Quote Originally Posted by Trisnake View Post
It's not ever really the bite that startles me, it's more the sudden movement that I'm not expecting. If you've ever caught lizards or skinks in your back yard and been bit by them, I'd actually venture to say that hurts more than being tagged by a baby ball. So does stubbing your toe, knicking yourself with a shaving razor, or bumping your head... in my opinion at least. Though I've never been solidly bitten by anything bigger than an adult Texas rat LOL
When I was a kid someone at some reptile shop in San Marcos had a gallon jug with 10 Texas Rat Snake hatchlings and gave them all to me. I had to beg my mom to let me keep them. lol They were sooooo nippy. Those things bit me over and over no matter how much time I put into trying to tame them. I ended up keeping 2 of them until I left home and they bit like crazy the whole time I had them.