Gotta thank ya JUSTME..What ya do..set \'em off for this wee

#1 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 04:31 AM

I fed some of my snakes tonite..this is LORINGA..a 7' BCI..female...I actually hand fed her with no problems...as I do my other lil snakies. She is one of my new ones..A rescue in fact from a VA reptile rescue. Due to her condition when I got her she is presently fed a smaller rat than she can actually take, BUT on a weekly basis versus the 14 day schedule I do for this size BCI normally...

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As usual I let her sit in the feeding tote for about 45 minutes before taking her out after she ate her rat. I opened her taote and she was giving me this strange look [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] I just ignored it of course..DUH...and reached in for her. I had her below her "neck" and also about 2/3 the way down her baody..When all of a sudden she just lunged at my hand. Amazing how they can contort themselves when they want to [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_confused.gif[/img] She sunk her teeth in not just once but kept letting go and biting again...like she was chewing. Can't get her to chew her food BUt she wants to chew my hand [img]images/forum/icons/icon_confused.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_frown.gif[/img] . Just a lil tickle under her chin and she released me [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_smile.gif[/img] I put her back into her feed tote and gave her 2 more rats..OK I GOT THE HINT ALREADY... So instead of having just one set of teeth marks from this bite , I got multiple sets on my hand [img]images/forum/icons/icon_confused.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_frown.gif[/img] Course everyone backed away and my husband grabbed the digi-cam..Gotta love em!!

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Doesn't look so bad after it's cleaned up..BUT #$%^&#$%^&#$%^&#$%^& that hurts when they "CHEW" !!
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#2 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 04:54 AM

man thats like the third person to get bitten this week [addsig]

Princenez · #3 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 04:56 AM

Lucky me my weekly feeding is over...[addsig]

eddie · #4 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 05:24 AM

I learned the lesson of that look from my female retic, if any of them gimme that look, I give'm more of the good stuff! [img]images/forum/icons/icon_smile.gif[/img] [addsig]

CRIKEY · #5 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 05:49 AM

WOW! CRIKEY joins RTB & all of a sudden people are gettin' tagged left, right & centre!! LORI, l've got to ask you the same as the other "hits" - does this adequately express your feeling?... [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img]

"BY CRIKEY!! l've been tagged!!!"

- "Nature to me is bugs eating bugs, plants eating plants, animals eating animals...it's just like one big restaurant" -

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Sabazios69 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 07:14 AM

LOL Lori!!!
Man, here I am complaining about a baby Dumeril's Boa biting my face and you get your hand mangled!!. Looks good[img]images/forum/icons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
I am holding my King Monster right now, Damien, at any moment he could tag me!![img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img]
He is touchy like that. He has gotten better since we left Maine thou. I do not know why. So wierd. He is actualy breaking my shoulder. So strange how he weighs a little over 11 pounds but it feels like 60 friggin' pounds!!

Sabazios69

Snakes, they are not just for handing out fruit anymore.

#7 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 07:45 AM

OK SAB..I know your hiding that pic of the dums hanging off your nose..come on now..give it up!! I need a good laugh after today hehe.. [img]images/forum/icons/icon_razz.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_razz.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Crikey..NAW ..it was more like this... [img]images/forum/icons/icon_mad.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_mad.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_mad.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_mad.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_mad.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_mad.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_mad.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_mad.gif[/img] .. If she wasn't so wrapped on my hand she woulda gone for a flight lesson...to the couch..I haven't been tagged by this size bci in a looooong time..forgot how much ya actually feel it [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_confused.gif[/img]

Don't fret Princez...There's always next feeding to get your turn in hehe [img]images/forum/icons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Eddie..I normally would, but, as i said..she's a rescue and I didn't want to overburden her digestive tract..she had been off feed for awhile. Hard lesson learned to NOT ignore that look, especially in this size bci ever again... [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [addsig]

JuliusSqueezer · #8 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 05:57 PM

Thanks for showing us your boo boos Lori. It always brightens my day to get to see other people bleed [img]images/forum/icons/icon_smile.gif[/img][img]images/forum/icons/icon_smile.gif[/img][img]images/forum/icons/icon_smile.gif[/img][img]images/forum/icons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

