Snake Bites

[Kantar]

Some garters look to you for food, some garters look at you as food

Post pictures of your battle wounds



Bitten by a wild 3 foot gravid red sided

[guidofatherof5]

Sweeeeet.
Just one of many to come.

[chris-uk]

Nice battle wound.
I think given the size of our Binky's mouth at the moment, if she tried to bite me I'd have to give her 10 out 10 for guts and effort. Yesterday I'm sure she was tolerating my fingers in her tank because she was trying to work out if they were food.

[Kantar]

I think snakes can tell the difference right away if they are being offered food or putting your hand near. I just think they bite out of excitement

[ConcinusMan]

I think snakes can tell the difference right away if they are being offered food or putting your hand near.

Sure, they know the difference if you're just placing your hand near them FIRST. As in, it's not feeding time. They come rushing out, check out the hand, realize there's no food and get bored and leave.

But if you feed them first, and they're all worked up into feeding mode, forget it. They'll bite anything, including your hand.

[PINJOHN]

love this thread it reminds me of the scene from JAWS where they are comparing shark bites DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN we're gonna need a bigga tank


if you bounced back from that one Gabby i think your ready for the lion taming

[RedSidedSPR]

Chris I have a new checkered that's around the age of yours, he bites me everyday, and draws blood!

Alright. Battle wounds... I don't really take pics of every wound, so I can't post them all. In fact, only two that I can think of have been recorded.

Northern water snake. Meanest wild snake I've ever caught. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.




My new checkered!!!

[kibakiba]

Wow Jesse, that's a serious wound! Did ya have to go to the hospital for that one?!

[RedSidedSPR]

Yes!!! It was really bad!!

Yeah, I know. The post was for the water snake, but I had to include him! besides, that's the only other picture of a wound I have! (but I've had a looooot more... Wish I had taken pics of the racer bite!)

But I'll say this. And believe it!!

The little checkered bite hurt more than the water snake!!!!!! It was on FIRE!!!!!!!

[kibakiba]

I have that one of when snap bit my lip. That's the only one I've ever taken a picture of. Hades did it too. Very small mark, but was dripping blood for quite some time.