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*A*
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:52 pm    Post subject: Bitten! Reply with quote

Well, it was feeding time today. And I have had my first ever snake bite...
Entirely my fault, he is back in a sweater box until the new vivs are built, and when he lived in it originally i would drop his mouse in and he'd strike it and munch away (this was months ago mind).
But i changed how i fed as he was looking for food every time i went in to him, so for the last 6-8months i have been handling him then feeding outside of his viv.
Well to day, i picked his mouse out of its bag, dropped it in some warm water to heat it up a little, went to get him out and BANG...he got me. I think i must have smelt of mouse having just handled it too.
I took pictures Embarassed couldn't resist. I will post them when i get a minute.
He let go immediately, and went on to happily much down the proper food minutes later.
Any one else been in the firing line?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ouch Shocked we all get bitten at some point Anna and its usually our fault Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As soon as it had happened, i thought "you asked for that"! Laughing
I wouldn't like to be in the firing line of a boa or something bigger though!
He's not 3ft yet but he's left his mark!
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i have been caught a couple of times after putting them into feeding mode.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ooooooh yes Wink Please excuse me mentioning it but do you have him onto rats yet ? Better for him and cheaper too than the two or three mice that would soon be needed each meal.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No i don't, im thinking of trying him soon, as the largest mice at my rep shop aren't looking so large anymore!
I tried him on a rat pink when he got too big for mice pinks and he flat refused, so i hope he's forgotten about not liking rats! Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you have been christened then!!! Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have indeed!! Very Happy It's taken a year, but i now carry the mark.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

before the marks go away get down to your local tattoo artist and get him to tattoo your first bite lol
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol, i would love something unique like that in a tattoo, but a friend has just had one and its gone a bit yuck... put me off a bit Confused
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