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Posted by Fred Albury on December 17, 2001 at 18:07:44:

In Reply to: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! posted by Dean Alessandrini on December 15, 2001 at 22:15:08:

: ...Just received the worst bite from a colubrid in my many years of wrking with snakes. My female yellow-tail (wild caught about 2 mos ago). I was just reaching in to grab her hide box to see if she had eaten...and WHAM !!! Blood everywhere! She hit and pulled back, creating a nice, clean, razor-like laceration on my index finger. ow.

: Deep. I've had bites from large boids that didn't bleed like this!!

: fun fun fun. I LOVE these guys!!

Disturb a feeding Yellowtail!! I thought you knew!!!
(Now it is time to share my OWN pathetic tale with you folks!)

About 8 months ago, I went into my snakeroom. Had a large container full of rats, a small one full of pinks in hand.
NOW....I tend to like my cages clean, so at the time I woul;d often clean the cage first, THEN feed the Indigo immediately thereafter.
So..I went into my largest females cage"Lincoln", and started to pull the water bowl as a precursor to cleaning the whole cage. She swung her head around......
Raced all the way across the cage....
And latched on to my hand!! Owwwwwwww!!
Basically, it felt like two stainless steel Razor blades cutting into my thumb.
I did what any self- respecting male herper would do in that situation...
I screamed!!(Like a little girl, btw!)
I bled like a stuck pig..BUT..
I bandaged the bleeding hand up, grabbed the snake"Put" it in a box and cleaned out its cage anyway(The cages *MUST* get cleaned), replaced the water bowl and the snake, (which by the way still had my blood over it mouth!)!
Talk about OBSESSED, eh? LOL
Dean...glad to see your part of the club.
Misery loves company:)
Now...lets go buy some 6 foot tongs!!
Whaddya say?

:) 8 days till Christmas!

Fred

Follow Ups:

no feeding response here...she's just plain MEAN ! )more) Dean Alessandrini 12/18/01 (4)
- Re: no feeding response here...she's just plain MEAN ! )more) dan felice 12/19/01 (0)
- Would this feeding strategy work? Mike Meade 12/18/01 (1)
  - Re: Would this feeding strategy work? Dean Alessandrini 12/19/01 (0)
- Evil snakes like that end up as popsicles in my freezer!! Fred Albury 12/18/01 (0)

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: : ...Just received the worst bite from a colubrid in my many years of wrking with snakes. My female yellow-tail (wild caught about 2 mos ago). I was just reaching in to grab her hide box to see if she had eaten...and WHAM !!! Blood everywhere! She hit and pulled back, creating a nice, clean, razor-like laceration on my index finger. ow. : : Deep. I've had bites from large boids that didn't bleed like this!! : : fun fun fun. I LOVE these guys!! : : Disturb a feeding Yellowtail!! I thought you knew!!! : (Now it is time to share my OWN pathetic tale with you folks!) : About 8 months ago, I went into my snakeroom. Had a large container full of rats, a small one full of pinks in hand. : NOW....I tend to like my cages clean, so at the time I woul;d often clean the cage first, THEN feed the Indigo immediately thereafter. : So..I went into my largest females cage"Lincoln", and started to pull the water bowl as a precursor to cleaning the whole cage. She swung her head around...... : Raced all the way across the cage.... : And latched on to my hand!! Owwwwwwww!! : Basically, it felt like two stainless steel Razor blades cutting into my thumb. : I did what any self- respecting male herper would do in that situation... : I screamed!!(Like a little girl, btw!) : I bled like a stuck pig..BUT.. : I bandaged the bleeding hand up, grabbed the snake"Put" it in a box and cleaned out its cage anyway(The cages *MUST* get cleaned), replaced the water bowl and the snake, (which by the way still had my blood over it mouth!)! : Talk about OBSESSED, eh? LOL : Dean...glad to see your part of the club. : Misery loves company:) : Now...lets go buy some 6 foot tongs!! : Whaddya say? : :) 8 days till Christmas! : Fred

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