.

After keeping reptile for 20 odd years, some of mine can still occasionally get a reaction out of me. Especially my blood python, Alucard. He hits like a runaway Mack truck coming down a mountain road.