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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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BPnet Veteran
Re: Bite from a hot
I had a copperhead and a western diamondback for a couple years. I never got bitten by either one. I dont keep hots anymore I have a 3 year old son and I just dont think its a good idea to have them around him.
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BPnet Veteran
Re: Bite from a hot
i'll stick to pythons & boas
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1 BALL PYTHON
1 BRAZILIAN RAINBOW BOA
1 CORN SNAKE
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Registered User
Re: Bite from a hot
I've only had my viper since January but I've had to interact with him quite a bit. When I got him he had mites so I had to soak him and clean his cage frequently. He was very tolerant of all that but one time he did give a few quick strikes. He does give a few hisses but only when hes quite bothered. I've seen some rhinos on youtube that are really nasty and I'm glad Jack is very well mannered.
If I can give anyone a tip for hots is have the right tools. Long hemostats, a sturdy hook, tube kits etc. It really makes things easier when you don't have a cheap hook or short feeding tongs.
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Registered User
Re: Bite from a hot
I have kept hots continuously for 15 years. I have had Eastern Diamondbacks, Canebrake rattlers, Black-tailed rattlers, Red Diamond rattlers, Eyelash Vipers, Urutus, Timber rattlers, Gaboon Vipers, Rhino Vipers, Russells Vipers and Forest Cobras. I have never had an escape. No close calls. No bites. I think you need to be careful. Don't do anything you should not do. Never drop your guard. Never ever be in a rush when working with them.
Dan
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Re: Bite from a hot
Originally Posted by Dan W
...I have never had an escape. No close calls... .
The most dangerous snake is the one you have grown comfortable with, the one for whom your respect has waned, because that is the one that will tag you.
Complacency will happen no question.
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Re: Bite from a hot
mmm yeah i'm not into hots at all. a great fear has been burned into my brain by my parents and i still have that fear somewhat and i hope to never bump into a snake outside...i also hope my son doesnt run into any. he loves looking at snake pics and can make the snake sound and he has NO concept of danger (this is compounded by the fact that he's "special needs"). i worry about him playing outside in our yard. i've not seen a snake outside in the year and a half that we've been here, thank goodness and i just hope & pray we dont ever have a situation, cuz i know they're out there, especially with my son. he would pick up and try to play with one if he ever saw it...
[shudders] please god no....
my current collection
1.2 kiddos
1.0 better half
0.1 mojave ball python (Nyx)
0.1 Dumerils Boa (Hemera)
1.0 Eastern Box turtle
3.4.? rats (? = litter coming any day now)
0.1 dutch rabbit (Lucy)
my "future hopefuls"
0.0.1 pied cockatiel 0.0.1 white bellied caique 0.0.2 guinea pigs
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Re: Bite from a hot
Originally Posted by mommanessy247
mmm yeah i'm not into hots at all. a great fear has been burned into my brain by my parents and i still have that fear somewhat and i hope to never bump into a snake outside...i also hope my son doesnt run into any. he loves looking at snake pics and can make the snake sound and he has NO concept of danger (this is compounded by the fact that he's "special needs"). i worry about him playing outside in our yard. i've not seen a snake outside in the year and a half that we've been here, thank goodness and i just hope & pray we dont ever have a situation, cuz i know they're out there, especially with my son. he would pick up and try to play with one if he ever saw it...
[shudders] please god no....
Someone needs a chill pill.
If your son is one of the one in 40,000 people bitten by a venomous snake annually (already an extreme long shot), just remember.. statistically he has a whopping .125% chance of dying even if he is bitten.
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I was told By a Hot keeper here local to me that the only way to not ever get bit is to be totally hands off..
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban "for the discerning collector"
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Re: Bite from a hot
Known fact. You are more likely to be eaten by a shark if you are wet
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Someone posted on here about their new cobra. A video of him trying to tag a mouse was also shown. After watching a video, a related video came up of the same cobra, except it was a baby crawling around this kids' hand while he was showing people his snake on youtube. Did anybody see that video?
I thought hots are hotter when they are babies? Was that an okay idea?
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