I was once grabbed by a 14ft female anaconda because of a stupid mistake. I had been feeding my eastern diamondbacks their bunnies and looked down to see that the anaconda had shed her skin. Like a fool, I reached into her cage to remove the skin without washing the bunny smell off of my hands. I was grabbed and wrapped from wrist to shoulder in a blink. I had a number of things for "backup" in the room; stungun, alcohol, ginsu... they did no good when I could not get up off the floor because my arm was stuck inside her cage. I ended up placing my mouth OVER her nose and blowing hard which caused her to release me and back off.



I am older and wiser now. I don't keep stun guns around, or alcohol, or anything else. I don't open cages with large critters in them unless I have someone standing there with some common sense that can help me if I have a problem. Gadgets and sprays do you know good when you are all wrapped up and can't use your hands.

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