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View Poll Results: What best describes your personal experience??
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Never been bitten. I tend to keep more placid species IE Cornsnakes.
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Have been nipped at a few times from my baby Python or Boa.
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I get hit every freaking day by something, whether I'm cleaning cages or just free handling for 'special time'.
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I've been hit hundreds of times from just about everything!! Kings, Milks, Pythons, Boas, but nothing too severe.
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I was at the wrong end (the recipient) of an extremely painful bite from a very large constrictor.
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I use extreme caution when handling any of my reptiles, and have not been bit by anything other than my neighbors dog, my house cat, or my neighbor. What's all this nonsense about Reptile bites???
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03-06-2007, 02:25 AM
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Here's one that left a mark
Pit bull
I also had a coastal carpet, that I was determined to tame. From 11" to 6 foot, he frequently nailed me. After the second day I had him, I quit counting the hits. When I finally sold him, he still didn't like me.
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03-10-2007, 12:57 PM
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#192
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i took a facial from my little jungle 3 nights ago didnt hurt much but it did break the skin haha hes still just a little guy .... i hope i dont take one form him when hes bigger lol
joe
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03-10-2007, 01:39 PM
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#193
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Originally Posted by az-gunner
Here's one that left a mark
Pit bull
I also had a coastal carpet, that I was determined to tame. From 11" to 6 foot, he frequently nailed me. After the second day I had him, I quit counting the hits. When I finally sold him, he still didn't like me. |
ok, that beats all my bites. Yikes! stitchs??
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03-10-2007, 06:28 PM
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#194
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Originally Posted by Melinda
ok, that beats all my bites. Yikes! stitchs??
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It should have had stitches. However, because it was a dog bite, there was a risk of infection. So, they opted to keep it open and let it heal from the inside and work its way out. They opened the wound initially for cleaning and treatment. About halfway throught the healing, they reopened it a little. They were manipulating the healing process. At one point I was good candidate for very small skin graphs (pig skin bandaid). However, I went back to work and the scheduling made the necessary dr visits inconvenient. I'm healed up now. I have indented, circular, discolored scar. Nothing major
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03-11-2007, 01:26 AM
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I was in a local pet store, and came across a cage labeled "bullsnake". I look in there, and see what appears to be a black ratsnake. I asked the teenage girl working there if she would get him out, so I could have a closer look, but didn't tell her anything about my suspicions.
She replied that she wasn't comfortable with snakes, so I asked if I could open the cage myself, and take him out. She reluctantly agreed.
So, I reach in and take him out; definitely a black rat. Just when I was starting to explain to her that this was NOT a bullsnake, the frisky fella latched onto my thumb.
She screams, and everyone in the store comes looking to see what the commotion is about.
I have been bitten so many times, that a bite from a small ratsnake doesn't even cause a blip on the radar. The snake hangs on, and I just continued to explain about the snake being mislabeled.
The onlookers were kind of puzzled by the sight. I heard a little kid say, "Mom, why is that guy letting a snake bite him?"
Funny, how what seems perfectly normal to a herper, can be seen as absurd to the general public.
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04-25-2007, 07:53 PM
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#196
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nip
been nipped at a few times. no contact made though. whew!
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05-03-2007, 11:38 PM
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#197
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My latest
Just a little Aru scrub bite,He's about 10 feet.This guy is nothing short of down right nasty,just walking by the cage he is striking at you.
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05-03-2007, 11:40 PM
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#198
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One more
And the last one.
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05-04-2007, 12:02 AM
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dang i bet that hurt i got bit by my 9 foot burm and it hurt
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05-04-2007, 06:24 PM
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It didn't hurt all that bad just some swelling and bruising.
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