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26-Mar-04, 12:51 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender:  | | |
I have a person I've corresponded with who is worried about getting bitten by their Python. I'm guessing to say the Python is only a yearling! I've given a bit of dodgey advice (something to do with chain-mail and a welding helmet) on how to settle both the Handler and handlee! Perhaps it would be interesting to hear about how others overcame their fear or apprehension of being bitten and some advice for new herpers in the field!
p.s Dear Kurt, I leave you to the masses! |
26-Mar-04, 01:01 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-03 Location: Brisbane | | | | It doesn't hurt. Deal with it.
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26-Mar-04, 01:04 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-03 Location: Brisbane | | | | get bitten a few times that should settle his nerves and he will realise that it doesn't hurt that much. just tell him to hold it as much as he can when ever he can it should settle down unless he is a real bugger, i recon with a younin 1 1/2 weeks of full on handling should get him used to it |
26-Mar-04, 01:07 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-04 Location: North West WA | | | | How big is the biggest snake been bitten by sxe. I know yearling wont hurt. I got drilled by a big wild bhp some time ago and that hurt. Any one who says that wouldnt has a great pain threshold |
26-Mar-04, 01:10 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-03 Location: Brisbane | | | | this is relation to a yearling i think |
26-Mar-04, 01:14 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-03 Location: No where | | | | Little fellas don't hurt once he finds that out he won't care.
I'll have to say i've been bitten by big BHPs, big olives and i'll tell you it hurts, getting feeding bites from snakes this size can do some damage.
The worst bite i've had was from a large Darwin carpet. |
26-Mar-04, 03:45 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Feb-03 Location: Gold Coast Age: 35 | | | | Leather gloves can be a really good way to go with snakes that are cranky. I have been nailed by my 9 foot Diamond during feeding and it DOES hurt.Up untill they are about 2 years old it doesn't hurt.
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26-Mar-04, 04:23 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-04 Location: Sydney | | | | Having just got my snake a month ago am a little scared of getting bitten but nowhere near as much as when i first got her. Because she it most likely to bite me when i am picking her out of her cage i wear thinish gloves and then when she is completely out i take the gloves off. |
26-Mar-04, 04:24 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Feb-03 Location: Gold Coast Age: 35 | | | | Thats the go.
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26-Mar-04, 05:12 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-03 Location: Brisbane | | | i was a bit nervis the first time but now with time and pratice i have no worries stickin it in  |
26-Mar-04, 05:37 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: British Columbia, Canada | | | | I've been bitten by some small burms (6-7ft.) and it really hurt. They have some big a$$ teeth. The glove thing works well when 'taming' snakes. I used a glove when I was getting my female Amazon Tree Boa used to being handled and it worked like a charm. But most small snake bites don't hurt. They startel people more than anything. Keep a spray bottle of vinigar near by. That way if they bit and hold on give them a spray in the mouth and not only will they let go, chances are they'll never go at another person again. They hate vinigar. Any alcohol works too. I'm not sure about this with a small snake though.
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26-Mar-04, 05:39 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: NTH QLD | | | | Don't hesitate when going to pick it up to handle as they definitely sense you aren't comfortable.Regular handling generally settles them down and they should quieten down as they get older.Obviously this doesn't apply to every snake.........
I find that they will strike when initially getting them out but after a little handling they calm down.Gloves are a good way to start off slowly and get used to a snappy animal.......
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26-Mar-04, 06:31 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sydney | | | | I agree with the other advice already posted.
I always try to go for gentle, deliberate handling over time.
Only my Olive was ever bitey really, but she is a sweetheart now.
I always tried to take my time with her, and observe lots, get to know how to 'read' her, then steady confident moves, always gently. Also, I'd opt for times when she was most comfortable, not after a feed or before a shed, also she seems happiest at night, fair enough too, I also hate being woken up.
There is one piece of advice I read ages ago (possibly on Melissa Kaplin's site, but I'm not sure), that suggested getting the animal used to your scent as a way of 'taming' them. The advice was to put on an old t-shirt, excercise untill you get smelly, and then put this in the animal's enclosure for a few days to have them become accustomed to you and your scent.
I found this advice strange enough to remember it, but too kooky to try it.
What do you guys think? Has anyone else read it? Has anyone tried it?
Who knows, maybe it's not kooky at all and works a treat...
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26-Mar-04, 08:31 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | | Well do that Niccy and send it to me and I'll put in one of my snakes enclosures. Yes honest I will  |
26-Mar-04, 08:31 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-04 Location: QLD soon to be KY, US for 3mths! Age/Gender: 23  | | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Adam Leather gloves can be a really good way to go with snakes that are cranky. | Gloves freaked my boy out. He only ever struck at me while I was wearing gloves. I only used them the once. I've had him just over a year and he still hasn't bitten me (Looks like my first bite will be a big one  ) | | |
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