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Jackass puppet show
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Eaten alive!
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To find out
Go on youtube search ( without your kids in the room)
Jackass puppet show
I've never laughed so hard
I'm a huge fan of Jackass, those guys are totally insane, lol.
Somehow, I don't think I'll be dressing my old man up as a mouse anytime soon, lol.
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Been nailed by my corn twice, more of a shock than anything bad.
Last year I almost stepped on this spicy sausage, quite a fright I must tell you. Puff adder, unlikely to kill you but will suck nontheless.
Last year I almost stepped on this spicy sausage, quite a fright I must tell you. Puff adder, unlikely to kill you but will suck nontheless.
I spent a decade or so when I was younger keeping only a few fishtanks, but with my spare room filled with reptiles; bred cornsnakes, kingsnakes, bullsnakes, sand boas and some geckos, but kept a lot of other stuff as well. I managed to get bitten once in awhile, and it was almost always from handling the mice with my hands and allowing the scent to transfer onto my fingers. Good on you, Esox, that you didn't reflexively jerk your hand back and thus damage the snakes mouth and teeth. A bite from a snake like that isn't a big deal...but it's difficult not to jump a little when it happens. Try it with a big bullsnake some time; they puff themselves up, hiss like a broken pneumatic hose, rattle their tales, raise their heads up above the substrate, coil and coil and coil...and then they strike...but usually keep their mouths closed! Still, by that time your blood pressure is usually spiking...
Two suggestions for you: first, keep a small spray bottle of vodka, maybe 50/50 mixed with water, within reach in the snake room. If you receive another of those "feeding" bites, i.e. the type where they don't want to let go, a light spritz of vodka water on their heads will encourage them to reconsider without causing any damage. Use cheap vodka for this; but have a bottle of the good stuff like Hetman (my fave!), Slava or even Grey Goose (vodka from France...oh my god...
) on hand to take a slug for yourself afterwards...
Second: there are some snakes that require the mouse to be manipulated or wiggled to get them to strike, but most, like corn snakes, will almost always respond to the smell of a dead mouse, move towards it, find it, check out the entire body to figure out where the nose is and then begin to swallow it. There isn't any "strike" per se...it's simply swallowed very calmly. So, handle the snake regularly, without having any food present...but then, on feeding day, just place a warm dead mouse quietly in the cage, preferably with tongs, and then withdraw your hand and refrain from interacting with the snake at all.
Feeding the way you are doing it now just trains a snake to possibly expect to be fed when the cage opens; it's pre-disposed to strike, rather than just eat. Remove yourself from the feeding equation as much as possible; handling the snake becomes much calmer for both yourself and the reptile, and remote feeding removes any chance for a bite.
Two suggestions for you: first, keep a small spray bottle of vodka, maybe 50/50 mixed with water, within reach in the snake room. If you receive another of those "feeding" bites, i.e. the type where they don't want to let go, a light spritz of vodka water on their heads will encourage them to reconsider without causing any damage. Use cheap vodka for this; but have a bottle of the good stuff like Hetman (my fave!), Slava or even Grey Goose (vodka from France...oh my god...
) on hand to take a slug for yourself afterwards...Second: there are some snakes that require the mouse to be manipulated or wiggled to get them to strike, but most, like corn snakes, will almost always respond to the smell of a dead mouse, move towards it, find it, check out the entire body to figure out where the nose is and then begin to swallow it. There isn't any "strike" per se...it's simply swallowed very calmly. So, handle the snake regularly, without having any food present...but then, on feeding day, just place a warm dead mouse quietly in the cage, preferably with tongs, and then withdraw your hand and refrain from interacting with the snake at all.
Feeding the way you are doing it now just trains a snake to possibly expect to be fed when the cage opens; it's pre-disposed to strike, rather than just eat. Remove yourself from the feeding equation as much as possible; handling the snake becomes much calmer for both yourself and the reptile, and remote feeding removes any chance for a bite.
