I hope you recover fast. That had to be really painful. I got an infection from a dog bite the size of a pencil lead. My arm doubled it's size and had streaks running to my armpit from the fingertip bite. An animal doesn't even have to be a hot to cause a lot of damage. I landed on my back in the hosp. within 2 days. Lucky for me he didn't grind his jaws on my hand like the snake did you. Heres hoping all goes well with your hand. Don't let that scare you away from what you love. I know you won't make that mistake again.Lessons learned the hard way , hold the longest.