Jeff,
I don't mind the bite. It was inevitable. I guess I momentarily left my thumb exposed when I went to get him, and he obviously had no problem honing in on it. His antics are very entertaining - he blows up his neck, huffs/puffs air out of his nose, rattles his tail, comes halfway out of his cage in anticipation of food, etc.
Once I have a hold of him, he's tamer than a dog. I honestly don't think I can get him to bite me if I tried.
I've heard Florida might be relaxing some of the restrictions on Indigo ownership. Maybe Georgia will follow???
Thanks,
Ed
>>Ed,
>>...I would be glad to take an occasional bite to have an Indigo. Most of them that I caught would puff up their necks and short strike but not bite when first encountered. Many of them were calm within a few minutes. Bites were almost always because of stupid feeding errors but they can bite hard. They are amazing snakes.
>>Jeff
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>>>>Jack had some stuck shed on his head/eyes this time around, so I've been helping him out the last few days trying to slowly get the eye caps off. When I went to take him out today, he nailed my thumb in his feeding response frenzy. On the bright side, I got the eye caps off with minimal effort since (once he's not in a feeding response frenzy) he is very agreeable to handling/prodding. Thanks for looking.
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>>>>Free of eye caps
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>>>>Boy with coat now looks like he has antennae instead of a hat...
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>>>>Just a little blood..
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>>>>I want back in that pond to get those fish!
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>>>>Taking a dip in the pond last week...
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