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So I've been keeping snakes for 2.5 years now. My first was a ball python rescue that I still have. I now have 13 snakes of different species and love them all. I had an adult female ball that was absolutely insane. As soon as I'd open her tub, she'd fly out at me striking like crazy. Never bitten by her though. I've been very good at judging when a snake looked angry and avoided being bitten. As a matter of fact, I've never been bitten by any of my snakes in all the time I've kept them. That was the case until last night. I was cleaning my new additions cage. A Jungle Carpet male that I picked up at the Rocky Mountain Reptile Expo this month. I picked him up and he seemed alright. Then I went to put my other hand under his head and WHAM!!! HE BIT ME!!! Oh well! I guess all good things must come to an end. I still love him though!!! Here he is...

LOL, welcome to the club. I've lost count of how many times I've been bitten... Especially by the balls when they were babies. Had several little nippers... They don't bite anymore unless I don't get their rats into the bins fast enough on feeding day and they decide my hand will do as an appetizer. As for carpets, that just goes with the territory. And they have a crazy big strike range so can get you from pretty far away...
1 month old Mojave with Attitude

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Have you been hugged by your snake today?

Ball Pythons
1.1 het Caramel Albino (Edward & Bella)
0.1 poss het Caramel Albino (Rosalie)
0.1 Caramel Albino (Bellatrix)
0.1 High Contrast Albino (Princess Buttercup)
0.1 Pastel Orange Ghost (Nagini)
1.0 Butterscotch Ghost (Nick)
0.1 Spider poss het Butterscotch Ghost(Nymphadora)
1.1 Mojave (Lucius & Renesme)
0.1 Pastel Lesser (Narcissa)
0.1 Pinstripe (Arwen)
1.0 Pewter (Salazar)
0.1 Bumble Bee (Alice)
0.1 Lemonblast (Luna)
0.1 Blond Pastel (Katie)
1.0 Bell Pastel (Jasper)
0.1 African Dinker (Esme)

Corns
1.1 het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Bloodred (Romeo & Juliet)
1.0 Blizzard het Bloodred poss het Anery Lav (Tumnus)
0.1 Granite (Ravenclaw)
0.1 Fire het Anery (Ginny)
0.1 Anery Lav (Lucy)
0.1 Plasma (Victoria)
0.1 Opal (Jewel)

Hogs
1.0 Albino Western (Hogwarts)
0.1 het Albino Western (Hufflepuff)
0.1 Tri Color (Molly)

Aww how cute, I had a spider ball baby like that too.. that girl hated me.
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This is courage.. to bear unflinching what heaven sends. -unknown

1.0 Basset Hound (Capone)
1.1 cats (San Quinton and Gracie)

Yeah, most not being bitten streaks come to an end. Especially when you dont expect it. Arboreal species hurt worse and go deeper. I had green tree pythons and they thought biting me was an extracuricular activity. LoL. They bruised my hand one time because they bit me on my wrist and hit the veins.

Well he is a good looking snake but that is why they call then snakes. Just like a person you would refer to as a snake, You never know when they are gonna bite you.
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JEM from sunny AZ.

3.25 Normals
3.10 Pastels
1.0 Super Pastels(Thanks Dan Wolf for the best looking Super male I have ever seen)
2.7 Normal Spiders
1.1 Spiders 100% het Ghost(thanks Mark Petros)
0.2 Spiders 66% het Ghost(Thanks Steve Beamer)
1.3 Orange/Butterscotch Ghosts(BallPython777 Mark Petros)
0.6 100% het Orange Ghosts
0.3 66% het Orange Ghosts(should prove this year)
0.1 Pastel Ghost
1.0 Citrus Ghost(courtesy of Josh Hutto)
0.1 Super Pastel 100% het Ghost
2.3 Albinos
1.1 Caramel Albinos
0.1 100% het Caramel Albino
0.4 100% het for Albino
0.5 66% het for Albino(should prove this year)
0.7 Yellow Bellies
1.0 Pastel Yellow Belly
1.2 Ivories
1.2 100% het for Clowns(Mark Petros)
1.6 Cinnamons(Thanks Stan Ruppel)
1.0 Pied
1.4 100% het for Pied(Josh Hutto and Paul the Pied Peddler)
0.5 66% het for Pied(should prove out next year with my visual male Pied)
1.5 Mojaves
0.1 Pastave het Ghost
1.1 Beautiful Black Pastels(thanks Gulf Coast Reptiles)
1.2 BumbleBees(thanks for the AWESOME Bees Marc Bailey)
1.1 Pewters(Myself and Scott Priester of Brookside Reptiles)
0.1 Chocolates(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.3 Lessers(Josh Hutto)
3.2 Fire's(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
2.2 High White Calico's(Thanks Brent from BRB)
1.1 SpotNoses(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.1 Enchi's (Me and Josh Hutto, Thanks again Josh)
1.0 Pinstripe
0.1 Lemon Blast
1.0 Vanilla Ghost(Thanks again GCR for all the great snakes)
0.1 Super Vanilla Ghost(Awesome Chris and Shelia from GCR)
0.1 Vanilla Yellow Belly
0.1 Vanilla(Another one from Josh Hutto,I must have all your snakes now...lol.) Thanks my friend, Jay
1.1 Stillwater Hypo Bull snakes(Brad Chambers)
0.0.1 Vietnamese Blue Beauty
1.1 Argentinian Black and White Tegus
1.0 Gotti Pitbull
2.0 Beautiful Bengals
14 Tarantulas
Last but most Important 2.2 Children

I am going on 5 years now and have not been tagged by a ball python..(knock on wood)..lol. How ever I was shanked by a 6 foot ret tail on my hand....*sigh* I was de-shedding her in the bath tub and when I went to pick her up by the mid section she swung around with her mouth wide open....At first I felt relieved that I was faster than her until I looked at my hand...LMAO!!..haha. It's just AMAZING how fast they are!