SO, I think this cage is going to be the end of me. I have my burm now higher up where I have to get up on a bench to get to her. She is in that animal plastic cage, so if you are not aware the doors dont slide they open up, well today I reached in there to move the thermomter, to see what the temp of the hot side was and I reached my hand in there, and it went in front of her head and bam, I got nailed, and she held on, until I pulled her over to my other hand and reached in and took her off by the back of her neck. Man, another mistake on my part, one I should not have reached in there not really watching her, because she never has bit me before like that, and two, I tried to feed my boa earlier that day, so she had probably smelled the food. Man those theeth are sharp and nailed me on a tendion. Oh well, learned a lesson for next time. Thanks for reading.
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Another rookie mistake
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Stupid feeding errors (SFE's) happen to even those of us with more experience. I've been keeping boas & pythons for 13 years or so and it happened to me just last month. I'd put one of my male boas in a clean feeding tub to clean his cage, instead of a pillow case like I normally would. When I went to get him out of the tub and put back in his cage, he bit my hand and constricted my arm. Just a friendly little reminder that I need to be sure to follow my own established protocol rather than taking seemingly convenient shortcuts. *smile* As long as you weren't seriously hurt, that's what matters...and I dare say you learned not to do that again. 
Raven
