Hey bro,



Wow, someone else that got tagged in the face. We have something in common to talk about. There is just nothing like it, huh? Mine happened almost identically, only my girl wasn't caged. She was a girl that was very spoiled and I always let roam free in the snake room. (she was my second "Bermuda" that replaced the first one I spoke of in this thread). She was on top of a cage stack. She was a 13 foot 8 inch 2 year old female burmese. This happened back in the mid 80's, I really don't remember what year, but I think it was 85-86 based on what girlfriend I had at that time. Anyway, my cage stacks were 8 feet high because everything I built back then was 2 feet each and I'd stack them 4 high (these days I build 18 inches high). So what happened was,.. I was going around the snake room with a wheelbarrow full of dead chickens, throwing a couple in each python cage. When I reached the stack that Bermuda-2 was on I had no idea that she was up there. I stooped and threw some chickens into the lowest most cage and as I was straightening back up I looked up. I never saw it coming. She got me right on the mouth. It was like being punched by hulk hogan. My head and body was slammed first backward and then she pullled me back forward and up to coil on my head and shoulders. It all happened in a second or two, but before I could really put it all together I was on my tippy-toes being constricted by my pet burmese. I wasn't afraid, and I didn't panic. At this point in my (carreer?) I had been bitten and wrapped so many times that I knew if I was still she would release me soon. My only real concern was that I couldn't breathe. Not because of the constriction, but because my lips were in her throat. She had my lower face at a 45 degree angle, with her upper jaws over my upper lip and across my left cheek, and her lower jaws under my chin and right lower jaw. The result was that my lips were in her throat. Her body covered my nose, so that was out. My girlfriend was about 6 feet outside of the snakeroom door watching tv in the living room. I couldn't call out for help. This may sound stupid, but my first thought as this happened was, "Cool! I finally got bit in the face!" or something like that. (When I was younger I was very obsessed with danger and death) So anyway,.. she held me way up high for what felt like an eternity but what was more likely 40 or 50 seconds, and then began to relax her coils. I waited until she got to the point where she released me on her own before I did anything. The release is really the most painful part of the bite. Her head twitched and the long teeth were pulled free and this is when the blood began to GUSH. I got her off of me and made my way to the door with my hands cupped to catch the blood (we had nice carpet). When I opened the door my girlfriend went berserk. She began ushering me to the sink to wash it off to see the damage. I was like, "F that,. get the camera, take some pictures" Of course it came out more like, "Huc sat,. geh da cahera" lol. So she took some pictures and we washed it off. I must say, i was kind of disappointed with the lack of damage ( I was into cool scars). It was very few tears and hundreds of pinpoint puntures. My gums were cut up pretty bad from where her teeth went through my cheek and raked them up. One cool thing was when I filled my mouth with air pressure red bubbles would come out my cheeks and throat through the many holes. When we were done playing with the wounds I went back and gave Burmuda her chickens. There were no hard feelings.



Thanks for the congrats on my sobriety. But it isn't an "on the wagon" thing. It's gone for good. It's a forever thing. It's really nothing, even though I was a full blown alchie. It was just something I had to do in the name of "professionalism". And I'm not just talking about being a reptile breeder or snake peddling businessman. But everything else in life that requires disipline and professionalism. I have been many things in my life other than a reptile breeder. Even though I have never had a job. The booze was beginning to make me careless and undisciplined and I couldn't have that and so it had to go. An easy choice.



I quit smoking a little over a year ago too, but it's hardly the same. That was a long overdue choice based on health and just the simple fact that the act of smoking is stupid and how can I respect myself if I do something that I know is stupid. You know?



Sorry for the long boring post. Great stories on your part man. I must say, I have yet to be tagged and held by two giants. Maybe one day.





>>I'd have to say the worst thing that ever happend to me.

>>Is one day while cleaning the snake cages , in the snake room. There cages are stacked 3 high and spaced about 3 feet.

>>I had all three cages in one stack open on one side to R & R the papers. I dont know why i opened all three on one side at the same time. Was just in a hurry i guess. Well , the bottom burm decided that my foot Smelled like food enough to grab hold of me , right above my shoe in my ankle. I reached down and grabed him to try to keep him from makin to much of a wrap around my leg. When it looked like i'd have to get him off while siting down, I stood back up to close the rest of the cages , i closed the middle one , and as i looked up The burm in the top cage decided my head smelled enough like food , and when i stood up , it excited And she got me right on the cheek , mouth and lips , and started wrapin my head.

>>The wraping i wasnt to worried about , both were only 10 - 12 Foot. they were managable still by myself. I made sure i turned my head and kept a hand over my throat while i walked over to the step to sit down. The pain was horrable though. The female that got me in the face was riping her teeth back through my skin when i walked and she moved. By the time i got sat down on the step , i had the female half way unwraped. My wife came in to see what i was yellin about and helped me get them back in there cages. I was just having a blond day that day i guess. But it was still scarry.

>>Best thing that happend with or because of a burm ?

>>That would have to be the first day i was asked to come back to my own grade school that i went to as a child , to do a reptile program for the kids in the gym. it was the coolest thing i'd ever done. and have done a few since around town at schools up to Jr. high.

>>And , That for the first time. I'm Breedin some !

>>My Albino and my het for labby were locked up more than once in the last few days. So , Yeah man ! That's realy exciting. I'm gona be a daddy , Hehehe.

>>Um ,, that's about it.

>>if i sound like i'm rambling , Well ,, i just took my pain Pills.

>>Oh yeah , brian , Congrats on Not fallin off the waggon.

>>I stoped smoking almost 4 weeks ago , havent picked one back up yet. Wooo !

>>That's about it. I'm gona go lay back down.

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>>Seth Mason.

>>Do lesbian frogs think they taste like chicken too ?
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