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View Poll Results: Have you taken a bite from a hot?
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Yes, was envenomated (please share why the bite happened)
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Yes, but was a dry bite (please share why the bite happened)
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No, never been bit (how long have you owned hots?)
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Bite from a hot
So this is always one of those topics that comes up when it comes to owning hots. People always say "Its not if, but when." I personally dont believe that to be the case with proper handling. Taking your time, not getting comfortable, and not cutting corners. I think that always being cognizant of your actions around them, one can safely own hots without ever having that dreaded trip to the hospital.
Anyway, I thought it'd be interesting to run a poll of hot owners. Have you ever been bit? If so, please share about it. Was it something that you can recognize was a mistake on your part? Or was it unpreventable. If you have never been bit, how long have you owned hots for? I think this will be some interesting data to gather.
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1.0.0 Eunectes murinus (Green Anaconda)
0.1.0 Morelia viridis (GTP Manokwari Local)
2.1.0 Python curtus brongersmai (Blood Python)
2.1.0 Heterodon nasicus (Western Hognose)
0.0.1 Ahaetulla prasina (Asian Vine Snake)
1.1.0 Hydrodynastes gigas (False Water Cobra)
1.1.0 Crotalus atrox (T+ & T- Albino Western Diamondback Rattlesnake)
0.0.2 Crotalus oreganus (Northern Pacific Rattlesnake)
0.2.1 Crotalus cerastes cerastes (Mojave Sidewinder)
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I dont believe that saying either. Bites do happen and mistakes do happen. But most people Ive spoken to who were bitten will admit they were in a hurry or they cut a corner. And thats just something you dont do with hots. I have been bitten by a copperhead but it was long before I was ever intersted in snakes. I actually use to be afraid of them. But I believe I was 12 or 13 and I went out one day to feed and water my dogs and there was a copperhead underneath one of my dogs bowls and when I picked it up it got me in the hand. My brother was also almost bitten by a rattlesnake when we were young we were having to unstack firewood outside to bring in the house and there was one curled up in the stack and he pulled the log off that was covering it. It struck at him but didnt get him.
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Never owned any, don't want to take the chance.
Some of the most beautiful snakes are hot though. LOL Some of the most beautiful snakes are hot! DUUUUH!
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I worked with venemouse snakes for 5 years at the bronx zoo as a vet tech never got biten
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I was bit when I was 16. It was from a cottonmouth.
I have a pond in my front yard, and I was feeding the ducks. I noticed a snake after I was done, sitting on the waters edge in the weeds, so I got on my knees to catch it, well I had no clue there was two other ones to the right that I did not see, and when I went to reach in for the one, another from the side tagged me right above my elbow.
On the note, I don't keep hots though. So not sure if you wanted my story or not.
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1.0 - Naja siamensis - Zeus (Black & White Spitting Cobra)
1.0 - Naja n. woodi - Hades (Black Spitting Cobra)
0.1 - Naja nigricollis - Athena (Black-necked Spitting Cobra)
coming at some point in the future
Naja annulata (Ringed Water Cobra)
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Keeping venomous snakes is not guaranteed to get you bit. It isn't inevitable.
Many people who work with these animals do get bit, because they work for them for years and years, and every time that lock comes off there is some risk.
The more you drive, the more likely you are to be in a crash, but not everyone crashes. The best way to reduce your risk of being in a car crash is 1) stay off the road. The second best way is to be a safe driver.
When it comes to venomous snakes, be a safe driver. Bite protocols are your airbags, seatbelt, and insurance.
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Re: Bite from a hot
A Cape Cobra had me doing a 7 day RR in ICU.
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Just curious, what does RR stand for?
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Re: Bite from a hot
Originally Posted by mainbutter
Just curious, what does RR stand for?
Rest & Recreation.
It’s an old military term.LoL
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Re: Bite from a hot
if you work with them daily in the field for decades or in a zoo or venom extraction... then i could see that saying having truth i guess... but for a hobbiest, you better NOT be going by that. accidents are easily avoided when keeping hots by having the proper equipement and environment and being alert at all times. it's not luck or some inevitability that keeps you from getting tagged.... screw that!
Colin Vestrand
long time keeper and breeder of carpet pythons and other snakes...
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