Why so much blood?

[Joemal]

To all the lucky ones out there that haven't had a bite yet "once you are unconscious you feel no pain" lol.

[joe_sam]

i didnt even know my spotted python was trying to eat my wrist until i saw him.
he must have slowly put his jaws around me rather than quickly striking me.
but it doesnt realy hurt much.

[guzzo]

Well after the Bredli bite thread and this curiosity thread about bleeding python bites I decided to get out my Albino female and weigh her and measure her . Well all was going well till I tried to place herin a pillow case so I could weigh her....anyhow she took offence at this and calmly bit me and then constricted me for heaps enough time for me to get the camera. This bite actually did hurt a bit!

Anyhow as expected the blood soon flowed and I was yet again able to marvel a thow much a python bite does bleed!

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[SteveNT]

You know, I'm not sure on that one.

My personal opinion would be if the pray got away, the extra blood would put off a stronger scent to follow, or just to scare off whatever predator was just bitten.

That's just my thoughts, don't quoit me on that.

Spellcheck bro! Hahahahahaha

[Jake007]

Iv got a yearling carpet and yea nervous everytime I hold her haha wish she would just bite me already to get over the fear :/

just wave ya hand in front of ya snake and BAM it's done HAHAHAHA ( don't take my advice really don't) the pounce is more scarey then the bite it self

[Joemal]

I have always has a casual approach to getting bitten .If it happens then so be it you learn by your mistakes .A few months ago i came down with a very nasty what i thought was flu .It turned out i had a bad blood infection, tests ruled out everything that could cause it but the only thing left was multiple bites over a period of time .Yes that's right the good bites i had been getting off the scrub and i didn't worry about was close to putting me into hospital .A course of strong antibiotics fixed the problem but it bowled me over for 2 weeks and was atleast a month after that before i was feeling right again .I have copped a couple of nasty bites since then and i still haven't learned my lesson. So no the is no badge of honour with getting bitten but the ones i do take my hat off to are the keepers that have had snakes for years and are yet to take a bite .

[RSPcrazy]

Spellcheck bro! Hahahahahaha

Haha, that's what happens when a dyslexic persons in a hurry.

[Tahlia]

It hurt when my Diamond chewed on my wrist, but that's because nobody else was home so I couldn't get him off, and he was pulling and twisting my skin. Here's what my wrist looked like afterward:

[guzzo]

Wow Tahlia....thats a cracker

[PhilK]

They have an anticoagulant in there saliva.

Any proof to this? Doesn't sound legit to me

[Venomous1111]

Any proof to this? Doesn't sound legit to me

Rob Bredl - Smells a Rat. - YouTube

I'm in between jobs so I can't be surfing the net but that above clip is from one of Rob Bredl's documentaries that he comments on pythons and there saliva.. In the actual video he goes into more detail, I'll see if I can get it on here some how tonight..

[bowdnboy]

Hahaha Joemal, Unconcious patients still feel pain....lol Copious amounts of alcohol I find do the trick....

[dragonlover1]

It hurt when my Diamond chewed on my wrist, but that's because nobody else was home so I couldn't get him off, and he was pulling and twisting my skin. Here's what my wrist looked like afterward:

wow made a bit of a mess

[jenno]

some snakes will never bite...but others just cant wait to take a nip at you.....im lucky to have both...not

[dragonlover1]

Hahaha Joemal, Unconcious patients still feel pain....lol Copious amounts of alcohol I find do the trick....

that sounds like the way to go haha