BoaBabe · #9 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 06:54 PM

hehe, I bet you thought Mr. Hissy would be the one to get ya! [img]images/forum/icons/icon_razz.gif[/img] Good thing it wasn't him though, considering he's 10ft versus 7ft. I really thought a bite from that size boa would be more brutal looking than that. I'm sure it hurt bad, but kinda makes me feel better knowing I won't lose a limb to a snake [img]images/forum/icons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] hehe, just the monitors I have to worry about now [img]images/forum/icons/icon_razz.gif[/img] [addsig]

eddie · #10 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 07:14 PM

Hey Lori , I didn't mean to stuff it! I normally have some smaller food going at the same time, and if one of mine act like that , then I'll put a lg. mouse or a rat pup in. They usually take just 1 or 2 before they realize fullness and stop. Then I still give them some time to calm down. I gave my arg/redtail mix ,( baby-24'') too much time yesterday.. man was he PI$$ED!!! [img]images/forum/icons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [addsig]

Bry · #11 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 09:16 PM

LOL, I haven't been bitten during feeding yet. But, my JCP gave me bite #15-something yesterday. I was handling her and she finally slowed down and just coiled up in my hand and went to sleep....or so I thought. I was talking to some friends that came over with my other hand that wasn't holding the JCP. My hand wasn't even that close, maybe a foot away, and she got nervous from the movement and nailed me on the back of my fingers. It certainly caught me by surprise. lol You think she was trying to tell me to shut up?

Bry[addsig]

#12 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 09:49 PM

NAW Boababe...MS. hissy..hasn't gotten me..BUt she has gotten LEo this past week in a bite.. [img]images/forum/icons/icon_frown.gif[/img]
BRY??? Next time ya wanna talk while your holding the JC...make your friends lip read...might help with the NOT getting bit thing hehe..

Eddie...Oh..ok.. gotcha...[addsig]

cb76 · #13 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 09:53 PM

looks like everybodys getting bit!!
lori!!!! that hurts when they chew right! that male ball did that to my shoulder [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img]

hold on tight next time [img]images/forum/icons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
hey bry, maybe she felt you were ignoring her.

Bry · #14 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 10:03 PM

Hehe, naw Lori. I'd prefer getting my hands bit rather than my lips. lol

Hey CB, it's her own fault. She wasn't paying attention. lol [img]images/forum/icons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Bry

"Silly kids, rabbits are for snakes!"

"I got a pet cactus in the bathroom. But we don't got nothing to say to each other." - Walter Matthau

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#15 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 10:13 PM

YEAH CB..the strikes don't actually hurt much..IT'S THE DANG CHEWING THAT HURTS LIKE HECK!! hehe

BRY?? I was paying attention [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] I ..umm ..i ignored that look [img]images/forum/icons/icon_confused.gif[/img] I didn't want to "overfeed" her gut cuz of what she has gone thru..BUT if that means i have to get bit..she can have her dang rats!! hehe[addsig]

Bry · #16 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 10:24 PM

Lori, CB meant that Zena probably bit me because she thought I was ignoring her. That's why I said it was her own fault for not paying attention.

Bry[addsig]

#17 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 10:33 PM

OOOOHH..IC.. [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] LMAO
Ok then pay more attention to her then hehe [img]images/forum/icons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [addsig]

Bry · #18 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 10:49 PM

Hahaha, it was kind of funny because one of my buds jumped in his seat when he saw the strike. It caused a chain reaction because the two others next to him jumped too. lol They asked me, "do they usually strike that fast?" I told him, "Naw, it was a pretty slow love bite. They usually strike faster than that." He has this shocked look on his face and said "But, all I saw was a blur and it was over just like that." lol

Bry[addsig]

#19 (**permalink**) 10-21-2001, 10:57 PM

Yeah..it is real fast the strikes... [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] WHAT I'm still trying to figure out is if I uncoiled her from my arm or if she did that on her own..can't remember. All I wanted was for her to let go with her jaw..and she cooperated nicely with that once i tickled her under the throat. I do know even though I had a clue she might strike at me... I still didn't see it coming it was soooo fast ..oh well... [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/forum/icons/icon_confused.gif[/img] [addsig]

BoaBabe · #20 (**permalink**) 10-22-2001, 12:31 AM

Oh yeah Lori, forgot Mr. Hissy was a Ms. [img]images/forum/icons/icon_razz.gif[/img] I also forgot she was staying at Leo's. How is she doing? Are you ever taking her back, or planning on letting Leo keep her? It doesn't matter to me, I'm just curious [img]images/forum/icons/icon_razz.gif[/img] [addsig]

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