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11-Mar-08, 12:42 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Earth | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by eladidare  what if they miss the rat and bite the cold hard steel tongs? | Why are the tongs around the body?
and for that matter why use cold hard steel tongs?
Mine are plastic.
IsK
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11-Mar-08, 12:45 PM
|  | LEHOOO ZE HURRRR ^_^ Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: herpin on the gold coast ;D Gender:  | | | i sometimes use feeding tongs and sometimes dont.. either way i havent been tagged at feeding time (yet)
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11-Mar-08, 12:46 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Most northern suburb, Perth W.A. Age/Gender: 22 | | |  how many times do u have to be bitten by a snake b4 u are a master snake charmer?
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11-Mar-08, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by gem_vegemitegirl1 i did use tongs. he always seems to be way more interested in my hand than the rat. my hand was also outside of the enclosure, he stuck his head through the gap in the sliding doors and struck me. | How cold is the prey?
The rats temperature should be indistinguishable from yours. So when it is presented, providing you don't move the prey past its head, it should go for it if your hand is far enough away.
IsK
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11-Mar-08, 12:58 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Cairns Age/Gender: 22  | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by LennytheGecko how many times do u have to be bitten by a snake b4 u are a master snake charmer? | alot of people say none, i say get bitten, get smashed, get wrapped its all part of the game... all a bit of fun really...
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11-Mar-08, 01:30 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-06 Age: 35 | | | | Nice bite.... im more interested in your tatt, can you show more of it???? pls pls pls |
11-Mar-08, 01:33 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Darwin Gender: | | | | Nice, and good to see it missed ur tatt,
Got hit by my baby water python last night, he aint big enough at the moment to draw blood...but give it time...... |
11-Mar-08, 01:42 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Alice Springs Gender: | | | mmmm yummy hands I bet the bite didn't hurt as much as the tatt
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11-Mar-08, 11:11 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD Age/Gender: 22 | | | IsK - the rat is warmer than my hands. i have bad circulation so my hands and feet are always on the cooler side. The rat was right in front of his face, i honestly don't know why he decided to go for my hand instead. Another time I fed him the rat was actually dangling down touching his nose inside the enclosure and he was fixated on watching my foot through the glass.
and no it didn't hurt all that much, more of a shock because of the actual force of the hit. He left two teeth in me, poor bugger. He didn't seem worried though.
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11-Mar-08, 11:14 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD Age/Gender: 22 | | | Just wanted to add: The girl I got him from had 5 large snakes and said that he was the only one who she was nervous of around feeding time. He really, REALLY likes his food and has a very strong feeding response.
The rest of the time he's a total sweetheart |
12-Mar-08, 01:04 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: Melb, Victoria Gender: | | | | Ouch!! Ahh just another cool story to tell..... |
12-Mar-08, 01:24 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 18 | | | | Unlucky
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12-Mar-08, 05:15 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 35 | | | | Thats just a love bite Gem, getting the ink done would have hurt more. |
12-Mar-08, 01:16 PM
|  | FAYSE! Moderator | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Illawarra Gender: | | | That is what amazes me about our BHP"s..takes them forever to find the rat (which is put right next to them)....but can see fine to come flying out through a small gap in the glass doors.....  ...... |
12-Mar-08, 06:16 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: kellyville,sydney Age/Gender: 34 | | | | haha i like when people get bitten,and its not me hehe | | |
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