When I was a boy, I used to catch snakes in the yard and try to tame them. My mom however wasn't real keen on my "hobby". Anyway, my snake-catching days stopped when I was bitten by a black snake. Not venomous but it drew blood none the less. Has anyone else been bitten by a pet snake or any snake for that matter?
Ever been bitten by a snake?
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yeah ive been bitten by pythons, colubrids, lizards ferets, you name it ive been bitten..the biggest was a 5 foot ball python..
Ditto on what Dovii said; I've been bitten pretty much by every pet you can think of (except for like, monkeys, and tigers,etc). Working in petstores for 8 yrs will give you that kind of experience.
The absolute worst bite I received from a reptile was a 4' albino Burmese python. This snake hated every living thing, and it clamped its jaws around my middle & ring finger and then proceeded to coil around my whole hand. It hurt like hell.
Other memorable bites were from a 9' burm (this one didn't even hurt so much as startle me, but it left a few teeth behind), a prehensile-tailed skink, and a fire skink (probably the most painful lizard bite; it clamped down and then death-rolled like a croc).
The absolute worst bite I received from a reptile was a 4' albino Burmese python. This snake hated every living thing, and it clamped its jaws around my middle & ring finger and then proceeded to coil around my whole hand. It hurt like hell.
Other memorable bites were from a 9' burm (this one didn't even hurt so much as startle me, but it left a few teeth behind), a prehensile-tailed skink, and a fire skink (probably the most painful lizard bite; it clamped down and then death-rolled like a croc).
I've been tagged by all kinds of snakes. No venomous snakes but boas, pthons, and colubrids. The most painful was from a amazon tree boa. That thing was bit me on the chest stuck for about a half hour. My 10-11' redtail got me once(it was about 8' at the time), but those teeth were nothing compared to the tree boa. It still made me bleed a lot(as it coiled up my arm and made it turn purple), but no real damage done.
AquataHolic420;612842; said:
looks like a pretty wicked snake.
the only snake I've been bitten by was a garter snake. I nearly died.
AquataHolic420;612842; said:
Not really...I kinda feel sorry for the snake. Must hurt having that hook in its mouth.