I haven't been bitten in about 3 years by anything larger than a

neonate or yearling...until tonight.

I got nailed by one of my male albinos (he is 6 feet) and by a

5 foot female hypo.

Both were my fault. As others have mentioned, being in a hurry can lead to this type of thing. I was rushing to get them out of their enclosures. Rather than coaxing them out, I was pulling them out. I was pulling with a hook and then grabbing with my free hand...which now has 2 sets of smiley shaped puncture wounds.

My problem is that I can't keep myself from instinctively pulling away, which flipped the hypo to the floor and ripped my skin more. It could also injure the snake.

They both ate, so that's a good sign.

It doesn't hurt much, but it bleeds pretty good. Running it under cold water stops the bleeding very quickly.

It could have been worse...I have quite a few larger wild caught Blood's. They are beautiful, but kinda scary and they hit like a freight train. They're like springs.

And to think I'm thinking of getting into Retics.

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• Bitten - Deon, Fri Jul 9 20:26:11 2004
• Sure... - Razor, Fri Jul 9 20:30:18 2004
• I got an answer! - srsnakes, Fri Jul 9 20:34:58 2004
• you know what... - TenorGoddess, Fri Jul 9 23:47:29 2004
• RE: Bitten - bka, Fri Jul 9 21:16:28 2004
• Let me share my latest experience... - DMexotics, Fri Jul 9 21:58:44 2004
• Depends greatly on the size of the snake and - Chris Olson, Fri Jul 9 22:36:08 2004
• on that note... - TenorGoddess, Fri Jul 9 23:56:04 2004
• It's ironic that this topic is posted tonight......... - Brett Beiner, Sat Jul 10 00:32:35 2004
• don't own a hook , never been bitten by anything bigger then a juvenile gtp - CE, Sat Jul 10 09:49:33 2004
• not bad unless they release venom - tim5580, Sat Jul 10 00:41:12 2004
• Freakin' hilarious man, good one... n/p - snakepimp, Sat Jul 10 01:13:28 2004