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I tried to take my corn snake out of his tank so that my brother could change the chips, and he bit the tip of my middle finger. Not a big deal. But then, he inched closer and closer. Within seconds, my finger was in his mouth up to the first knuckle. Before he could swallow more, I tried to carefully pry his mouth a little wider (he still had jaw space) so that I could pull my finger out because corn snakes' teeth point towards the throat to prevent prey escaping. Unfortunately, that made him want to hold on tighter, and then pull. Holy shit did that hurt. To make a long story a bit shorter, he eventually made it to the third knuckle so that my whole finger was in his throat. He couldn't go farther than that. He realized it was me he was eating and not a mouse, and after twenty minutes with several false starts (and further attempts to keep eating), he finally managed to release my finger. I washed and disinfected my finger right away, and the snake is fine, as far as I can tell. He'd never done this before, so in case it happens again, could anyone tell me how to get a corn snake to let go? We both got lucky this time, I think. (And sorry for the bad picture.)