YAY i didnt get bitten!!

so i have a BP (rescue) that used to snap and strike at anything that moved. but today i thought, well he hasnt done it in about a week so maby i should try again... it went GREAT! im so happy, he accually tollerated me (the giante gardening gloves helped my confidence a little lol) didnt want to freak him out too much though so i only kept him outta the tank for like 5 min.
just needed someone to gloat too, all my friends think im crazy for keeping a snake in my house. :P

thanks for reading.. hehe and happy herping :D

Hooray Bobbi!!:banana::banana: :salute:

good for you. but i don't think gardening gloves are necessary. a ball's bite doesn't hurt that bad :P

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Originally Posted by indigochild

good for you. but i don't think gardening gloves are necessary. a ball's bite doesn't hurt that bad :P

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After the first bite you get over it pretty quick does not really hurt. But congrats and getting over the fear welcome to the addiction :salute:

Just tell them your pet has yet to pee on the floor:)

Forget to mention I have yet to be bit, but I did get bit by a mouse the other day.........can you say ouch? lol Now I don't have much of a pain tolerance but that little sucker was a sharp quick pain and bleed like a son of a gun lawl.

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Originally Posted by Kysenia

Forget to mention I have yet to be bit, but I did get bit by a mouse the other day.........can you say ouch? lol Now I don't have much of a pain tolerance but that little sucker was a sharp quick pain and bleed like a son of a gun lawl.

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Yea getting bit by the food is worse then getting bit by the snake :rofl:

Glad it went well Bobbi. Use the gloves until you feel confident to do without them. Better a confident handler wearing gloves than a nervous one with bare hands, I always figure. :)

Great job bobbi!!

thankx everyone!! i know snake bites dont hurt that much but im a bit of a chicken and i really didnt want to risk dropping him, so the gloves were my friend lol

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Originally Posted by Kysenia

Just tell them your pet has yet to pee on the floor:)

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thats too funny, lmao

i have to puppies that do, so the snake is by far the easiest to clean up after :rofl:

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Glad it went well Bobbi. Use the gloves until you feel confident to do without them. Better a confident handler wearing gloves than a nervous one with bare hands, I always figure. :)

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totally agree, the first time my girlfriend held my BP she was os nervous she was shakingand you could see Monty's head bobbing this way and that lol

Yay! Congrats!!

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Originally Posted by Drew87

Yea getting bit by the food is worse then getting bit by the snake :rofl:

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lol. We were feeding fuzzies, now we've switched to something bigger. I kept reaching into the pet store box trying to grab the mouse, but I jumped everytime she jumped. My boyfriend thought i was crazy. I have no problem with the bp, but the mouse makes me jump. lol.

I have a rat in my rack that tries to bite me every time i go to pick it up.... i cant wait till my BP eats that thing.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Glad it went well Bobbi. Use the gloves until you feel confident to do without them. Better a confident handler wearing gloves than a nervous one with bare hands, I always figure. :)

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That's pretty much exactly what I was going to say.

Good job on the successful handling session Bobbi! I'm sure you'll soon find yourself looking back thinking how silly you were to be wearing gloves, but in the meantime, don't be embarrassed to use them until you feel comfortable without them. It is better for both you & the snake if you feel calm & confident.

Let's get a pic of the gloves, I mean the snake. Lol

Kevlar gloves... I gotta get me one. The venom on my hognose, man.
:D

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Originally Posted by Drew87

Yea getting bit by the food is worse then getting bit by the snake :rofl:

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Agreed, getting bit by a snake is nothing compared to a rat or mouse bit.

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Originally Posted by kc261

Good job on the successful handling session Bobbi! I'm sure you'll soon find yourself looking back thinking how silly you were to be wearing gloves, but in the meantime, don't be embarrassed to use them until you feel comfortable without them. It is better for both you & the snake if you feel calm & confident.

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lol ya i know im a newb :) i didnt exactly plan on having a snake, he kinda came to me by accident.. long story hehe,
you should all be proud i picked him up without the gloves today and wasnt at all shakey. i think we're going to have a pretty good relationship afterall, lol

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Originally Posted by bobbi

lol ya i know im a newb :) i didnt exactly plan on having a snake, he kinda came to me by accident.. long story hehe,
you should all be proud i picked him up without the gloves today and wasnt at all shakey. i think we're going to have a pretty good relationship afterall, lol

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That's great! However you ended up with him, it sounds like you are enjoying it and off to a good start as a snake keeper.

yeah bobbi, better to be safe than sorry :)

I wish i could say I didnt get bitten, my little het taged me twice today while changing water and substate. It was actually kinda funny, you would think she was a cobra or something with her attitude.

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Originally Posted by joshn6805

I wish i could say I didnt get bitten, my little het taged me twice today while changing water and substate. It was actually kinda funny, you would think she was a cobra or something with her attitude.

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thats why i had gloves on... lol i got tagged a couple of times just trying to clean out the cage too.