It is possible to handle a snake alone that is 10ft or more your entire life and never get attacked. I'd say you probably will never get attacked, but there is a small chance that you would get attacked. If you were to get bit on one of your hands, then the snake coils around your neck, you would be in serious trouble. It would be very difficult to uncoil the snake with just one hand, no matter how big and strong you are.

Many years ago I was bit in the hand by a 14ft burm. This was a snake that I trusted, but it was the beginning of breeding season and she was eating everything in sight (including me HaHa). She bit me in the left hand and tried to coil around my waist, I had a friend there, but he didn't have a clue of what to do. I had to tell him several times to keep her from coiling around me. We finally got her off of me, but I don't know what I would have done if he wasn't there to help me.

I would recommend having an extra person there anytime someone handles a large constrictor and not just anyone, but someone that knows what to do. There was a guy in Denver, CO that died when his burm wrapped around his neck and his friends called 911. They didn't have a clue of what to do and basically stood there and watched him die before emergency people could get there.

We own several large burms and it's not worth the risk to handle them alone, even though it is unlikely one of us will ever be attacked again.

Hope this helps,
Randy
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