HELP! I think my bp is angry but im not sure.

[dr del]

Heh,

This is one reason why videos on youtube get on my nerves a lot of the time - there is never enough context or information to go along with them.

how could that not look terrifying, that snake actually thought he could swallow that guys hand and was seriously going to try to do so. you guys are insane if you think thats cute. whats worse is... you notice how he had to turn the video off before he got the snake off.... you really think he just had a nice calm talk with the snake and convinced him to let go??? I think not!! he probably had to smash his head or do something really bad to him to make him let go...

How adorable.. i guess i shouldn't overreact.

I'll bet dollars to donuts that before he showed the ball pythons he showed youtube his rodents.

I actually suspect he stopped the tape so the cameraperson could hold the body of the snake so he could reach for a spray bottle to squirt the snake with.

And, seriously, look at the size of the snakes head and the size of your hand.

I've made a Stupid Feeding Error with a nice big girl and got my hand struck, wrapped and constricted. No head smashing was required except mine against a wall for being so stupid.

Oh and they don't have fangs they have teeth - and they are very sharp but also very short. Any wounds will be superficial and very hard to see when you have wiped them clean.

also why did the man just let the snake hang on like that why couldnt he get the snake off him? WHat would of happend if he started pulling on the snake or put his finger in the snakes mouth?


so i guess just because we are here asking questions and its our first snake & the fact we get scared sometimes means we should just give up and get rid of it? While we at it we should of got rid of our feral cat (she use to scare us at first) we resuced that was suppose to be put to sleep by the humane society, or the dog wispurs saved from an abusive house (scared us at first with his fear growling), hell maybe i should get rid of wispurs (she scares me when she gets mad sometimes) and everything else in my life that might give me some kind of a fear issue.

He let the snake hang on like that to avoid hurting it. Their teeth angle backwards to help them hang on and if you just yanked your hand away you could end up pulling out a few of their teeth - which could be a way for an infection to get started.

You can usually get them to let go with a squirt of water or a little alcohol - but it's easier if you have free hands.

i guess we dont fully understand what happend in that video

the snake didnt give any warning signs he just bit down i guess they hiss if its defensive but if ur scented with prey like that or really hungry they just bite down?

If you look the snake was giving him warning signs from the second he opened the tub. The way it was poised when he first opened it was a sure sign - if he had tapped it gently on the top of the head with a water bottle or something it would have been snapped out of feeding mode and he would have been less likely to have been bitten. Or, you know, not smell like it's dinner.

As a side point I think he was mistaken about that snake only eating live - if any of mine had done that I would have been relatively certain they would eat an appropriately heated F/T.

Snakes or wispurs and exotica?

Play nice.


dr del