How hard is it to deal with large snakes?

My worst so far has been from a 6 ft female boa. I had a near miss with my burm but both cases were my fault.
For the most part most of the bites I have taken it was a bite and release. They were either an oops thought you were food and aren't or a leave me the hell alone defensive bite. For the ones that have held on the ride all the things that burmmamma listed work fine. It can also be a simple as using a pencil If you roll a pencil along the bite it will remove their teeth without damaging them.

You can say size has nothing to do with it but i think thats kind of a silly statement to make... All i was pointing out is that males are typically bigger than females. If a 10+ft snake has a hold on me do i want my 120lb gf who can lift anything more than 50lbs helping me or my 200lb guy friend who can bench 250lbs? Someone stated that it doesnt matter how big its how smart... yes this is correct to a certain extent... I feel your chances of getting the snake off without having to harm you or the snake would be more plausable with another guy. A girl could dump some water on the snake... bend its tail back... chop its head off whatever but i dont see her grabbing the snake and getting it off... I dunno what any of the females look like on this forum so im assuming they arnt arnold schwartschnegger(sp) as a female. A 200lb guy prolly wouldnt do much either bc these animals are way too poweful for humans to over strength but I personally would feel more comfortable with another guy. I never said a female couldnt handle a snake that large but you should have others around you to help in case. Ive seen snake attacks where an anaconda had a guys arm and like 6 guys couldnt get the snake off for like 45 mins so either way you still need to know your stuff around large snakes. Im not trying to be sexist or anything just simply pointing out males a typically stronger than females. I dont think anyone can really argue that fact. In the end you should have more than 2 people for any snake that large.

My fiance is far from a 120lb girl. I can understand where you are coming from. Statistically females are smaller than males. If I ever do get into the larger species like burms or retics, I would probably start working out. :D

I still don't think it would matter. I am a pretty big guy and strong but I don't care how strong you are a 20+ foot snake is always going to win a battle of strength.
It will always be a matter of brains over brawn.

I think of a big snake kind of like a big dog. If it bites you and you start pulling, its only going to sink its teeth in more.

I'll just throw in a little here, mainly because Cadster helps out a lot with me. :gj:

In all honesty, girl or guy, a large snake is going to be overpowering. Now I'm not trying to give girls too much credit here, but you'd be amazed what a girl could pull off of you if she really wanted to and knew what she was doing. Granted if an 18' snake is constricting you, she'll need to use something else besides just strength, but so would a guy (of any size/weight in most cases).

Cady has pulled numerous snakes off of me, although I've only been constricted by snakes up to 8' (and plan on keeping it at that), I've gotten tagged up to 14'.

JoshJP7, if you are talking about the Anaconda video with the soldiers, it did take quite a few guys, but they had no clue on how to pull that thing off... They started grabbing it in the front of the face. :confused:

If you are going to handle large snakes, make sure the people around you know what to do just in case, better to have that than just a group of people. :gj:

Just throwing .02 in for kicks. :banana:

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Thats a beautiful snake by the way. I think that my fiance and I would do fine with snakes under 10'. Anything larger, we would probably have someone else there. We don't plan on getting anything other than ball pythons for the next few years so we have plenty of time to read, research, and interact one on one with big snakes long before ever deciding to get one.

Ben - I was talking about those soldiers... How dumb were they sticking their hands in the snakes mouth! Its crazy how much their lower lip/jaw area can stretch... Like you guys all said... doesnt matter the size bc theyll always win the strength battle... Thats an awesome looking snake... I just prefer to view them over the comp or with a piece of glass separating us :)

Ben, I love your pictures of your snakes and Cady...she always looks like she's having a blast!

I'm chime in and agree. I think the two major things are one, giants aren't for everyone and you've GOT to prepared before getting one for what keeping a giant entails and two, you must respect the animal.

We love our big boy. =) (and yes, I do love cleaning up his pee, which happens A LOT)

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So what exactly do you have to prepare for when keeping a snake so big, other than big bites, big poops, big food, and lots of muscle? I know they require more space. What is a good sized enclosure for something over 10'? Do they require hides?