I lost a bet...snake musk?!

[zarfytezz1]

Hmm, alright.

Do you think it's foul enough that smelling it right up to your nose (from 5 different snakes) for 2 minutes straight would be bad enough to make you gag or throw up? Or is it usually not quite that bad.

[RedSidedSPR]

You probably won't throw up.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

That depends on how sensitive you are as a person. You probably are going to hate your life.

[zarfytezz]

That depends on how sensitive you are as a person. You probably are going to hate your life.

Really? How foul is it, in your experience of it?

What exactly does it smell like?

[guidofatherof5]

Why all these questions about the smell of musk when in 2010 you started a thread asking the same thing?
Seems like the questions was answered back then. Here's a link to that thread.

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gene...nake-musk.html

[d_virginiana]

Why all these questions about the smell of musk when in 2010 you started a thread asking the same thing?
Seems like the questions was answered back then. Here's a link to that thread.

Geez, how many bets have you lost?

[chris-uk]

Bottom line - garter musk is foul, but some species are worse than others. Also, it's not possible to get a garter snake to musk without stressing it... Musk is a defence mechanism used when the snake wants to escape, so your friend is talking crap if he says he can get five to musk without stressing them or being cruel.

As Steve has posted a link back to your previous thread I suggest that you refer to that for descriptions of the smell.

[jwolfe152]

both of mine have musked on my hand and the male smelled worse that the female but it was not bad at all. then again i kinda like skunk musk(not fresh like when driving and you can smell it for a few seconds) and manure doesn't bother me(but dog, cat, or people make me gag for minutes after moving away from it)

[RedSidedSPR]

Why all these questions about the smell of musk when in 2010 you started a thread asking the same thing? http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gene...nake-musk.html

[d_virginiana]

My 'new' male that I got earlier this year just musked me. We've been working on socialization. Tonight we got to the stage where he flips out, musks, and then decides I'm safe and he can rest on my hand.

My husband had to leave the room.