Well, I got my feelings and my hand hurt tonight. Princess Buttercup, my favorite blood python, bit me. I've been bitten before but this is the worst yet. I reached into her cage and lifted her hide box and she nailed my fingers before I even lifted the box a single inch. She chomped down and held on. I jerked my hand back and drug a 15lb snake half way out of her cage before she let go. Actually she didnt let go my skin just tore. The tip of my ring finger is actually split on half. I snapped this picture early but I really started bleeding after this and dripped blood all over my snake room floor. It hurt, alot.
First off there were kids running around. Secondly it was after sunset. Thirdly she is hungry, as I havent fed her for two weeks. I have fed her every 7 days since I got her, except last week. She's too fat! Thirdly a neighbor was standing beside me and I think she sensed him rather than me. Finally I think I scared her. Usually I talk to my snakes before I reach into their cages. That way they know what I am up to and they know its me. I have handled this snake hundreds of times. My kids handle this snake. She has been to schools as a show-and-tell. Even grade school kids have handled her. All I can say is it was my fault. I should know better. It still hurts though, both my feelings and my hand.
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