Listerine

[Greg'sGarters]

Well that was nice, but how did you get the snake to bring your glove back to you?

I thought you knew, I am a direct descendant of Saint Patrick.I can summon snakes to my location.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

I thought you knew, I am a direct descendant of Saint Patrick.I can summon snakes to my location.

Could you bring some adders my way? I've yet to see one

[Greg'sGarters]

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[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Nope, when Burmese Pythons bite, they hold on and coil. Listerine/cutting their head off is the only thing that I know works. AND I HAVE NOT AND NEVER WILL CUT A SNAKES HEAD OFF. So I thought listerine would be the best way to go.

Take your snake over to the sink and run it's head under cold water. If that doesn't work after a minute or two, turn the hot tap on. When it starts to get warm, bob the snakes head under it quickly a few times. QUICKLY. And do not hold it there. You just want it to be uncomfortably warm so that the snake decides to let go. My first ever snake, my cali king, regularly used to SHOOM out of his hide, grab me and wrap me. No biggie, as he was just a 5 foot cali king, but it could get annoying with the blood and such. the ONLY way I could get him to let go was the water method. sometimes the cold water would work. sometimes only the warm water would. The worst bite I took was from my 6 foot male carpet python who struck out in feeding response when I was cleaning. He grabbed my hand and wrapped, HARD. Lots of blood. First.... well first I grabbed my camera and took a picture. Then I walked his butt up the stairs and under the water he went! Now that beast only gets handled with hook in hand, and I highly suggest you start using a hook until you get that burm under control. And you will want to, before it gets big enough to leave lacerations large enough to require stitches and sever major blood vessels!

Anyways... If I had a really big snake wrapping me I would consider listerine. Otherwise, it's not necessary at all. Taking the occasional bite is part of the hobby and even if you have the tamest snake in the world, you always need to be mentally prepared for that one time they do go for you, know your snake, and be prepared for it or take measures to prevent it. Especially if you are keeping an animal that grows to hundreds of pounds. Eventually there will come a time when it is no longer safe to handle your burm unsupervised.

[Greg'sGarters]

My worst non-venomous bite was the first day I started working at the pet store I used to work at. A blue spot timor monitor got my first finger and tore it. My manager told me not to panic if I got bit by anything. So I had blood RUSHING down my hand, as I walked to the counter and asked for a bandaid. The worst bite I ever got was from my copperhead. I milked him for his venom, I was wearing thick gloves so I couldn't feel anything. As I looked in the jar, he slithered a bit of my hand just enough to turn around and nail me in the thumb. Best way to describe it is being injected with a cool, numbing liquid that heats up until it feels like hot burning magma in my skin. Luckily it only left a brown dot on my thumb (where the fang hit [he was shedding a fang so he nailed me with one and only pricked me with the other as it wasn't fully out yet]) and I didn't go to the hospital.

[ConcinusMan]

I don't think you can count the monitor as your first non-venomous bite. If I'm not mistaken it was recently discovered that all monitors are indeed venomous, and even some iguanas.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

My worst non-venomous bite was the first day I started working at the pet store I used to work at. A blue spot timor monitor got my first finger and tore it. My manager told me not to panic if I got bit by anything. So I had blood RUSHING down my hand, as I walked to the counter and asked for a bandaid. The worst bite I ever got was from my copperhead. I milked him for his venom, I was wearing thick gloves so I couldn't feel anything. As I looked in the jar, he slithered a bit of my hand just enough to turn around and nail me in the thumb. Best way to describe it is being injected with a cool, numbing liquid that heats up until it feels like hot burning magma in my skin. Luckily it only left a brown dot on my thumb (where the fang hit [he was shedding a fang so he nailed me with one and only pricked me with the other as it wasn't fully out yet]) and I didn't go to the hospital.

you are extremely lucky... likely you took a dry bite due to having just milked the snake, or the snake chose to give you a dry bite, and the residual amounts of venom left from the milking likely caused that brown dot! A lot of people who get hit by a copper lose the digit!

[Greg'sGarters]

you are extremely lucky... likely you took a dry bite due to having just milked the snake, or the snake chose to give you a dry bite, and the residual amounts of venom left from the milking likely caused that brown dot! A lot of people who get hit by a copper lose the digit!

It was DEFINITELY not a dry bite but maybe reduced venom. I got dry bite by a copper when I was 5. My friend tried to catch it, and stepped on it's tail and it turned around and hit me in the leg. No pain, no hospital, no discoloration. I don't even think it took out it's fangs.

[ConcinusMan]

Sounds like you and your friends really need to stop messing around with copperheads. I think you've used up all your luck.

[Greg'sGarters]

Sounds like you and your friends really need to stop messing around with copperheads. I think you've used up all your luck.

We thought it was a water snake. This was before I had any knowledge of snakes lol. Now just in case I see one, I always bring a snake hook & snake tongs with me.