I was changing the water dish of my friend false water cobra, which is really "tame". I posted earlier and decided to get a mangrove instead of a FWC, anyways the reason I did not get a FWC is because of their feeding response. As I reached in slowly he struck and tagged me on the forearm. I went to the ER to be safe and sure and found that it was a dry bite! I was just wondering if this is a normal thing to happen, getting more dry bites than envenomation? Seeing as how they are rear fanged, but when they are 7 ft long, does that matter at all? It was a stupid thing to do and am glad to have learned that I am not ready to own a FWC, and will take baby steps to be safe in the future. Maybe next year, i am not giving up yet.

Tony Butler

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• I got tagged... - nogard, Mon Jul 12 23:55:09 2004
• RE: I got tagged... - WW, Tue Jul 13 04:17:39 2004
• RE: I got tagged... - rick gordon, Tue Jul 13 12:42:12 2004
• Agreed - rearfang, Tue Jul 13 17:18:20 2004
• Thanks - nogard, Sat Jul 17 02:11:15 2004