Well it happened, my GF was petting my new burm "Zeus" and he turned around and tried to kill her hand, just measured him the other day and he is 8.5 feet. My GF did great! She didn't freak out and try to pull away, she called for me and I found her with her hand in the enclosure and the burm had a good bite and had thrown one coil on her hand, he was trying to throw a second coil but I positioned my GF so that he couldn't get a second coil on her hand. Now to get the snake to release was another story, I tried the alcohol trick and it made no difference, didn't even phase him. Next I tried hot water, not enough to burn but enough to make him uncomfortable, I slowly poured it on him and he released the coil and finally the bite.

What did my GF do wrong? She smelled like rat on her shirt, he thought it was feeding time. He had eaten three days ago but the smell caused the feeding response.

I think the alcohol thing is a myth, but then again I didn't want to use alot for fear of hurting the snake.

Here are some pic's of the battle scars on my GF hand.