I lost a bet...snake musk?!

[jwolfe152]

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.

Ekoh does that most of the time but occasionally he just lays there, now Amaunet has only musked me 2 times, once when i found her and another when Jinx (the cat) jumped up and scared her pretty good (damn cat)

[kerensa]

None of my pets have ever been stressed enough to musk, its not something they do unless they are stressed. I doubt being able to get five to musk without stressing them. Even wild garters have not ever musked on me. Soooo... I do not imagine I want to know what someone is doing to get them to musk.
It is a musk and smells it. I've only ever smelled garter musk second hand, I have smelled fresh black snake musk it's strong ... but isn't as bad as being trapped in a room with someone wearing too much cheap perfume. I actually wouldn't mind having some snake musk. maybe I'll be thinking this rather than "eiw" next time one musks on me.

I do find it odd that you need to ask this question a second time.

Kerensa.

[EasternGirl]

Okay, first...it smells like dead fish or something close to that. Second, it depends on how you are with smells...I am a student nurse and I have smelled some pretty foul stuff...but garter musk usually makes me run and wash my hands. It is not something I would want to smell for two minutes straight...and I am not a gagger...but that might do the trick. Third, some snakes musk just when you pick them up...I have a few that do that...but it is because they are scared. Musking is a defense mechanism. So, holding a scared snake for two minutes would be stressful for the snake. Like others have said...I'm not sure why you keep asking about this...and keep saying that we have not completely described it. It seems to me that you are trying to get us to say something in particular that you want to hear and that may be something crude. If that is the case...there are other places on the internet where you can find what you are looking for...like porn sites. If that is not the case, I apologize, but I would be interested in talking to your friend who wants to stress out his garters for kicks.

[kerensa]

Hmmm. second hand (ie not fresh) I was thinking diisopropanolamine, 2-methyl indole, a touch of skatole, and ethelyne brasselate. which would describe a solidly musk family scent (not all smell pleasant) with a pronounced fishy/aquatic/decay note to it. I'm getting more curious as to what tests would reveal. I think perhaps it has something to do with the diet, I've yet to find a pleasant musk from a fish eating species. Otter was not what I'd describe as pleasant in quantities over 0.0500 % then the scent was still reminded me of diisopropanolamine. Not that I expect either musk to contain that hydro carbon, just that's what they remind me of.... It would be interesting to find out what molecules do create the scent.

K.

Okay, first...it smells like dead fish or something close to that.

[zarfytezz1]

Hmm, interesting. So many people describe the odor so many different ways!

[Foxrun402]

**Cough** Troll **Cough**

[d_virginiana]

Hmm, interesting. So many people describe the odor so many different ways!

This reminds me of a perfume advert.

Of course, if some guy were to wear 'eau de Thamnophis' I'd probably feel an irrepressible urge to cuddle them and feed them fish even though he smelled god-awful.

[jwolfe152]

Of course, if some guy were to wear 'eau de Thamnophis' I'd probably feel an irrepressible urge to cuddle them and feed them fish even though he smelled god-awful.

that is a definite sign of nothing but love for the tham family

has anyone else observed that the bigger the garter the worse the musk smell is? or is it just a coincidence that my two big ones smell worse. maybe the bigger they are the more potent it is or maybe just that the bigger ones have more quantity of musk?

[d_virginiana]

that is a definite sign of nothing but love for the tham family

has anyone else observed that the bigger the garter the worse the musk smell is? or is it just a coincidence that my two big ones smell worse. maybe the bigger they are the more potent it is or maybe just that the bigger ones have more quantity of musk?

I wouldn't know. My larger ones have never musked. It seems like the smaller ones tend to be more excitable, and they're the only ones I've ever been musked by. The larger ones seem content to nip or nose-bump of they're nervous; even wild snakes.

[jwolfe152]

i have only had one of them strike/nip at me, but all 4 of mine are WC, which surprises me that they don't nip/strike all the time. if mine get nervous they mostly just kinda dart their head or start flaying all willy nilly and they rarely musk. im pretty sure that each one has sprayed me with musk only once and that has been when i first grabbed them, but im pretty sure if someone grabbed me up from my home i would piss myself too lol (i know its not pee thats just what i would do)