I had a good sized desert king named "Ziggy" as she had a zig zag down a good part of her back. She was three feet at only about four months old. Never ,missed a meal and also ate what any other snake did not want.

My friend I got her from did not believe me when I told him how big she had gotten so fast until I showed him.

Anyway I always wash my hands before feeding other species especially kings as they eat other snakes and I don't want to stick my food scented hands down into a snake box with a hungry snake. Also to cut down on any cross contamination.

Anyway one day I feed the corns and had one around my neck for a while so I could clean his box a little. I washed my hands and then started feeding the getula. I got Ziggy out no problem as she was a good girl just always a hungry one. Without thinking I put her ........................you guest it! around my neck! She smelled corn snake and chomped down on the tender side skin of my neck! I murmured a muffled yelp as I was trying not to yell out. I had tears in my eyes, uh no they were just watery thats all. Ziggy preceded to roll with the mouth full of my neck! I finally got her off of my neck, but had what looked like a large hickey! I had to explain for what seamed like an eternity to all that saw the hickey and asked who did it that it was one of my snakes. That was possibly the most I got laughed at in all of my life!

So the next time someone reminds you to wash your hands tell them, "And your neck too"!
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Noah was the first snake collector. ~Eric~

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