Giving Snakes Injections--Hoo Boy!

I have given hundreds of hundreds of injections. SQ, IM, IV, IP, intradermal!
And I have bested many a fractious cat--five weapons plus they can move around inside their skin.
Over come many a skin sensitive pig.

But, I have a little blood python, 2 years old, that puts them all to shame. He is normally an easy going fellow. He'll hiss at me, especially lately; but that's the extent of his editorialising.

We are in day five of an antibiotic regimen and I must say, I am only just getting the technique down.
He's got talent alright. Hoo boy, snake rodeo at my house every night! If I could splice some of his genes into those of a bucking horse, I'd have a rodeo star! Not only can he buck, he jerks, he squirms, he twists, he escapes the towel with alacrity.

If he'd just let me get the job done, I wouldn't have to get in so many "stab" practices every med time. Cryminy!

I've had the pleasure of that ride, lol. None of this little poke stuff for bloods...the needle is gone before you can get the med in. I'm sure it is easy enough with the little guys, but I was trying on one that was over 4ft. I never had that hard a time giving adult puff adders injections.