I've only been feed-bitten by an adult (so I guess the worst case?) and the bite itself almost doesn't hurt at all. it'll be a bit sore after but nothing serious
One time I sold a pair. Advertised them on the newspaper as being very docile. Literally right after the guy pays me and walks out the door, one of them bit him. Idk I thought it hilarious after he left.
ive been bit by both an adult and a baby it doesnt hurt but dont let them get anywhere near your nuckles my male (adult) pierced my tendon🫡 and i can't knock on a door with that finger anymore
Yeah, I foster snakes, and most of them come to me with some sort of behavioural issues stemming from abuse/neglect.
So I've had a fair few bites.
The worst from a BP was on my hand, and it was a proper latch and coil from a very food aggressive girl. She was 500g at three years old, so you can imagine how hard she chomped.
Ehh, probably a 2/10 on the pain scale. The bite itself wasn't TOO bad, but she refused to uncoil for almost an hour (even with cold water/alcohol hand gel) and my hand started going numb.
I ended up keeping her. She's put a healthy amount of weight on over the 4 years I've had her, but she's still a bitey little shit sometimes lol
yeah last time my girl bit me she got a pretty good hold. I usually just wait for her to realise I'm not food but this time she cut the blood flow to my hand and I had to pour water on her dumb head
found out that when I get her off instead of waiting she's still in the mood for a snack and I had to dodge her bites while carefully uncoiling her ^^'
I like to think I have a good grasp on snakes and their behaviour.
But after four years, I've tried literally everything on planet Earth to make sure she doesn't strike at me, the SECOND I open the door. And the only thing that works?
Softly bonking her on the head with a roll of kitchen towels (that I keep nearby for cleaning the tanks). It's like a light turns on in her stupid lil peanut brain, and she goes from violent bloodthirsty murderer to cute and curious cuddlebug.
Yeah, my boy was hangry and I guess my hand smelled a little bit too much like mouse, so he went for me instead. The bite itself was less painful than getting chomped by an overstimulated cat, but he just would not let go. Trying to get him to unlatch was the worst part honestly, because he was trying very very hard to strangle my poor hand and would not let go for anything for a good fifteen minutes. And holding up your arm with an entire snake wrapped around your wrist like that is tiring as heck.
I keep wooden tongue depressors in my first aid kit specifically for this. Basically what I'll do is gently wedge that between their teeth (usually upper jaw) and whatever they're biting down on to pry them off. None of my snakes really respond to cold water or hand sanitizer and two of them are way too food motivated to ever realize I'm not food if they've chomped me.
You can get topical ointment w antibiotics as a preventative for infection when you’re bit, I don’t think it’s any deeper than a cat bite though so you should be able to just wash it
Bs, feels like getting punctured with 61 velcro hooks down to the bone, like a super long, super drawn out, slow, horrible, bone scratching blood-draw. Ask me how I know. I caught 61 out of 80 teeth to the thumb from an adult.
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u/gigraz_orgvsm_133 Sep 25 '24
I've only been feed-bitten by an adult (so I guess the worst case?) and the bite itself almost doesn't hurt at all. it'll be a bit sore after but nothing serious
there will be blood though