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This is a good way to see if a snake is "nippy" or not,............if this results, you can be fairly certain that the snake is a bit on the "nippy" side!

~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

I have another way

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i'm not over weight i'm under tall

I prefer to test the arm rather than the face.

That bad boy looks like he is trying to rip a peice off. OUCH! Randy W.

LOL, I remember seeing that picture somewhere before. What a great shot! Bet it was painful, though... ouch!
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Aubrey Ross

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This too:

//Todd

...to use a shirt, not my face.

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Diego

Diego, stop scenting shirts with mice, how many times have we told you......! LOL, what the heck was that rosy thinkin'?
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Todd Hughes

That's the meanest damn snake you'll ever see, Todd. I have to treat her like a hot!

Get the full story on her here.

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Diego

haha, I got a bullsnake that would eat shirts, too!
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Todd Hughes

I was reading the posts on the other forum you linked to about your rosy... I noticed it meantioned over and over again that the CB snakes are the ones that usually get mean, while the WC stay tame...

Is it possible that the problem of biting may stem from breeding snakes with good feeding responses and over time getting an insane reaction to anything the snake sees?

Or maybe the breeding of father to daughter over many generations is causing some issues?

I may be totally off the wall, but I'm just curious as to what everyone else thinks about it.
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~Maggie~

"Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious."
1.1 Cal Kings
1.0 Mali Uromastyx
1.0 Brooksi
0.1 Red Belly Piranha
1.0 Quarter Horse
1.0 Australian Shepherd

According to some, the WC ones sometimes become crazy biters after a few (usually 5-6) years also. Maybe it's a lack of stimulation in captivity? Some sort of cabin fever?

Who knows. I just know it hurts!
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Diego

Lol.
I have had more blood drawn by 5 rosies than all of the kings, milks and corns I have had ever, and that includes lots of Cal kings, and Cal kings are crazy.

As far as trying to eat non-food items, only Cal kings win out over rosies at my house. Cal kings also win at trying to breed with inanimate objects, like snake hooks and broom handles.
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Mark

So strange, because of all the snakes I've caught in the wild, the rosies are absolutely the most placid snakes I've come across in the wild!

//Todd

Great lookin' aggressive Rosy! Must really hate that T-shirt.

reako45

You could always just take one small hit from a baby southern copperhead - one fang in the thumb.

Steve

Ouch dude, I am having flashbacks, I felt your pain!

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Todd Hughes