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pamela_s · Contributing Member Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 158

hi there i really wanted to get a baby corn snake but was just wondering if there bites hurt Embarassed

i know it sounds sad but im more worried of the shock lol as i have never been bitten and only held a snake a few times, just worried ill drop the snake if it bites was anyone ever worried when they got there first snake Smile

Stuart · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject:

I hate getting bitten but trust me a bite from a young corn will not hurt at all..you probably wouldn't even notice it.
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Lynne · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject:

no you wont feel it, but if it does bite and you see it, dont pull your hand or finger away. allow it to let go, as you could injure its teeth.
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kroakykaren · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject:

Feels a bit like velcro, when they are babies Very Happy

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Stuart · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject:

kroakykaren · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject:

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pamela_s · Contributing Member Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 158

good to know it won't hurt and ill wait till it lets go, i wouldn't want to hurt them Sad

they are so beautiful and fascinating my mum is really scared of them but im sure she will change her mind once she watches them but going to read read read first before i get one Smile

Lynne · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject:

corns are great wee snakes, but really fast when they are small. it will soon calm down though, although it will be a bit skittish at first. i made the mistake of getting corns, and when they grew i went for royals, which are much slower, then back to corns. by this time i was used to the slower big corns and the royals. i had to practically catch the wee ones as they flew out their wee tubs when i took lid off!!! Laughing

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gareth197700 · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject:

Ye it does'nt hurt at all, one of mine had a go at me a month or so ago. it really is more of a shock if you notice it, it makes you jump the first time if it happens at all. I can definately say they get to you though. i started with one in may last year now i have just got my third one on saturday Laughing

Atrox08 · I've settled in... Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 33

I remember i was feeding my little anery for the 1st time and i took my eyes off him looked back and he had missed the pinkie and attached himself to my finger. I have only ever been bitten by 4 snakes my first bite was from a scrub python and boy did that hurt, i had a perfect mouth print on my hand tho.