Post photos of your snake bites!

[SSSSnakes]

Originally Posted by Cmwells90

that snake has no reason to hold on to you like that because you aren't food, but it's her only way of telling you.

I wonder if I bite and hold on to my wife, if she'll get the hint I want more food. LOL

[Cmwells90]

Originally Posted by SSSSnakes

I wonder if I bite and hold on to my wife, if she'll get the hint I want more food. LOL

I imagine you'd get hit, not fed, but please try and tell me how it turns out!

[Emmamuradian]

Originally Posted by SSSSnakes

First set of picture shows an inexperienced keeper allowing a snake near their face. A snake that small you had to hold the snake by your face to get bit.

Second set of pics is a hungry snake striking for food. If it was not a hunger bite, the snake would not have hung on after the bite and wrapped.

No disrespect intended, but both are beginner mistakes and not something to be proud of. As mentioned if this were a thread about what not to do, it would be appropriate. Keep snakes wekk fed and never put a snake near your face, (snakes have a natural instinct to strike at the face).

Woah! okay I had no intention of turning this into a negative post...

first of of all, my first picture has nothing to do with being inexperienced...I understand you don't mean any disrespect but you did not have to be rude and bash on me just because you were assuming my "mistakes" are "beginner mistakes". My snake was around my neck while i was changing her water, she came near my eye so I closed my eye..then i'm assuming my eyelashes confused her and/or made her sort of twitch and she just bit me eye. And no she was not hungry during that time..

for my second bite, I do not starve my snakes. I feed them every 5-7 days. She was in shed during the time i was supposed to feed her, I personally don't like feeding my snakes during shed so yes you can say she was probably hungry that day. That photo was taken 5 minuted before i fed her.

I appreciate your concern, but you shouldn't go around assuming things. You can always ask the person.
Everyone knows snakes bite, me posting a photo of my snake biting me isn't going to shock the world and make everyone find out that snakes bite. lol.

For some reason I like to see snake bites, I think they're cute when they bite. Big deal. I figured i wasn't the only person but apparently I am lol.

[SSSSnakes]

Originally Posted by emmamuradian

woah! Okay i had no intention of turning this into a negative post...

First of of all, my first picture has nothing to do with being inexperienced...i understand you don't mean any disrespect but you did not have to be rude and bash on me just because you were assuming my "mistakes" are "beginner mistakes". My snake was around my neck

having a snake around your neck, is a beginners mistake.

for my second bite, i do not starve my snakes. I feed them every 5-7 days. She was in shed during the time i was supposed to feed her, i personally don't like feeding my snakes during shed so yes you can say she was probably hungry that day. That photo was taken 5 minuted before i fed her.

I appreciate your concern, but you shouldn't go around assuming things. You can always ask the person.
Lol.

i never said you starve your snake. I said that was a hunger bite. You knowing the snake was hungry and still held it, was again a beginner mistake.

[Emmamuradian]

Originally Posted by SSSSnakes

i never said you starve your snake. I said that was a hunger bite. You knowing the snake was hungry and still held it, was again a beginner mistake.

once again... its not a beginner mistake. I dont feed my snakes in their cage.
Are they supposed to fly to their food? I take them there, which means I HAVE to hold them.

[IW17]

Originally Posted by Emmamuradian

once again... its not a beginner mistake. I dont feed my snakes in their cage.
Are they supposed to fly to their food? I take them there, which means I HAVE to hold them.

99% of experienced snake owners will tell you feeding outside of the enclosure is a beginner mistake. It teaches snakes to expect food when brought out. No one is jumping all over you. Just trying to explain how certain things can have a negative impact on our hobby. Snake bites happen. Even the most experienced snakeowners get bit. Which is why holding one in striking range of your face is a mistake.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by Emmamuradian

once again... its not a beginner mistake. I dont feed my snakes in their cage.
Are they supposed to fly to their food? I take them there, which means I HAVE to hold them.

Feeding inside the enclosure will do absolutely nothing to keep you from being bit, even from a feeding response bite. I feed all my snakes in their enclosures and I've been bitten enough times to count on one hand in the 8 years I've been keeping snakes. Excluding when I was feeding my boa constrictor outside the enclosure, when I got bit quite often. You do a lot of other stuff than open the enclosure doors to feed them (change water, pick up refuse, handle them, etc.), why would they only associate the doors opening with food?

Mistakes do happen, we're only human. But putting a snake in the middle of shed around your neck is a beginner mistake. I don't do that even with my ball python. If I handle them while they're in shed, it's to work their bedding, and they're either put into a bucket, or set on the ground or bed where I can watch them.

It's not about whether or not snakes bite, but how it's being portrayed. Saying snakes bite and you should take the proper precautions is quite different than "hur dur I got bit by my snake how cool is that?" It just doesn't paint us in a very good light, as has been stated several times.

[LiL Zap]

Originally Posted by Emmamuradian

once again... its not a beginner mistake. I dont feed my snakes in their cage.
Are they supposed to fly to their food? I take them there, which means I HAVE to hold them.

Unfortunately that is a beginner mistake right there. Feeding snakes inside their enclosure doesn't make them aggressive or "bitey."

[Derek1]

I've never been bit by a captive. Only once by a Diamond Back Watersnake.

[LiL Zap]

I don't think the OP had any harm in mind when making this thread. How about turning this into a positive thing? For example, if someone posts a picture, explain what happened exactly that led to the bite and explain what lesson was learned. Maybe beginners will read the thread and learn from the mistakes of others? Idk, just trying to turn the thread around.

[Emmamuradian]

Originally Posted by LiL Zap

I don't think the OP had any harm in mind when making this thread. How about turning this into a positive thing? For example, if someone posts a picture, explain what happened exactly that led to the bite and explain what lesson was learned. Maybe beginners will read the thread and learn from the mistakes of others? Idk, just trying to turn the thread around.

Thanks! that would be nice haha just trying to have fun

[NewHerp293]

Im a fan of this idea^ never been bit though so nothing really to add

[marvelfreak]

Sometimes the you have to learn the hard way. Check out this old thread and page 7 & 8. Never let your guard down. http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/gener...ub-thread.html

Thing about this for a snake to bite it has to be scared or stressed or hungry. Which means your doing something wrong. Figure out what that is and fix the problem. I use to brag about getting bit but now i brag about how long it's been seen i got bit last. For the record over a year.

[Emmamuradian]

Originally Posted by marvelfreak

Sometimes the you have to learn the hard way. Check out this old thread and page 7 & 8. Never let your guard down. http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/gener...ub-thread.html

Thing about this for a snake to bite it has to be scared or stressed or hungry. Which means your doing something wrong. Figure out what that is and fix the problem. I use to brag about getting bit but now i brag about how long it's been seen i got bit last. For the record over a year.

I wasn't doing anything wring, I posted above exactly what happened haha. Im not trying to brag I just like seeing snake bites.. is that weird??

[guyabano]

That eye bite looks gnar. I had a foreign particle in my left eye two weeks ago and it's twitching just looking at your pic.