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TenorGoddess
at Fri Jul 9 23:56:04 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by TenorGoddess ]
I'd MUCH rather have the "leave me alone" bites anyday.
I got pegged just one time by my 5' male argentine I had and it was a feeding response.
That was the first and only time I've been bitten where I wasn't expecting it at the last minute (you get like this split hair of a second where you realize the error of your ways just as they come slamming into you), being distracted (thanks Chad) by my little brother. hehe I actually yanked my hand in that instant, sent my boa in a short flying lesson across my bed (don't worry, he landed on a bed of pillows with the look on his face like he tasted something terrible) and because I yanked, his teeth sank into that nice "webbing" area between the thumb and forefinger and instantly, I noticed a quarter sized hematoma (blood swell) under the skin.
With blood running down my hands I got the hook and gently spoke to my snake and helped him back into his cage, then ran around the corner squeezing the hematoma in my hand and running it under water.
That one, I'd have to mark as THE most painful bite I've ever had...oh, no wait.....hmm..well, most painful SNAKE bite. LOL!
I've kept lizards for over 15 years so any lizard keepers of iguanid and larger species know what I'm talking about). ;D
That bite definitely had my hands shaking while I was applying pressure to stop the pocket o' blood from getting bigger.
But, it's something to be expected when keeping snakes. I acknowledge that I too was rushed at that time and being pestered all at once. ;D
So, this happens, it hurts but it doesn't kill you. 
Hugs!
Amanda Rose - off to share more TMI horror stories. ;D
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- Bitten - Deon, Fri Jul 9 20:26:11 2004
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on that note... - TenorGoddess, Fri Jul 9 23:56:04 2004