More tags.. go me.

[Shelby]

Ok, before I just bore you with more bite threads..

I just have to share that my honduran milk tagged me. She bit the back of my hand -very gently- then proceeded to chomp down as hard as she possibly could. I couldn't help but laugh at her.

Hope that amuses you.

[daniel1983]

ha ha....the more snakes you have, the more you get bit....so it is kinda your fault for having so many snakes j/k

I am very amused by this .....I have yet to be tagged by a snake, but have come close many times.....I guess I am just quick :

[Shelby]

When they go for me, I just sit still.. it's my natural response. I suppose it's good, because I don't hurt the snakes' teeth by pulling away, and they learn that their shenanigans won't work with me.

[daniel1983]

ha...April, I was reading a news article and found this quote:

''Your odds are probably better of winning the lottery three weeks in a row than getting bit by a python,'' said Joe Wasilewski, a South Miami-Dade County biologist and reptile wrangler.

So where are the winnings???

[Shelby]

I should have won at least 6 times then.. and that's only for blood drawing python bites! Geez.. only two python bites? I think I need more pythons..

[mr~python]

lol, daniel.

man shelby, you're on a role! if only i could get bit by so many snakes

[Shelby]

I didn't even mention that my baby cornsnake bit me saturday night.

[Razaiel]

LOL That's very controlled of you, April. I have a parrot and my reaction is to shake him off my hand - not good as birds have hollow bones. So - do snakes tend to bite and let go or will they hang on for dear life ?

[vinnimac]

I am up to two now, and only have six snakes. The first one was by one the suspect WC girls that I saw coming, and the last one came from my son's boa as I was putting in a new hide for her, ungrateful wench!
..oh, and both times it was just a quick strike and backed off. Neither one tried to clamp on at all.

[frankykeno]

Well from our experience with Brannagh biting (none of the others have bitten, though have occasionally done the "hiss off" jab at us) I can say she just hit and backed off so fast my eye couldn't really follow it. When she bit Mike's bare hand the most damage was from him instinctively pulling his hand back so Brann's teeth dragged over his skin, popping one very tiny tooth out in the process. It was still nothing worse than you might get skinning your hand fixing a car engine or something like that. When she bit me Ithrough the glove) it was barely more than a paper cut type thing and she's a big female. No clamping down or attempt to constrict...just a lightning fast nip and then she backed right off. I figure if that's the worst a pretty aggressive 1,900 gram female will do then the smaller, more nicer natured snakes are just no biggie.


~~Jo~~