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When was you first snake bite?!!!!

macklotts python. right on the finger.

a few years ago i was taking pictures of some baby macklotts i had just gotten. i put them on my computer desk and sat down to type something. the heat and movement was enough.

i just recently got them in the store and it made me chuckle thinking back but i felt like an idiot at the time.
 
first one was a cornsnake- drew a bit of blood- nothing big...

my second bite was from a 9 foot PISSED OFF burm that was dumped at the petstore i worked at- it was in a tote at teh door... we took it in and couldnt tell what it was so one of the guys opened it- and there she was- on my damn leg- didnt wrap me up- just bit and then got stuck in my skin and my jeans... took about 10 minutes to get all her teeth out of me and about 30 to get her back in teh box...
Now burms are my favorite and i have yet to get bit again... *knock on wood- tomarrow is cage cleaning day*

Beth
 
Albino Kingsnake. Red eyed terd got me on my middle finger. I think he thought my finger was good because he didn't want to let go. It didn't hurt, but like any snake bite it scares the crap out of you.
 
Mine was my oldest female ball python that at the time was in a 45 gallon with a divider well anyways it was night and I awoke to a stir in my room and she had squeezed her head under the divider instinct was to grabb her from choking,Bite Brain says to half asleep body hey man I think you just got Bit.Well brain tells hand grab her shes choking,body Damm I think you got bit again well this went on until the third time wich my dumb--- woke up!
 
couldnt tell u what was my first, probly a garter snake. the most memorable was when i kept bloods, hade one werap my hand took 2 people to get her off and thought my hand was broke. got a wild caught adult blood bit me in the stomach, figured i'd learned my lesson but now i keep scrubs and green trees, getting bit is a part of life
 
I would say my first bite was from a juvenile california king. Pretty good bite for a little guy. The next was from cal king. and the next was from another king. never got one from a ball, boa or any other snake. A garter bit me but it was so small I don't even count it.

When I don't feel like getting bit or have handled food I glove up. If I don't really mind it then I reach in and hope for the best. I just always look at it as nothing will ever hurt as much as the home made root canal I gave myself not too long ago. I know stupid but I don't like the dentist he always wants to drug me and yank teeth out. But when I went to kill the nerve I use a combo of super glue and peroxide and asprin all of which will burn mouth tissue. But wow the pain was worse than any broken bone or any bite I have ever experienced.
 
My first red tail 4-5 yrs ago got me between the thumb and index finger right in that soft spot. I was not paying attention and was talking to somebody behind me and missed the rat ad got me. Didnt hurt so much as scared the crap out of me.

My wife got bit by our 1st ball. But she was holding the mouse and I guesse it was the same thing and got the bottom of her palm.

We use tongs now:yesnod: But they were both yearlings and felt like sticking your hand in a bowl of thumb tacks.
 
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My first real bite besides just a nip from small stuff was a few months ago.I had a mean aru scrub,the meanest,he would start striking everytime he saw you and not stop.During cage cleaning one night i remembered a scrub guy telling me he might calm down if i Didn't restrain him and acted like a branch...LoL..What a crock that was.As soon as i let go of his head he chomped my arm pretty good.
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thats funny. the guy that sold me mine never said that. and almost a yr later she still strikes at everything. cage cleaning is fun to say the least.

my aru is a yr old give or take. how old and big is yours, judging by the blood i'd guess about 7-8 ft.
 
My first bite was when I was 16 years old. I was at the first reptile show I've ever went to. Almost immediately after entering I saw an 8' yellow anaconda that cought my eye. It was only $75 and I couldn't believe the man was selling it so cheap. Being me I had to hold it (even after the man told me it was aggressive and that he wouldn't take it out himself) so I reached into the tank, grabbed it, and it was cool for about 10 seconds. It then bit my left hand and about 5 seconds later my right forearm. Funny that that experience turned me into the ridiculous reptile addict that I am now. Also I found it funny that just 4 days ago I was looking at buying a pair of 7' yellows from a friend and I was bit once again. Good Times.
 
