Recent hognose bite

[elbee]

I have not been on the forum in a while but I wanted to share with you my unexpected experience. It was feeding day and I thaw my rodents in the room with my snakes. When I was ready to feed I opened the tub that my 5 month old hognose is in. She was hiding under the aspen so I dug her out to set her in a small clear dish that I have inside her tub to feed her on. Well she turned around and grabbed my ring finger. No surprise, she was hungry and I was in a hurry and being careless. Not her fault at all. I thought she would let go but continued to gnaw a bit. Those little rear fangs don't feel good by the way, even on a little baby, lol. Well a little bit of Listerine on a paper towel near her face did the trick and she let me go. It bled of course but I didn't think much of it. I washed it with soap and water like I would any bite, wrapped it up with a paper towel and went on feeding. Within 5 minutes the tip of my finger began to swell a little bit and there was numbness at the site. I didn't think much of that either. In the next 20 to 30 min my finger continued to swell and become quite tight. I did get my wedding ring off in time . Long story short the swelling moved from the top of the finger to the middle of my palm with numbness and inability to bend within about an hour to an hour and a half. It was quite strange. Felt a little like I had a nerve block in my hand that was starting to wear off. It took 48 hours for my finger to have 100% mobility and the swelling to go away completely. Now I know that my life was not in danger or anything like that, but I have to say that I was very surprised at the reaction my body had to the bite. I could see how they could incapacitate something very small.

I just thought it was noteworthy and wanted to share with you guys. I have attatched a couple of pictures because it would be no fun without them. This is not intended to put anyone off about hognose snakes AT ALL, but you just so rarely hear of bites from these guys that I thought I would share.

Here is the cute culprit, Jubilee


Right after the bite.


A few pics of the finger later.





Nothing too crazy, but the feeling in my hand was so odd. Let me know if anyone has ever had this experience as well.