*WARNING GRAPHIC PICS* First Real Bite!!

**WARNING!! PICS OF KINDA BLOODY HAND BELOW!!**





I've owned snakes for over 6 years and had Satin just about 5 years, and today she decided to induct me into the true Bite Club. (My BP got me once but it was a fingertip and didn't hurt at all) It stings like someone just gave me a bunch of shots in my hand lol. I just wanted to take her outside since it's nice!! I did everything the way I usually do to take her out but today was just not my day. Haha.

I immediately put pressure on the wound but as my boyfriend went to get the first aid kit I was like "wait where's my phone I need pictures of this!!" xD


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And the culprit. xD still love 'er though!!
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Hopefully you recover:rofl::rofl::rofl:
Beautiful boa!

Dang she got you good buddy! Welcome to the TRUE bite club [emoji12]


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Originally Posted by BMorrison

Hopefully you recover:rofl::rofl::rofl:
Beautiful boa!

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For a little bit we worried I might lose my hand!! You know how these man-eating snakes are! :eyeroll: lol! Thanks!

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Originally Posted by AlexisFitzy

Dang she got you good buddy! Welcome to the TRUE bite club [emoji12]


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She gave it her best shot! Lol thanks. :)

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Wow! Like an episode of Spartacus...

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Nice imprint.

I'm sure it was just a love bite!

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Originally Posted by Caspian

I'm sure it was just a love bite!

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A very passionate love bite!! [emoji14]

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Originally Posted by John1982

Nice imprint.

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More scars to add to the collection!! :rofl: I have four cats too and they like to grab my hands and kick when they play.

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Wow, sorry to see that. I recently got tagged by one of my female Calfornia red sided garters. So I know a bite from that boa was no picnic.

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Wow, sorry to see that. I recently got tagged by one of my female Calfornia red sided garters. So I know a bite from that boa was no picnic.

welcome to the club! haha
it won't scar though (at least, it shouldn't, don't pick haha)

Yeah, she got you good. What set her off, or is she just nippy?

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Yeah, she got you good. What set her off, or is she just nippy?

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I think it was mostly just I surprised her, but I also remembered it's nearing feeding day so that probably didn't help. :(

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Yea she tagged you pretty good!!

ouch, on the bright side she isn't hot:D

Cmon you gotta be careful!

Took the gauze pad off today, kinda bruised and sore but not as bad as I thought. I'm glad she wasn't a Retic or other giant!!

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Yea she tagged you pretty good!!

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She literally bent over backwards for me! :rofl:

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ouch, on the bright side she isn't hot:D

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Yes! Although I don't think I would've tried to pick her up if she was. :bolt:

Many years ago I had a 10 ft. boa constrictor attack my wrist and begin to constrict my arm before trying to eat my hand during a feed with tongs that were too short. I got it off the feed mode by spraying it's head with cold water, leaving similar gashes that you received. It looks like your healing up nicely, but having a cold water spray bottle nearby may be useful when it gets hairy :-) Nice boa constrictor btw!

Beautiful boa! Not so beautiful bite mark.


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Many years ago I had a 10 ft. boa constrictor attack my wrist and begin to constrict my arm before trying to eat my hand during a feed with tongs that were too short. I got it off the feed mode by spraying it's head with cold water, leaving similar gashes that you received. It looks like your healing up nicely, but having a cold water spray bottle nearby may be useful when it gets hairy :-) Nice boa constrictor btw!

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Ouch!! Lucky for me Satin just bit and released (and my bf was in the room if I needed help), but I'm sure you can never be too careful! We keep a spray bottle in the room (we have an elderly cat who's territory is our room and the other kitties like to come in to steal her food or mess with her) so I'll keep it in mind!!

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Originally Posted by Kam

Beautiful boa! Not so beautiful bite mark.


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Thank you! :D

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Thank you! :D

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This pic just solidified that miss my big girl. I think I am going to get me another one or a dwarf.


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Lol grats. I just chalked up another snake bite from my 4' BP a couple days ago. Was my fault though. All of my snakes are really mellow and I've never been bit by any of them when I pick aspen that is half hanging out of their mouths as they are eating but I probably didn't wash my hands good enough and when doing it for Dottie, she grabbed my index finger up to the 2nd knuckle and latched on. She then played the "lets drag this skinny 2nd rat into the hide to eat it". So she was pulling my finger around the cage lol. I ended up picking her up with her still on my finger and dunking my finger and her head into her water bowl. That got her to let go. She then looked at me, adjusted her jaw and crawled into her warm hide to digest the actual rat she ate. Meanwhile I was dripping blood all over from finger lol. I've been bitten by so many of my snakes and my monitors that I'm more or less immune to the shock value haha.

Persephone is only a few months old, and is AMAZINGLY tame for a baby. She's my first snake since high school, when I had my last RTB, Nirvana (r.i.p. still miss her) oddly enough my mother forbade live feeding, and Nirvana was pretty aggressive. Persephone is live fed and is the sweetest calmest boa I've ever known. She's never bitten me. I do not feed in her terrarium, I have a special cage for feeding. My first feed with her I almost got tagged when I tried taking her out too early. She got VERY defensive. After that, I now know to wait until she sticks her head up to take her out. Masochistically (sp?) Though, I sort of want her to, just to see what a baby bite is like...

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Oh my god I'm crying I'm laughing so hard...

I hope she didn't lose any teeth! It's so hard to resist the urge to yank away when a snake bites, but it's important to at least try, haha.