Favorite newbie moment? So Monty was super chill and easy to handle (male reticulated python). So a friend of mine comes over and asks to hold him. We are talking about how chill he is and how easy he is to handle. I start bumping him on the nose with my hand to show him how unlikely he is to bite you. I do it several times and then BAM he bites my hand. He lets go right away and tries to hide in my friends arms. He just reached a point where he had had enough. Blood was going everywhere because fingers bleed a lot. If you tease them they will bite eventually. Was totally my fought. All I could do is laugh at myself. Happy I don't do silly things like that anymore.
First snake was a ATB that was a beast and hated everyone around her. You would be holding her clam and relaxed and then she would just start randomly striking everywhere. Was when I was 12 that I got her as an adult from a friend of mine. She never did calm down and became a display animal. My dad kept her when I went into the military. A few years ago it died of old age but boy was that girl feisty.
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