Anyone else ever experienced this? I got bit HARD tonight. I've been struck before, but never like this. Before anyone asks, I hadn't handled any of THEIR food prior, but had just eaten dinner (sphagetti, no meat, and garlic bread).

So, the circumstances... I was cleaning tubs. I cleaned one that had just had a shed and poop, put her away, and went to the next shelf in the rack. I opened the tub, and IMMEDIATELY she was stalking me. Literally came out of the tub and was intensely focused on my hands. So, I managed to get her out so I could clean up the rest of HER shed and change her paper and water. Set her aside, she sat where I put her like a good girl should. I put her back in her tub, and like a dumb person was curious about her "interest" in my hands.. I reached in to move her water bowl, and she struck. Got me right between the thumb and first finger. COMPLETE constriction, my whole hand and wrist was wrapped with 4 feet of snake. If you've never experienced a predatory response in this way, you have NO IDEA how strong these animals are. My hand is STILL numb 20 minutes later.

Anyways, after the fact I thought I should've taken some pics of her on my hand before I unwrapped her and unclamped her jaws. It took almost 10 minutes to get her off by myself.

Anyways, no real damage. I suppose I did the right thing and didn't panic. I've got very clear lines where her teeth penetrated, and there was some intense bleeding from the puncture wounds, but a little peroxide and I'm not much worse for the wear.