ever been bitten by a 10ft argentinian?

well this is more or less just a funny story one of my friends has a approx 10ft argentinian and i was holding it the other day and another of my friends decided it would be a good idea to get face to face with the snake ( he was obviously quite intoxicated at this point) when quicker than anyone could react the snake struck out and tagged him right on the face it was hillarious to see i had my hand about a foot from the snakes head and the rest of his body was coiled around my arm and the look on my buddies face was priceless he was by the way relatively unharmed just some pretty deep pin pricks and some blood

It goes without saying that it's usually never a great idea to handle snakes while intoxicated. =) Personally my biggest fear is that I won't get the enclosure closed correctly...

*cough* Not to say I get intoxicated...er...um...

I'm glad to hear that your friend wasn't hurt, but I humbly recommend leaving the snakes be next time just in case something worse happens...;)

Many animals (especially cats) hate the smell of alcohol and have been known to attack people with alcohol on their breath. Maybe this is the case with your friends snake.

i figured that might have been a contributing factor with the snake but i wasnt aware that cats reacted that way... hmm maybe ill test the theory with my cats.. lol j/k im not that stupid

i've often wondered how often people have a few drinks and play with their snakes... and how many times it results in a bite. :)
i always joked to myself that next time i have some people over i should wait till they're a few beers deep and see who will try to hand feed one of the big females.

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Originally Posted by Colin Vestrand

i've often wondered how often people have a few drinks and play with their snakes... and how many times it results in a bite. :)
i always joked to myself that next time i have some people over i should wait till they're a few beers deep and see who will try to hand feed one of the big females.

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A guy I work with keeps trying to get me to let him come over, get drunk, and get bit on purpose by one of my angrier bloods.

I don't get it.

Needless to say I'm never letting him come to the house, lol

haha, yeah he's just waiting to sue you! j/k... hopefully.

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Originally Posted by Jenn

Many animals (especially cats) hate the smell of alcohol and have been known to attack people with alcohol on their breath. Maybe this is the case with your friends snake.

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Is this true? If so, I wonder what it is about the smell of alcohol that makes them bite??

Wouldn't you attack a skunk that sprated you?:mad:

i know for a fact that dogs dislike the smell too. i know a few dogs that act out in this manner against intoxicated people. doesnt matter the breed. rotts, miniature breeds of assorted dogs, and dalmations and greyhounds. lots of them can easily smell the alcohol and either dont like it or w/e but for some reason some just act out.

I remember reading about some idiot down South that was known to have parties, get wasted and then bring out his Rattlesnakes. Needless to say there is one less idiot in the world infecting the gene pool...

Ya my general rule is 3 drinks and no more snakes. A drink meaning a beer, small glass of wine, or shot. Just too many mistakes can easily be made.

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Originally Posted by starmom

Is this true? If so, I wonder what it is about the smell of alcohol that makes them bite??

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If you think about it for a second it makes sense.. like lets say..
Look at the word 'intoxicated'. IN TOXIC ATED.
Generally alcohol is a poison, it is toxic. Therefore, when they smell the toxicity of someones breath they treat it as if it's something poisonous.. or dangerous.. or potentially harmful through their sense of smell. It seems ok to us, but they smell that and their mind reacts to it as if it would react to a toxic waste or gasoline on the street.

Anyway, thats just what my mind wrapped around, I don't know how logical it really is, but it makes sense to me..

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Originally Posted by cassandra

It goes without saying that it's usually never a great idea to handle snakes while intoxicated. =) Personally my biggest fear is that I won't get the enclosure closed correctly...

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That is my fear all the time...Today i was at VONS picking up some stuff and for some reason I thought I did not lock my snakes cage lol

lol, don't drink and drive- and don't drink and handle snakes (or really anything, for that matter lol). I've actualy heard of quite a few people getting tagged by their snakes while hadleing them after (or I guess maybe during) srinking.. Sooo I would think it's not a good plan!

I think snakes just have a sense for when you are not in your normal state of being. My boyfriend has a ball python. When he was drunk one time, and i was not, he held her and she acted like she was going to strike him...then i would hold her and she would be fine and calm down. After a few minutes of him holding her, she did strike at him, but just as a warning, not to actually harm him and didn't make contact. :)

I'm always afraid that I will forget to lock the tanks if I get drunk and let the snakes out...that and I don't want to get complacent and have the snake eat our kitten...that would get me killed by the G/F

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Originally Posted by Daemonicus

I'm always afraid that I will forget to lock the tanks if I get drunk and let the snakes out...that and I don't want to get complacent and have the snake eat our kitten...that would get me killed by the G/F

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yes indeed it would. :heartbreak:
very killed.

i tell people that i know that drink,
dont drink and dial,
dont drink and drive,
and dont drink and mess with snakes... or most animals for that matter...

i had a friend who's pet rats would act out of nature when he would come home even after just one beer... animals are pretty smart, i wouldnt doubt that they dont like the smell, heck i dont like it... lol