And its not the Blood Bite

Managed to grab a couple of pics from a feeding response bit from one of my bloods a 4ft 20Ib female aptly named Jaws.

Bare in mind this was completely my own fault having a lapse in concentration, I had fed her a jumbo rat an hour before this she was in a feeding box I sometimes use when I am cleaning out her tank. I had visitors and was retrieving her to put back in her tank, lifted the lid while idly chatting away when out of the gap she shot out and latched on. She was still on the lookout for food obviously and I was it lol

In over 20 years keeping snakes I have bitten maybe 3 times and always by a baby as they are very quick and sometimes nippy.




and a different angle



excuse the poor quality it was taken by me in between cleaning up the blood but at least I thought instantly of my fellow herping pals on here

and for anyone wondering was it sore , YES it felt like someone punched me hard on the arm but with teeth on their knuckles and I train in MMA and Boxing hehe

the subsequent bruising was pretty huge as well, I should have taken another few pics as well as my arm was swollen like I had rolled a golf ball under my skin.

Anyway thought I would share my moment of DUMBNESS with you all even people with lots of experience can get bitten and I pride myself on reading my snakes but one lapse is all it takes folks