Quote Originally Posted by AK907 View Post
Agreed. I haven't kept any hots in a long time, but anyone looking to get into hots I always tell them to start off with a couple amazon tree boas or similar non venomous aggressive species and keep them for a while. Everytime they get nailed by them write it down, "This could have killed me" or "I could have lost a limb" or "Can I afford this $250,000 medical bill?".

To the OP, any updates? It has been over a month since the last update.
I am a friend of the OPs, and was actually at the wounded soldier's reptile store a couple days ago. Looks like he had a choice to either do some ligament replacement surgery which would be very very expensive, or amputate.

Sam, the guy who was bitten drives truck for a living (18 wheeler) and was concerned that if he did the replacement surgery he wouldn't have total use and flexibility of the finger and might conflict with keeping his lisence in the future. So according to his partner who I talked to at the store it looks like they are going to probably amputate it. It will be cheaper and will he able to get back to work a bit sooner. Rehabilitation with the other option may take up to a year or more so this was their best option apparently.

Other then that she said hes doing much better and is looking forward to a, well some what now "modified" full recovery. Btw, I saw the culprit Western under his hide while there. This dude was one healthy animal. I couldn't imagine the outcome if both fangs got him. Whew.