What to do when things go wrong? Discussion.

[Sauzo]

After my issue with Rainbow and Monty, some members of the forum brought advice on how to keep things from going wrong. This is a place advice on what to do when things do go wrong. It happens to everyone eventually if you keep them long enough. This is going to be limited to the specific subjects listed below. Please share and respect everyone and their opinion. Please keep in mind that this is almost purely opinion but some tried and true practices. Share the good and bad alike.

Rules
1. No bashing another opinion.
2. Express yourself and respect others.
3. Discussion is encouraged by asking questions with respect. (Saying you disagree is acceptable. Saying someone is wrong is not.)
4. No species specific discussion about weather they make good pets or not. (We all make our own decisions on what we feel like we can handle.)
5. RESPECT

Subjects of discussion.

1. Bites

2. Constriction

3. Hots

4. Cohabitation.


Go...……….

1. Throw some alcohol on it, push around to see if you feel any teeth and then move on.

2. Never had anyone constrict me except Caesar when i was trying to unhook his upper lip from his tooth. I just let him constrict my leg and he quit after a few mins.

3. Only have Dozer the gila. I use a glove on him but he does like to climb off the glove and up my arm and sit on the inside my elbow just relaxing.

4. Bad idea imo no matter what the species. If one gets sick, everyone can be screwed.

[Dianne]

Those Boa's, huh

Thank you for sharing, Dianne! And yes, I could see how that would have been bad for the sale, LMAO !!!

I guess I can see how that might have affected the sale. One funny thing is the guy mentioned how calm I was with an 8’ boa attached to my hand. My reply that this isn’t the first bite and I don’t expect it to be my last probably didn’t help. I did end up selling her to a local breeder, so all wasn’t lost.

As for bites, the adult boas and burm are the only real memorable ones. There have been too many “bites” from nippy babies to count. I also used to do safe housing for cats and dogs, plus catching half feral kittens from my Mom’s - she was just far enough in the country to make a “good” release point for unwanted pets. People suck. I’ll take a snake bite any day over a cat bite.

[Jellybeans]

I was bitten by a 7ft boa years ago. She was always a very chill snake. To this day we don't know what set her off other than wild insticts that are ALWAYS there. It was bloody and it hurt!

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[MR Snakes]

I was bitten by a 7ft boa years ago. She was always a very chill snake. To this day we don't know what set her off other than wild insticts that are ALWAYS there. It was bloody and it hurt!

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And now my taste for Boas is going away. Maybe I should just go with earth worms?

[Jellybeans]

After the bite, I no longer trust them. I feel they are more likely to give a bite more so than a BP

Yes MR Snakes, I feel an earthworm would be perfect for you!

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[Bogertophis]

And now my taste for Boas is going away. Maybe I should just go with earth worms?

Are you sure you're not "MR Robin"? -and do let us know how they taste?

[the_rotten1]

I've been bitten several times, but it was never anything major. I usually handle it putting the snake under running water until they let go. Or if that doesn't work, mouthwash.


Constriction has never been an issue. BPs are the largest snakes I have. Even when they're being stubborn I can find a way to pry them off me, or whatever else they're constricting. Bigger snakes would be more of a challenge.


Hots are tempting, but I don't have training with them and I do have kids. So for the time being I'll refrain. Might change my mind after the kids have all moved out.


I don't see the point in cohabitation. I put snakes together to breed, and sometimes I'll let hatchlings stay together until their first shed, but that's it.

[Jellybeans]

Anybody who gets hot reptiles is very brave because no mistakes can be made

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[Bogertophis]

Anybody who gets hot reptiles is very brave because no mistakes can be made

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You don't have to be very brave if you're careful & focused. I've seen some bloody-awful photos of what envenomation can do to the human body...no way I'd
ever let that happen...I'm too much of a "health-nut". I'd still take the mental-planning of working hots any day over the strength needed to wrestle with giants,
but that's me. And some "hots" are much harder than others too, there's plenty that I wouldn't want around either. Honestly, I don't understand the mystique of
keeping either hots OR giant snakes...they're both a LOT more trouble, not fun pets that you can just enjoy (IMO). Everything that you take for granted as being
easy to do with a harmless snake becomes a big deal...from cage cleaning to medical issues. To me, a "pet" is something you can relate to & handle...that's off the
table with hots, and goes from difficult to impossible with giants as they grow. So apart from respecting & admiring all of nature's creations, what's so good about
keeping "hands-off" creatures? You really have to be dedicated & content with the effort involved, & some people do 'burn out'.

As far as the 4 categories, I've apparently lead a boring life-
1. Bites- only harmless & nothing impressive (never from a large snake)...mostly hatchlings being defensive, no big deal.
2. Constrictions- none
3. Hots- no incidents
4. Cohabitation issues- none

[Jellybeans]

Hots and giants will never be for me. To each their own.

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