Largest snake you have been bit by, and the results

[Bogertophis]

Lizzy, one of my 8 foot Coastal Carpets very obviously was telling me that she was in food mode. But I just couldn’t stand that poo sitting there. Like a dummy I reached for it.



...She struck out well over two feet and got my fingers. Like a bigger dummy I jerked my hand back so hard I completely drug her out of the cage onto the floor.

It doesn’t look like much, but my middle finger throbbed and hurt for 3 days. The wound was much deeper than it looks.

That was an "I DOUBLE-DARE YOU!" look if ever I've seen one! Many snakes don't like their space invaded, so if they're in their hides, I use my ping-pong paddle
to block their door-way...and if they're not hiding, there's other ways to shield your hands to spot clean.

Your wounds really did look deep & I don't doubt they throbbed for days. OUCH!