Quote Originally Posted by muddoc
Christie,
1500 grammer striking you may not be too bad, but wait until you get one that bites and holds on. I had one of my Het Hypo female hatchlings come out of the tub and bite my hand. She then proceeded to wrap around my thumb and try to kill it. She ended up trying to kill my hand for about 10 minutes. She was only about 80 grams, but that was the most pain I have ever flet from one of my snakes. I do agree with you that getting bit is more startling than painful.
Did you try running water over its face? We had one try to feed on my wife's hand and that seemed to work fine, with no ill affect.

The one that got my wife was about 70 grams and it got her right on the knuckle!