I spent a decade or so when I was younger keeping only a few fishtanks, but with my spare room filled with reptiles; bred cornsnakes, kingsnakes, bullsnakes, sand boas and some geckos, but kept a lot of other stuff as well. I managed to get bitten once in awhile, and it was almost always from handling the mice with my hands and allowing the scent to transfer onto my fingers. Good on you, Esox, that you didn't reflexively jerk your hand back and thus damage the snakes mouth and teeth. A bite from a snake like that isn't a big deal...but it's difficult not to jump a little when it happens. Try it with a big bullsnake some time; they puff themselves up, hiss like a broken pneumatic hose, rattle their tales, raise their heads up above the substrate, coil and coil and coil...and then they strike...but usually keep their mouths closed! Still, by that time your blood pressure is usually spiking...
Two suggestions for you: first, keep a small spray bottle of vodka, maybe 50/50 mixed with water, within reach in the snake room. If you receive another of those "feeding" bites, i.e. the type where they don't want to let go, a light spritz of vodka water on their heads will encourage them to reconsider without causing any damage. Use cheap vodka for this; but have a bottle of the good stuff like Hetman (my fave!), Slava or even Grey Goose (vodka from France...oh my god...
Second: there are some snakes that require the mouse to be manipulated or wiggled to get them to strike, but most, like corn snakes, will almost always respond to the smell of a dead mouse, move towards it, find it, check out the entire body to figure out where the nose is and then begin to swallow it. There isn't any "strike" per se...it's simply swallowed very calmly. So, handle the snake regularly, without having any food present...but then, on feeding day, just place a warm dead mouse quietly in the cage, preferably with tongs, and then withdraw your hand and refrain from interacting with the snake at all.
Feeding the way you are doing it now just trains a snake to possibly expect to be fed when the cage opens; it's pre-disposed to strike, rather than just eat. Remove yourself from the feeding equation as much as possible; handling the snake becomes much calmer for both yourself and the reptile, and remote feeding removes any chance for a bite.
Some good info there for me moving forward, cheers John. You're right, it was a helluva shock, but I remained firm. I guessed that yanking my hand away quickly could potentially harm the snake so I took it like a man, lol.
I believe their eyesight is really poor too, which would explain it missing the mouse in the first place!
I do have plenty of vodka in the house. Grey goose is one of my favourites too, along with Bison grass, Haku and Russian standard, though none will be going anywhere near my snake, lol.
I won't need it anyway, I've learnt my lesson, extra care will be taken in future
Woah, woah, woah...I didn't mean to imply that Grey Goose is a favourite of mine. I've tried it and while I admit that it's a nice vodka, there is no way that I...the son of two Ukrainian immigrants to Canada...will ever start to drink French vodka. Just not going to happen.
It's like maple syrup. I've had Vermont maple syrup...and like any maple syrup, it's heavenly stuff...but I, as a Canadian, am not going to start buying imported maple syrup.
Never even heard of Haku...please tell me you aren't drinking Japanese vodka...
It's like maple syrup. I've had Vermont maple syrup...and like any maple syrup, it's heavenly stuff...but I, as a Canadian, am not going to start buying imported maple syrup.
Never even heard of Haku...please tell me you aren't drinking Japanese vodka...
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Woah, woah, woah...I didn't mean to imply that Grey Goose is a favourite of mine. I've tried it and while I admit that it's a nice vodka, there is no way that I...the son of two Ukrainian immigrants to Canada...will ever start to drink French vodka. Just not going to happen.
It's like maple syrup. I've had Vermont maple syrup...and like any maple syrup, it's heavenly stuff...but I, as a Canadian, am not going to start buying imported maple syrup.
Never even heard of Haku...please tell me you aren't drinking Japanese vodka...
What can I say, I'm not particularly fussed where stuff comes from, lol, and in any case I've yet to come across any quality UK vodka!
