Baby bite!

[chris-uk]

I'm considering keeping a hook handy when feeding my mental checkereds. Seriously. They have a tendency to launch themselves from the back of the viv, and when they miss the food either straight out of the door or on up the tongs towards my fingers. And then there's the way they harass each other. I'm thinking a short hook may not be a bad thing to have handy.

[chris-uk]

Yep...finger is all better...or at least it was until Cee Cee decided to bite me yesterday in the same exact spot on my finger. She did this after pooping in her water dish twice...so I was sticking my hand in the tank to change the water and she struck at me and bit me. Nice, Cee Cee. Oh and Steve...unfortunately I did not get a pic of the bite...but Perseus said to tell you she takes full responsibility as the perp in the crime.

Tag teaming you, eh?

[ConcinusMan]

some of mine get so crazy when they smell food, that if a nearby snake moves, they "bite it first, then ask questions later"

I was trying to break up such an engagement when the offending snake simply latched onto me instead. Such violence!

[acovert]

What did you do to that poor snake, Marnie? Haha. Maybe it was a love bite?

Scar has lunged for me a few times when I've tried to feed him. Thank goodness he's never gotten me! I can't imagine what my job would be like with a snake bite on my finger, especially if I had a reaction.

Cuddles doesn't bite. He just musks. And glares.