My sister Alex usually never holds the snakes--I don't think she's really afraid of them...maybe a little. But today she held Nergal, who was being extra cuddly and sweet with me.
Well, she held him and was talking to my dad. She held him perfectly and was making a joke about Dumbledore from Harry Potter. I looked over and Nergal, without s-shaping or giving any warning, jumped his head forward and nipped her pointer finger. He drew some blood too.
I feel so bad! Alex started crying and was very upset. Now I fear she won't hold snakes again, since she didn't have a huge interest in them to begin with. I just don't want her walking away from snakes with that memory fresh in her mind. Nergal never, ever bites anyone--and what confuses me is she didn't do anything. She didn't touch him or hold him wrong, didn't wiggle her hand like food, didn't smell like food or look like it. And I held him right after her and he didn't bite me! I don't get it. What happened?
So, I promised my sister I'd post a thread for her on here so she could gain some rep for getting bitten and handling it so well.
Please tell her something nice so she smiles, I'm going to show her this thread as new replies are posted (she needs 'em!).
Poor Alex!
Will post a pic of the bite later, she requested I do so.
One more thing--Nergal hasn't eaten in about 5 days, could it be he is hungry and that's why he bit her? :/
We are speculating that he bit her because she made the joke about Dumbledore being awesome for keeping Voldemort in line, since he (Nergal) is in Slytherin hahaha.
Shellie