I was about five or six and caught a garter snake in the back yard. It caught me right on the index finger and would not let go for anything!
Since then I have been bit by Burms, Balls, Boas, Corns, Kings, and a very angry yellow anaconda who just happened to be my favorite snake I've ever owned. I've always loved the bigger, meaner, and nastier snakes!
My worst bite by far was from an extremely mad 5ft. green iguana named spike. We came to an understanding after that though, and she never bit me again!
Tony

Mine was an unproven Axanthic BP named Rameses. I sat him down to go answer the door and when I walked back he tagged me 3 times. Or so says Tony. I didn't feel it, but he was right there and saw it.
The only other bite was from a BP named French Silk and we were feeding them in these plastic tubs. They were deep and had lids. There were handle holes in the side. I dropped the rat in and her head came out of the hole and tagged my other hand. I asked Tony "Did I just get bit?" Sure enough there were five TINY puncture marks on my index finger. It stung a little later and I experienced some nausea later on.
Melissa
 
my first bite was from a BP while I was helping my friend clean. since then I have been bitten only 4 more times. once by a baby BP, once by my adult male BP, Once by my sub adult female BP, and once by my baby blood.:thumbsup:
 
My only bite was from a baby spotted python. Latched onto my fingertip and tried to eat it, LOL. It was a determined little snake. Held on for quite a while. I walked around the room with him chewing on it for about 10 or 15 minutes. I have had several balls strike during feeding, but missed. I have the worlds meanest Dumerils Ground Boa. His name is Rhorshack and he is still young. But he strikes at anything that even gets close to him. Does not matter if he is in his cage, in another container, on the ground, or being held. He has not got me yet, not for lack of trying. But, I am sure he will someday.
 
ive never been bitten... i kinda wish i have been because of the slight fear of the unknown. the problem i have is all my snakes are larger than what i desire to be my first bite. my brother has a nasty little 4' columbian at my parents house though so im thinking i should probably let him tag me in the arm just to get it over with. truth be told im more afraid of his little columbian then some of my larger 10' + snakes, which i handle daily but are all puppy dogs.
 
My first snake bite ever was a 5' bull snake, but my first captive snake bite was a 4' albino burmese python that continued to bite me once in a while until she was well over 16'. Needless to say it bled a bit more when she got that size...
 
Grimaldi123 said:
ive never been bitten... i kinda wish i have been because of the slight fear of the unknown. the problem i have is all my snakes are larger than what i desire to be my first bite. my brother has a nasty little 4' columbian at my parents house though so im thinking i should probably let him tag me in the arm just to get it over with. truth be told im more afraid of his little columbian then some of my larger 10' + snakes, which i handle daily but are all puppy dogs.
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If you have any tattoos then you have nothing to fear. Snake bites for the most part ( except for gtp's ) don't hurt half as much as a tattoo. I definitely know both sides of the coin. I've got 35-ish tattoos, and have been bitten a good number of times.

If you are going to let your brothers boa bite you remember not to flinch or pull away. That is way more dangerous for the snake than for the human. The snake can easily loose a few teeth from you flinching. The ABSOLUTE worst thing that will ever happen to you from a boa bite is an infection, and that would be extremely rare.
 
Funnily enough, the only bite I've suffered from one of my kids (this is excluding all field-herping events) was from my boa, who is a complete sweetheart. I guess I'd had her out for a while and wasn't quite supporting her enough, so she figured she should let me know to take better care of her. Didn't even break the skin. I think it's funny because I've got a big fat short-tail who likes to come snapping after me whenever I open the tub and a ball python who used to be easily irritated (calmed down nicely now, but she used to strike at me every now and then). And of all the snakes, I get bit by one of the sweetest ones. I guess it's because with the breit and the ball python I'm always prepared to be struck at, and with the boa I'm more relaxed because she's usually so sweet.
 
garter snake when I was 3 or 4. I remember faintly, and I mostly remember that it didn't hurt which made me lose my fear of getting bit.
 
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