Snake likes to constrict my sons neck????

[Seanjackmc]

I never let them wrap completely around my neck. Especially double wrap. They may not mean any harm but if they get freaked out and tense up.

I'm with you on that. I know he doesn't mean harm, but my fear is my son freaking out and snake freaking out and someone gets hurt. I prefer to just not allow him to do that anymore.

[DooLittle]

He is just hanging on so he doesn't fall. I don't ever let mine coil all the way around me though, they can hang on tight enough to be uncomfortable.

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[Gerardo]

1 of my snakes wraps around my neck but doesnt always contrict. Sometimes he just hangs out and flickers his tongue. He is the calmest of my BPs. The younger ones contrsict my arms when i carry them.

[jedidiah578]

I think since the snake is still small it isnt so much a problem but as it gets bigger I wouldnt allow it around the front on the neck. My bigger ones feel secure enough just draped over my neck that they dont wrap.

[Rob]

A ball couldn't do any damage no matter how tense it got.

No? Apparently you don't know how easy it is to stop blood flow to the carotid artery. Doesn't take much pressure on those to make you take a little nap. I'm not taking the chance, it won't kill ya. But it won't be fun either. Well unless your into that kind of thing.

[Mike41793]

No? Apparently you don't know how easy it is to stop blood flow to the carotid artery. Doesn't take much pressure on those to make you take a little nap. I'm not taking the chance, it won't kill ya. But it won't be fun either. Well unless your into that kind of thing.

Im not sure if theres any profanities in this video, i watched it on mute. Watch at your own risk or just watch it on mute lol:
http://youtu.be/67isFmH5vQ8

[darkbloodwyvern]

No? Apparently you don't know how easy it is to stop blood flow to the carotid artery. Doesn't take much pressure on those to make you take a little nap. I'm not taking the chance, it won't kill ya. But it won't be fun either. Well unless your into that kind of thing.

I'm not into:
-passing out
-losing my snake while I'm passed out
-crushing my snake when I pass out
-losing control over situations involving my snakes


They can't really kill you, but neither will their bites, and how many of us rub our hands with mouse/rat and stick our hands in there on feeding day? I personally know what it feels like to pass out, I had a few months in high school where anything could set it off. Some people have no idea what it is until it happens, so they may not recognize it until they wake up at the bottom of a flight of stairs with a squished snake. All it takes is one really scary moment for a bigger snake. The more you flail, the harder they may hold on. Yes it won't kill you, but passing out pretty much equates to some kind of brain damage. The chances of me getting hit by a bike fatally are miniscule and highly unlikely. I still look both ways every time I cross the biker's paths when I am wandering around my neighborhood.

With younger kids, it is just common sense that they can apply to all animals. Don't give the snake/dog/horse the opportunity to get one over you. Us oldsters can afford more brain damage perhaps but I wouldn't want to have anything bad happen with a kid and a snake, or any other animal. Remaining calm, being aware and keeping the upper hand in all interactions is how we prevent accidents. More bad press isn't needed for herps,lol

[Rob]

Im not sure if theres any profanities in this video, i watched it on mute. Watch at your own risk or just watch it on mute lol:
http://youtu.be/67isFmH5vQ8

Lol I have seen that before.
But yeah back in the army days, we would all practice rear naked chokes. Occasionally someone would end up out and making all kinds of crazy sounds. Like I said doesn't take much pressure to make someone go night night. Hence me saying don't let your bp wrap your neck completely.

[I-KandyReptiles]

I'll let my bps wrap. They've never constricted tight enough to be uncomfortable. If they tried, I'd just unwrap them starting by the tail.

[Pythonfriend]

i know how it feels like from olympic wrestling. there they have quite a few grips that close some blood vessels in your neck, up to 4 at the same time.

if a second person nearby its not really dangerous because you continue breathing, you just go unconscious, so it also causes no brain damage. but you can still get badly hurt and so can the snake, from, for example, crashing into furniture.

i think as long as you keep your throat and the front side clear, carrying a BP around your neck is not really a problem, as long as you know how to unwrap her and do it without panic but also quickly enough if the snake constricts. and dont allow a full loop, u-shape is the limit. and thats maybe only for people wth some experience. in serious non-entertainment olympic wrestling it happens all the time that you get constricted, you still have a few seconds to respond, like maybe a few seconds, but these feel like an eternity and are enough time to try something or make a move. you have symptoms for maybe just 3 seconds if it happens quickly, getting from mild to worse: seeing stars, tunnel vision / delayed vision, strange hot or cold skin sensations, total visual blackout and audio problems, and then you pass out. and in training you signal a time-out and end the fight when you get tunnel vision. but often enough there is miscommunication and someone passes out in training, and snakes are not known for listening to commands.

it all depends on the size and strength of the snake i think. and ball pythons are right in the middle between the big or giant snakes that can overwhelm people, and smaller snakes that cannot. i personally wouldnt worry below 1 kilogram and above 1 kilogram i would think twice and wouldnt do it without someone else nearby, i mean, when it comes to putting one around my neck.