Re: My BP thought my finger was the mouse!
snake Bites are the whole reason, i would never think of getting hots. Snakes seem to like to bite me. I've been bitten bymost of our snakes from a bp's to the redtail we are fostering.Shoot even bp's in pet stores seem to want to bite me. As for pain from a bite,shoot when Rauri bit me he left three little drops of blood. Now the next day i was helping a friend move and two of her cats, which left sratch marks that lasted for a week or so. Lets see I've been bitten by dogs, cats, snakes, a goat,( dont ask lol) a horse and my kids after tinking it over still think the horse was the worst. thats just a little thought on things that can and will bite you. Which is my Favorite question about keeping snakes will they bite you, to wich i answer of course they have teeth any creature that has teeth at some point may bite u it's our responsibility as the More evolved life form to accept that it may happen and do those things possiable to limit or remove the chance that they can bite us and when they do it usually comes down to some moment of inattenion on our part they caused it in the first place.
Re: My BP thought my finger was the mouse!
damn dude, must've been tough being bit by all those animals!! i think they love u too much :P
i agree with you though :) i never get pissed if the animal bites me.
but never happened! maybe i was stinged by a dargonfly that i was trying to help :)
glad to see u're still alive :P
Re: My BP thought my finger was the mouse!
Hmmm I've known my husband all these years and he's never mentioned that goat bite! LOL Could explain why he has a distinct dislike of goats though! :P
We just treat the occasional nip as part and parcel of owning snakes. It's not like they can communicate well with us, even as much as a dog or cat might, to let us know their mood or needs, so if they bite, they bite...no biggie. As Michael said it's usually about our inattention or something we've inadvertently done to trigger the bite, sometimes it's just a "who knows why" situation but again no biggie.
Even when Mike got tagged by the big BCI it was simply a tap. Sure you can't ever forget that's a big snake and can do some damage but you do what you can to provide the snake an experience that won't encourage biting and then just deal responsibly and calmly with it.
