Got tagged

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Originally Posted by Yodawagon

My 770g female just tagged me for no reason. She was out exploring our bed, and for some reason randomly went into a striking position. Like a dummy I thought, she was being weird, so I put my hand in front of her face and bam got me. I'm not even sure what I was thinking doing that but I did it. My wife just had the beardie out, and we think she smelled it on her clothes.I guess what I'm trying to say is they were pythons way before they were pets. I don't jump as much as I use to, but it still startles me.

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Your girl is over 4 times the size as my little guy. 4 times the startlement (just made that word up) I experienced = a heart attack. lol

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Originally Posted by Yodawagon

My 770g female just tagged me for no reason. She was out exploring our bed, and for some reason randomly went into a striking position. Like a dummy I thought, she was being weird, so I put my hand in front of her face and bam got me. I'm not even sure what I was thinking doing that but I did it. My wife just had the beardie out, and we think she smelled it on her clothes.I guess what I'm trying to say is they were pythons way before they were pets. I don't jump as much as I use to, but it still startles me.

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wrong, you're snake tagged you for a reason, you just know what it is. I think they do it just for fun every now and then.

Definitely keeps you on your toes. Its not the bite that hurts, it's the instinctual jerk back and ripping of your skin. I'm working on not jerking for her sake and mine.

My Mojave female got me today. It was her feeding day and she's an aggressive eater. I didn't have the food but was changing water before feeding and she grabbed hold of me. Lol. It definitely startles one

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Originally Posted by Yodawagon

Definitely keeps you on your toes. Its not the bite that hurts, it's the instinctual jerk back and ripping of your skin. I'm working on not jerking for her sake and mine.

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yes, please work on that. it's not just the tearing of your skin, it's the breaking of the snakes teeth. I guess you just haven't been bitten enough yet ;)

Lol I think eventually it will become part of it for most . I remember when I got my first burm . Little baby borris . Such a cute little fellow , looked so completely innocent .!! I got him home only to take him out and have him come lunging at my face multiple times . He was on a rampage . It's things like that You look back on and smile . At least i do .

I think we all have to expect that anytime we reach into a snakes enclosure that we are taking a risk of being bitten. If we practice that extra caution we may be able to lessen the possibility. Remember, these are captive animals with wild instincts. :cool: