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Welcome on board Royreptile! Yellowtail are awsome snakes. I love um and they love me we have a love hate relationchip!

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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

I love um they hate me!

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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

Bill....you can't post a pic like that and not give any details ...lol 1)did you grab your camera while he/she was latched on or did you just do that for the picture(just kidding) 2)What was the impetus for this action
Just curious..thanks. I'm hoping not to get nailed...that just doesn't look fun. heh heh

John

It was a staged shot. He is the one yellowtail that will bite every time. A friend of mine in Texas said it would go good with a post I did a while back so I got my camera and stuck my hand in the cage. I make sure not to pull back. I work with Coachwhips, Cribos, Pseustes and Spilotes. I have gotten so used to being bit it does not bother me any more.

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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

Bill, do you notice excessive bleeding from your Dry bites? I sure have, especially YT's..I believe if their "saliva" was analyzed, it would be found to have anticoagulation properties i.e. weakly venoumous..Anybody else notice the same??
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Carl W Gossett
Garage Door Herps
Monument,Colorado...northern territory of the Great Republic of Texas

CARL,

I have noticed that with Eastern Indigos a LOT of often excessive and prolonged bleeding accompanies the bite. I would have to say that an anticoagulant is definetly a possibility. At least this would explain why I bled like a stuck pig when bitten by the infamous "Cadillac". This DOES NOT explain why I hopped around and screamed like a five year old girl.... deeper psychological research is warranted for that! lol

P.S.

Indigos snake bites HURT.

Sincerely,

Fredrick Albury

carl, i was severely bitten/ripped this past winter by a hefty, 9' ltc yt & i bled all over the house scrambling for first aid, he really nailed me perfectly so i'm not sure about the 'anticoagulation' properties you mention but i do know he changed my golf grip forever probably. it simply was a direct bullseye by a large, pissed off yt that i didn't expect at a bad angle [for me] & i paid the price.....that finger now seems to be permanently asleep. i kept finding & cleaning up dried blood on walls, door jambs, floors, etc. for about a week afterwards. anyway, this is him, shown 'cuddling' below in the foreground. apparently, he likes her! lol!.......despite all that, he's still here even though he's actually became noticeably more aggressive towards me than he was before. it's sooo much fun cleaning & feeding him these days, not! signed, lefty

Sounds like some nerve damage!
Sweet!

Yellowtail bites bleed for a while but whatever is in the saliva for Plain Bellied water snakes makes me bleed for a long time.
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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

I do have some bloodier shots but I liket the one I posted because you could see the tooth pattern. His is not a feeding response he knows what he is doing. The problem with bites to the hand is there are a lot of veins.
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"Life without risk is to merely exist."