Nergal bited my sister :( :( :(

[jhamilton]

Its like a rite of passage in my eyes.....its gonna happen eventually.

[shelliebear]

At last, here is the picture so Alex can be officially inducted into bite club.

[Lolo76]

Too bad that occurred. But unfortunately it happens. I always put it in perspective. For as much as i have handled snakes the last two years i have been bit twice. I held my neighbors cat last night and got bit 3 times in 5 minutes. I still go with bp's are more gentle then cats and some dogs by far lol

True dat! I have 3 cats, and couldn't begin to count the bites & scratches they've given me... one is nicknamed "Satan" for his generally evil attitude, but even my sweet little girl Bindi occasionally takes a chunk out of me. She actually loves to attack my feet, especially when they're under my Snuggie! My dog hasn't ever bitten me, and to be honest I'd be very concerned if he did - dog bites are a much more serious thing, both behaviorally and physically.

As for snake bites, they can and will happen every once in a while. So tell Alex not to take it personally, and most likely Nergal was just startled or done with being held... sounds like she handled it like a champ, too.

[dr del]

Hi,

At last, here is the picture so Alex can be officially inducted into bite club.

A savage wound indeed.

to bite club.


dr del

[ahunt037]

i have not yet been bitten but came very close last night with my lil Spider girl she is very nippy when well stuff that looks like food gets close to her

i was casually laying on my bed with her wrapped around my hand and with out thinking i picked up my phone to start texting and as i finished up the text and set the phone down i felt something hit my hand and looked and saw Charlotte kinda out stretched looking at my hand i guess she just barely glanced off it lucky me she has done this before i think its just part of the wobble and her young age of being very afraid when touching thing with her head or maybe she really is just snappy all i know is that if im going to get bit in the future my first one will probably be from her

as for Alex im sorry that this happened to you it happens the best of us... i guess that makes me 2nd best since i havent gotten bitten but still this shouldnt stop u from holding the snakes like someone previously said the snake was probably just startled and reacted
idk how my girlfriend doesnt get bit she is constantly signing(she is deaf) to me while holding the snakes and almost hitting them sometimes i always get nervous when she does that lol

[Jeo123]

I've found that my snake is very easily frightened by shadows. It could have been that while she wasn't doing anything to scare Nergal, someone walking past could have easily startled the snake by walking past a window/light.

[wax32]

Congrats on joining bite club. I've been keeping ball pythons for 2 years now and only joined 2 days ago. You got in EARLY.