My first snake bite

[brylecc1989]

I know your all gonna say it doesn't count becasue theres no pics, but i need to tell this story anyway.:) As i mentioned in a previous post i recently hooked up with jerry the snakeman (jerrythesnakeman.com) and have been working with him learning to handle aggressive snakes and eventually work my way up to venomous. Yesterday I had an awesome session, practicing mainly with smallish boas and a couple really mean ATBs. Amazingly enough, i didn't get bit throughout the whole session. When we were wrapping up i asked if I could handle his 8 foot yellow anny, becasue i've been considering acquiring one. This snake is very tame. As i was handling him everything was going fine. Then he went around my shoulders, and i should of ended it there, but my inexperience got the best of me, and i let it continue. Then he began to show signs of wanting to loop my neck, not aggressively, but still an issue with a snake this size. I freaked a little and without thinking went to move him. However, his head was behind mine and i couldn't really see what i was grabbing at. I grabbed him about 5 inches behind his head. BAD IDEA. He didn't like this at all, and tagged me twice on the neck! Leaving behind a bloody wreckage of teeth holes. After Jerry took him off me and i calmed down i continued to handle him with better technique and we were both fine. Just goes to show any snake can be "aggressive" even though it was my mistake that drew the strike. I just thought it was humorous because ive been building up this first bite in my head, and although painful, wasn't nearly as abd as i thought a snake of this size would be. Makes me fearless of "small" snakes like my 4 foot carpet. :p Thought this was a cool story. Thank you for reading my absurdly long post.:)

Bryan

[marvelfreak]

Man a 8 foot yellow anaconda and bit on the back of the neck. You didn't just join the bite club you became a official member for life. So do you still want one?

[brylecc1989]

HELL YEAH. It was more toward the front of the neck. Looks lie a hickey now kinda. I think they're amazing. It was all my fault I got bit, as usually is with nice snakes. Also I think maybe jumping right into the 8 foot range was a mistake! I only felt comfortable because Jerry was assisting me and i trust him.

[marvelfreak]

Glad it didn't scare you away from this awesome snakes. My Yellow the one snake i don't trust near my face. Had him out one day and he kept trying to climb up by my face a got pissed, because i kept pulling him away. He nail me on the hand and forearm. So now i hook him. Using a hook makes it easier to keep him away from my face without making him mad. If you get one go with a male they stay smaller than females.

[brylecc1989]

I like them bigger tho :p if i get one it wont be for a few months or a year. I got 3 snakes in 3 months and am very fulfilled by them:) Just always have my eye open for awesome species.