He broke the skin :(

I made a big mistake last night I had some friends over and they wanted to see and hold the snake so I took him out of his tank and let them hold him. One of my friends asked what he ate and I showed him one of the frozen mice. However I forgot to wash my hands and when I was given the snake back he struck me twice breaking the skin. Oh well it doesn't hurt at all and was my fault for not washing my hands.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9936/photono.jpg

Well, snakes bite!

:P

I bet your buddies wont want to hold your snake again :colbert:

Bahh! Thats not even a scratch......Hahaha....Welcome to the bite club!

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Bahh! Thats not even a scratch......Hahaha....Welcome to the bite club!

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Haha my iPhone camera sucks and I can't find my digital camera. He's still a baby so it's a small bite. He's struck at me before but never bit oh well I guess it comes with being a snake owner.

Ha! I just got my first snake bite this week, too.

Welcome to the club!

thats a nice one i usually manage to get bit between the fingers or on the cuticle

Hopefully he doesn't wind up with a hairball. Poor snake. ;)

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Hopefully he doesn't wind up with a hairball. Poor snake. ;)

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Lay off my hairy arms! It's more superficial than anything. I felt a little sting and one of my friends was like "holy poop he just bit you!". I didn't see the actual bite happen just felt it :)

LOL... I've been tagged twice now, once by Delilah (sub-adult), and once by Pedro the hatchling. Doesn't hurt, but it does startle you - huh?! And yeah, that's why I ALWAYS wash my hands after handling prey. ;)

Actually, it doesn't really matter with Toby... as I discovered when I had to hold a mouse in one hand, with Toby in the other. Long story on why that happened, but luckily he didn't even try to bite me - or the mouse. :gj:

Duuuude... I got bitten by a feeder mouse tonight, which hurt more - and left a bigger mark - than the BP bites. :cool: Little bugger was so feisty my snake didn't want her, so she just joined my breeding pair (was planning to make them a trio anyway). Here's my mouse wound... I think it rivals your snake bite, LOL.

Oh yeah, and that tiny mark just above (under the knuckle) was from when my Mojave bit me last night...
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DSCF1431.jpg

Ugh... I need a manicure. :oops:

Glad I have no bites to really talk about.

The last BP bite I got was from a female laying eggs... one had rolled away from the rest & I figured I'd just put it with the rest until she was done. She disapproved & I felt that one- had her dental imprint for a week. I should have just put it in the the incubator where the rest of the clutch was going. Totally my fault. :O