G'day members,
I recently purchased my first snake (Male, possible Caramel definite 100% het Albino carpet phython) and received him on Friday. He (Choc) is only about 40cm long and his head is only about as big as my thumb nail, so he is not very big at all. My daughter and I were both surprised by just how small he was. He looked more like about 60cm from the pictures but neither of us are complaining. My daughter loves him and so do I.
I have held many snakes before but have never been bitten by one. I have had them snap at me but never previously been tagged. Well it didn't take long after initially getting Choc and he got me. It was quite fast and very little pain but I have a bit of fear about being bitten by snakes. I know, "Why oh why would you get a snake?". I am one of those people/sucker for punishment, hahaha.
What really got me was the shock I had when he got me. There was very little pain/almost none but I was very jumpy around him after it. I have read that you need to handle them somewhat regularly early on if you want them to be handled in the future. Now that I think about how little it hurt, I feel like laughing at myself but I was very jumpy around him after it. The thing I am most proud of is that I didn't panic and fling him when he did it, I just remained calm and he calmed down straight after it as well. My daughter had a bit of a laugh and didn't hesitate to handle him even after he tagged me. He didn't even remotely look like he wanted to tag her.
I just thought this would be a good story and I would love to hear about others first experience of being tagged by a snake. I am not embarrassed to say that it really shocked me and I was somewhat frightened of him after that but an not anymore as I know that it isn't really painful and he is only doing it because he is scarred. With a little bit of time I am sure he will understand that neither my daughter or I will do him any harm.
What will be interesting is if he tags my daughter and how she will react. She loves him now but if he gets her she may loose her fascination with him afterwards. Hopefully not. Either way I will keep him as I am already hooked, on owning him just not so keen on him tagging me
Mat.
I recently purchased my first snake (Male, possible Caramel definite 100% het Albino carpet phython) and received him on Friday. He (Choc) is only about 40cm long and his head is only about as big as my thumb nail, so he is not very big at all. My daughter and I were both surprised by just how small he was. He looked more like about 60cm from the pictures but neither of us are complaining. My daughter loves him and so do I.
I have held many snakes before but have never been bitten by one. I have had them snap at me but never previously been tagged. Well it didn't take long after initially getting Choc and he got me. It was quite fast and very little pain but I have a bit of fear about being bitten by snakes. I know, "Why oh why would you get a snake?". I am one of those people/sucker for punishment, hahaha.
What really got me was the shock I had when he got me. There was very little pain/almost none but I was very jumpy around him after it. I have read that you need to handle them somewhat regularly early on if you want them to be handled in the future. Now that I think about how little it hurt, I feel like laughing at myself but I was very jumpy around him after it. The thing I am most proud of is that I didn't panic and fling him when he did it, I just remained calm and he calmed down straight after it as well. My daughter had a bit of a laugh and didn't hesitate to handle him even after he tagged me. He didn't even remotely look like he wanted to tag her.
I just thought this would be a good story and I would love to hear about others first experience of being tagged by a snake. I am not embarrassed to say that it really shocked me and I was somewhat frightened of him after that but an not anymore as I know that it isn't really painful and he is only doing it because he is scarred. With a little bit of time I am sure he will understand that neither my daughter or I will do him any harm.
What will be interesting is if he tags my daughter and how she will react. She loves him now but if he gets her she may loose her fascination with him afterwards. Hopefully not. Either way I will keep him as I am already hooked, on owning him just not so keen on him tagging me
Mat.