To be honest I never buy the stuff anyway. The spare bedroom upstairs where I brew my own wine is full of shorts bottles, mainly whisky and vodka. They are all gifts from suppliers/customers at work. Every Christmas I take home quite a haul!
I rarely drink shorts, in fact I rarely drink any alcohol, so the bottles just collect dust. The wine I brew is for my wife, let's just say my wife likes wine, lol.
But I did try that Haku vodka last Christmas from Japan, and it's the only vodka I've come across where it's even quite nice when drank neat!
Personally, I have always considered wine a waste of good fruit; I was forced into slave labour as a child when my father put me to work turning the crank on his DIY crusher/squeezer, and I saw so much interesting flora and fauna go down that chute into the works of that machine, to eventually wind up in the finished products, that I never developed much interest in actually drinking the stuff. Mind you, my dad fermented the wine, whereas you Brits apparently "brew" it? Must be a cultural thing...
My wife, who is a virtual non-drinker, read your post and commented that your wife has been driven to drink by your antics...and then wondered how on earth she (my wife) managed to avoid becoming a complete lush after a few decades with me. Complain, complain, complain...
But, okay, now I have to try Haku vodka. I certainly hope I don't like it...'cuz I just won't continue to buy it, and I don't want to feel as though I am missing out on something.
Personally, I have always considered wine a waste of good fruit; I was forced into slave labour as a child when my father put me to work turning the crank on his DIY crusher/squeezer, and I saw so much interesting flora and fauna go down that chute into the works of that machine, to eventually wind up in the finished products, that I never developed much interest in actually drinking the stuff. Mind you, my dad fermented the wine, whereas you Brits apparently "brew" it? Must be a cultural thing...
My wife, who is a virtual non-drinker, read your post and commented that your wife has been driven to drink by your antics...and then wondered how on earth she (my wife) managed to avoid becoming a complete lush after a few decades with me. Complain, complain, complain...
But, okay, now I have to try Haku vodka. I certainly hope I don't like it...'cuz I just won't continue to buy it, and I don't want to feel as though I am missing out on something.
I don't brew/ferment (lol) my wine as your father did, ie with proper fruit, plants or flowers. That's way out of my skillset. Apparently you need to have a good understanding of sugar levels in your ingredients so you can add the appropriate amount of yeast.
If the levels aren't right I believe you won't get a proper brew. Way too much faffing about for a simpleton like myself. I use wine kits where all the various ingredients are pre measured. It is easy. Each kit produces 32 bottles of consistent, and quite tasty wine. I save my wife an absolute fortune. It costs me about £1.20 per bottle to brew compared to a basic bottle of wine from the shops of about £5.00.
I can safely say that my antics, as crazy as they are at times, have little to do with my wifes liking for wine. She's always liked a drink, her mum is also quite the drinker.
But I must say, if my antics carry on i'm sure my stash of whisky and vodka in the spare bedroom may start to go "missing" too, lol.
I was on a step ladder wiggling my fingers in front of one of my pacus when he bit me leaving a profusely bleeding crescent shaped bite wound on my finger. I was undergoing chemotherapy at the time. My oncologist was not happy with me. He said that fish harbor a lot of pathogens. They don't allow fish tanks in the inpatient oncology section of the hospital because of the pathogens. I couldn't put my hand in the fish tank again until after completing chemo. I'm probably the only one with "her fish bit her" in their medical records. Pacu are very inquisitive fish, and not having fingers, they only have their mouths and teeth to investigate their world. Since they eat nuts in the wild, my pacu could have broken or possibly severed my finger, but only the skin was broken. He wasn't eating, just investigating. Pacu like physical contact. When I'm cleaning tank walls, they come and brush up against my hand or just get in my way. They push each other out of the way for petting. I did learn a lesson, though, and don't wiggle my fingers in front of their mouths!
Pacu like physical contact. When I'm cleaning tank walls, they come and brush up against my hand or just get in my way. They push each other out of the way for petting. I did learn a lesson, though, and don't wiggle my fingers in front of their mouths!