Posted by:
Rearfang
at Fri Dec 19 19:45:12 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rearfang ]
I read thru all these posts and I'm sorry but I have to just say...SO WHAT? I have been bitten at least a few hundred times and by some that are a heck of a lot more serious than a kingsnake. The bite is as big as you make it and saying how tramatised you are really does nothing to help anything. I am not saying that you have to be macho, but a king bite really is not that much to cope with. You just go in and pick it up again (with your hands)and if it bites again, it won't be as bad as the first...and the next and the next...will each be less of a shock.
I have to ask....What made you think you would never get bitten? It is a part of working with animals. Just like a puppy or a cat...snakes sometimes bite. It is a painfull (sometimes) surprise, but then you get over it. Treating it like it is a big deal prolongs the fear and can make it phobic.
When you can tuck it in and say "SO WHAT" to getting bit, then you will be over this foolishness. If not, then you might want to consider finding a safer interest.
If I sound cruel I apologise. But making a big deal out of it is a bit much.
Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."
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- RE: Overcoming snakebite fear.... - snaker, Fri Dec 19 10:26:29 2003
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- gloves are great for this fear.... - munchkins, Fri Dec 19 17:11:16 2003
 RE: Overcoming snakebite fear.... - Rearfang, Fri Dec 19 19:45:12 2003- RE: Overcoming snakebite fear.... - Iblis, Fri Dec 19 21:29:36 2003
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