My First Bite From Betty The Boa

[simonas]

Like a fool I had a rat in my hand whilst movingthe boas hide, she struck and bit my thumb and apart from the fact I panicked like a girl it bleeding hurt!! lol

The wife found it hilarious as I;d just been scaring her with the rat

 

[Rynofasho]

I feel your pain! I used to feed one of my snakes live mice all the time -- would dangle them by the tail and have him hit them out of mind hand.

One time I used a dead mouse, not thinking about the whole fact that snakes hunt by heat too, and the snake latched on to my finger! She held on for about 3 minutes, and everytime I tried to touch her head, she just kept gnawing deeper in.

My advice if they ever latch on --- run their head until cold water for a tick and they let go pretty quickly

And have fun fishing the teeth out of your finger!

 

[lljdma06]

Now, see, I would have paid to see the "panic like a girl" video. Why wasn't the wife on camera duty?

 

[Carlovel1]

 

[simonas]

cheers for the advice about the cold tap, may come in handy one day as shes only a baby at 5ft and 1500grammes when shes a lot heavier and longer it will definately hurt more

Cheers for the sympathy Lissette lol

 

[Curiosity101]

No simpathy from me, I'm a firm believer in karma (plus you still have your finger so theres no real harm done )

Maybe next time you wont go teasing the OH with a dead rodent.

 

[seffieuk]

Ouch

Seffie x

 

[AstonN24vantage]

bloody hell (pun intended) thats why turtles are better reptiles!!!!

 

[Ben M]

especially snapper turtles...

 

[simonas]

No simpathy from me, I'm a firm believer in karma (plus you still have your finger so theres no real harm done )

Maybe next time you wont go teasing the OH with a dead rodent.

it was fun though!! ha

 

[moochy13]

although i only had a 6ft corn snake, he did nip me once, and though it didnt hurt it was quite a shock and surprise. i was always careful not to stick my hand in the tank unexpectedly, quickly, or smelling of meat and he only 'constricted' my arm once. again, was a bit of a shock and surprisingly strong. however more often he was totally soft, slinking up my shirt to keep warm while i was watching tv. obviously not when he was 6ft long

 

[AstonN24vantage]

especially snapper turtles...

especially red eared sliders...

 

[NottsFishy]

Lol be worried Betty has tasted human blood she will want more lol