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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.)
~I treat every camera like it's recording and every gun like it's loaded, but even with my precautious nature, I forgot that some snakes are hard to identify. And oh baby, does that venom burn.~
-a poem of a new kind
My leucistic Texas rat snake, Dilbert, was so excited for dinner that he came flying out at it when I opened his enclosure and missed by about a mile. I tried to move his food to intercept his path and he ended up grazing me and catching two teeth in my thumb. Thankfully it was the side of my thumb, not the pad.
It didn't phase him at all, and he most likely didn't even notice.
I tried to be stoic but I did utter some choice words. I managed to get his meal into his mouth and him back into his cage before extracting these two snake thorns. Thankfully they're very smooth and came out easily.
Then not even ten minutes later Dextro the corn snake, who it turns out is starting a shed cycle and has reduced vision, jumped past the meal held by my feeding tongs and grabbed my finger and thumb together in a huge bite. He wrapped my entire hand and my tongs, so I couldn't reach his head to tap him or help him disconnect. My middle finger and thumb were pinched together and pierced by two rows of tiny, very sharp needles. He realized his mistake and voluntarily let go after an excruciating 15-20 seconds of me trying to hold very still. At least he had the decency to look embarrassed. He then went back in his enclosure and poked his actual dinner with his nose very thoroughly all over to make sure it was really food and not still my hand before eating it.
My point is that it doesn't matter how much we trust these animals or how well socialized they are. Accidents happen. It's not their fault and I can't be mad at them or even at myself. Anyone who keeps a snake shouldn't ask whether they'll be bitten, but when.
It's just a part of snake keeping!
I made an art and I thought it was decent enough to put on the main blog so
So @thefandomingofmanythings/@i-am-an-orange-rug posted this height comparison thingy of the cast for Jajing Over Jonder (what are we even calling this thing anymore?) aaaaand of course my eyes homed in on Jaje and Rug and I immediately thought ‘how are they going to kiss is Rug going to have to pick him up?’ So I drew it. #is shame
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