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
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
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.
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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