My 6 foot RTB bit me and I'm a little freaked out

[tttaylorrr]

I didn't think it was a bad case because I only saw one, after I treated her she did not go to soak and seemed ok.

how naive...

She was only out of her enclosure for a few hours.

what scope are you using the justify the term "only"? to a snake, "only" a few hours is a long time.

I know several people who dance/perform with snakes who also love, respect and take good care of them. I also have seen people who perform with the snakes who use them as a prop and don't seem to have any respect for them - I am not one of them.

your small group's lived experiences do not trump the years of research and keeping that are available on this forum. just bc you know other snakes doesn't mean you know anything about the species. and the fact you think you're better than others like you is also naive and laughable.

I love and respect my snake and am doing my best to take care of her.

then keeping learning bc you're far from being an ideal owner. any knowedgable keeper would literally NEVER use an animal as a prop for a dance routine, let alone a sick one...sorry, not sorry.

I didn't come here looking for sympathy, and in fact I figured that people would make negative assumptions about my situation, but hoped I would gain some insight on what the possible causes for the bite are

great, bc no one will give you much.

if you had a bug constantly biting you, would you be cool? then you get woken up and shuffled around almost daily, only to be paraded under lights and loud music? to be put back, taken out, repeatedly?

not that hard to figure out what happened...oy.