Snake bite poll

haha yeah... i dont know about you guys, but freshly pre-killed rat sounds like a very nice smelly body spray to me!!

i prefer the warm fuzzy ;)

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Originally Posted by hhw

I mean, people who keep hots can't exactly afford to get bitten now.

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Sadly .. this does happen far too often.

My bp Dante has never bitten me. Once I routinely opened his cage to clean out his water bowl, he lunged at me but didn't actually strike me. He stopped about an inch from my hand, flicked his tongue, then proceeded to wrap himself around my wrist and climb up. I'm still baffled by that one.

My girlfriends cornsnake though, that's a whole 'nother story. She lets everyone who comes over hold it, regardless if they want to or not. It's an absolute angel around them. God forbid if I come near it though. Every single time I've approached it or attempted to handle it, it will strike at me multiple times. I hate that snake so much. I can't even be in the same room as it for a short amount of time without it coming out and watching my every move. It just hates me. Sometimes I hope it will escape and somehow find it's way across the condo and into my bp's cage. I'm sure Dante would make short work of it. But then I'd have a hysterical girlfriend on my hands.. that would be a bad thing I think.

So except for the one psychotic corn serpent, I've never suffered any other ill tempered snakes.

i've never been around snakes much until Pandora. She's the biggest sweetheart and never bit her previous owners, either. They have a 6 yr old kid, Brendan, and he always messed around with her. She still didnt bite! As much as she loves everyone else, however, she does NOT like my dad one bit. he tried standing across the room once to watch her eat and she just stared through the glass and flicked her tongue at him. She attacked the mouse within seconds of him leaving. I actually saw her eyes follow him out the door! It's pretty funny, if my dad p*sses me off, i threaten to send Pandora after him!

did someone say something about getting tagged. Oh yeah growing up can't count the banded water snakes, corns, rats, and so on. As far as pets just a really nasty retic I used to own. Rescued it from a person that was keeping it in a dog crate this was a 12 foot snake. When my first child was born we decided to sell her to a breeder. but as far as getting tagged oh yeah.

My wife got nailed by the new girl today when I had the snake out for a few minutes. We're not sure what the problem was, whether she didn't like the smell of my wife's lotion, or whether she thought my wife was going to take her off the warm wrist she'd wrapped around (mine). Based on what she got from the snake, and what we've both gotten before from birds, I think we'll take the snake bite anyday. I still have a scar on my hand from a Goffin Cockatoo bite.

So far, having owned a BP for almost a year now, I haven't gotten bitten yet, but I know it's bound to happen someday.

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Helps us to remember that they are wild animals no matter how tame you think they are.

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Excellent point,greenman!! I love my BP, and treat her like she's my baby, but I try to never forget that she is still a wild creature. And lets not forget, reptiles, in general, don't have too much of a brain to begin with.

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Originally Posted by vinnimac

And lets not forget, reptiles, in general, don't have too much of a brain to begin with.

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I know some people like that too ... including me most days ;)

I haven't got bitten YET, but there's alot of good years ahead. My copperhead tagged my buddy on his thumb. He needed 3 bags of anti-venom. Well thats another story.