I got bitten by a snake today. It was actually sort of on purpose. I would much have preferred to not be bitten, but I also much prefer being bitten now, when the snake has fangs less than 1mm long to being bitten in a few years, when she's grown.
In other words, I got a new snake, and she's a nippy little thing, so I'm handling her to help get her used to me and tamed down, so later on she'll be more mellow.
Her name is Chromatic Scales, and she's a brazilian rainbow boa. My fourth snake, so I presumably know what I'm doing by now, though she's the first boa I've had. (I have one python and two colubrids.)
Here's a picture of her when she came out of her travel cup on the day I got her (she was a bit traumatized, poor little scared snakeball.)
And here's her tonight, after microscopically puncturing my knuckle.
I've got to say that even knowing it was coming, and even with it not hurting at all, I still got a massive adrenaline jolt from getting bitten. It's just so dang fast! You have no chance whatsoever to react in any way, by the time you realize it's happening it's over and the snake has already let go! It really gets your heart pounding.
I don't think I could ever get used to it, but hopefully she'll grow out of it before I get the chance to find out.
In other words, I got a new snake, and she's a nippy little thing, so I'm handling her to help get her used to me and tamed down, so later on she'll be more mellow.
Her name is Chromatic Scales, and she's a brazilian rainbow boa. My fourth snake, so I presumably know what I'm doing by now, though she's the first boa I've had. (I have one python and two colubrids.)
Here's a picture of her when she came out of her travel cup on the day I got her (she was a bit traumatized, poor little scared snakeball.)
And here's her tonight, after microscopically puncturing my knuckle.
I've got to say that even knowing it was coming, and even with it not hurting at all, I still got a massive adrenaline jolt from getting bitten. It's just so dang fast! You have no chance whatsoever to react in any way, by the time you realize it's happening it's over and the snake has already let go! It really gets your heart pounding.
I don't think I could ever get used to it, but hopefully she'll grow out of it before I get the chance to find out.
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