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raaarj2 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-17-2003, 02:01 AM

I was wondering if anybody ever got attacked bye your hoggs i'm not talking srike and bite i'm talking about trying to kill you attacked

morti · #2 (**permalink**) 09-17-2003, 02:06 AM

Snakes, as a general rule, have two distinct kinds of strikes... A defensive strike and a feeding response strike. It is in their nature to strike quickly and let go as a defensive measure if they feel overly threatened and to strike and hold (and in the case of boas and some other species, constrict) if they think what they are biting is food. There is no such thing as a snak that is "Trying to kill you".

So the answer to your question is No, my hog has never tried to kill me.. and neither has any other snake I have ever encountered either in captivity or in the wild.

trinitywolf · #3 (**permalink**) 09-17-2003, 02:26 AM

Donnie hit the nail on the head. I have to ask however, what makes you ask this question?

raaarj2 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-17-2003, 02:28 AM

T.V

JuliusSqueezer · #5 (**permalink**) 09-17-2003, 02:30 AM

There is a third type of bite and I'm really surprised that Donnie missed it...since he has a bit of nerve damage from such a bite that I was ever so lucky to wittness LOL. It is the revenge bite. This is when a normally nonagressive snake doesn't exactly like what you are doing to him...let's say hypothetically..."Probing" hehe...then they just kinda look at ya mean and turn around and chomp down on you ...no constriction, just a nice little, "I'm mad and you are a jerk and I'm gonna bite you now" bite.

trinitywolf · #6 (**permalink**) 09-17-2003, 02:32 AM

ok....what did you see on TV?

morti · #7 (**permalink**) 09-17-2003, 02:36 AM

LOL Brett... It is just such occurance that made me use "as a general rule" in my post.

raaarj2 · #8 (**permalink**) 09-17-2003, 02:37 AM

There was a show on where these guys were getting attacked bye there pet snake some were boa's,retics,pythons so i was just wondering if i can talk to someone instead of watching but writing to the person

morti · #9 (**permalink**) 09-17-2003, 02:45 AM

I think I know the completely worthless animal planet special that you are refering to. Real keepers can identify exactly what caused the bite to occur and don't blame the snake. It is not the snakes fault any more than it would be a cats fault for scratching or a dogs fault for barking. They are snakes... it's what they do. If we are talking about the same special, they sensationalized it a lot and dramatized it way too much. It made me angry that it was in production, let alone on my screen.

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