Snakebit

[gottaflylee]

Yowee, think that would have the ole ticker tickless at that point. Glad your ok Bro. Only thing I hate worse than snakes, are spiders...been bitten one to many times by spiders...at least with a snake I can smell them most of the time.

[Honey Hole]

Dang man... that's some scary chit. Were you wearing your brown shorts?

[Squidnation]

Originally Posted by Ravens16

It's not a hognose
It's a common water snake






Bands look lighter when they're wet
I get them all over my beach in the summer

This snake doesn't have the hognose, up turned nose
I used to have a hognose for a pet when I was a kid


Hognose





Sent your pic's to a friend that is a herpetologist, he said definitely not a hognose
FYI, you're cool. Water snakes are just plain mean
Hognose rarely ever bite

absolutely right Raven - common water snake. I have owned over 100 snakes in my life. When I was dating my now to be wife we had
1 gaboon viper
1 prarie rattle
1 pymie rattler
1 black mamba
a 9 ft albino burnese python
a bunch of boas - colombian, brazilian, emerald tree etc
1 puff adder
1 southern copperhead
1 borneo blood python
and a bunch of other little kings and rat snakes in different color morphs.
I have been bitten by a 11 ft reticulated pyton and damn near dislocated my shoulder trying to rap me up. I was also bitten by that 9 ft albino burmese when she was only 5 ft. Borneo blood bit me and caused a nasty infection. I have never been close to being bitten by a venimous snake because we used double lock divided cages for them so we never came close to being contact with them. They are very very cool creatures. We had to get rid of them when jen got pregnent and had a dream she was being chased by them. After Nicholas was born Jen took up a much calmer animal to collect and started keeping tartantulas.

[gradywhite273]

Originally Posted by Squidnation

absolutely right Raven - common water snake. I have owned over 100 snakes in my life. When I was dating my now to be wife we had
1 gaboon viper
1 prarie rattle
1 pymie rattler
1 black mamba
a 9 ft albino burnese python
a bunch of boas - colombian, brazilian, emerald tree etc
1 puff adder
1 southern copperhead
1 borneo blood python
and a bunch of other little kings and rat snakes in different color morphs.
I have been bitten by a 11 ft reticulated pyton and damn near dislocated my shoulder trying to rap me up. I was also bitten by that 9 ft albino burmese when she was only 5 ft. Borneo blood bit me and caused a nasty infection. I have never been close to being bitten by a venimous snake because we used double lock divided cages for them so we never came close to being contact with them. They are very very cool creatures. We had to get rid of them when jen got pregnent and had a dream she was being chased by them. After Nicholas was born Jen took up a much calmer animal to collect and started keeping tartantulas.

oh geez bill, thanks alot, as this thread alone has given me nightmares, now you gave me hives, there is only one thing worse than sharks. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Squidnation]

Originally Posted by gradywhite273

oh geez bill, thanks alot, as this thread alone has given me nightmares, now you gave me hives, there is only one thing worse than sharks. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

yea - the manager at the OC Marlin Club

[Big Jay]

Originally Posted by Squidnation

absolutely right Raven - common water snake. I have owned over 100 snakes in my life. When I was dating my now to be wife we had
1 gaboon viper
1 prarie rattle
1 pymie rattler
1 black mamba
a 9 ft albino burnese python
a bunch of boas - colombian, brazilian, emerald tree etc
1 puff adder
1 southern copperhead
1 borneo blood python
and a bunch of other little kings and rat snakes in different color morphs.
I have been bitten by a 11 ft reticulated pyton and damn near dislocated my shoulder trying to rap me up. I was also bitten by that 9 ft albino burmese when she was only 5 ft. Borneo blood bit me and caused a nasty infection. I have never been close to being bitten by a venimous snake because we used double lock divided cages for them so we never came close to being contact with them. They are very very cool creatures. We had to get rid of them when jen got pregnent and had a dream she was being chased by them. After Nicholas was born Jen took up a much calmer animal to collect and started keeping tartantulas.

+1 on the common water snake. They are MEAN sob's too btw...well you found that out the hard way.

I too have kept some crazy herps, not too many snakes but i use to work in a pet store. I did get tagged once by a 6 ft. Jungle Carpet python. Let me tell you...not fun! Not quite along the lines of an 11ft. retic but still no picnic.

I think the worst i have ever been bitten by was a 6 ft. Nile Monitor. My buddy picked her up at a reptile show. He was nervous because Nile's can be real terrors if they are wild caught (99% are). Well i was helping him with worming it which involves sticking a rubber tipped syringe in the struggling animals mouth and giving it the medication.

I lost my grip and the swung around and caught me in the hand. Imagine a vice with teeth of a tiger shark clamped on your hand for about 30 seconds. She didn't want to let go either...first thing i screamed was "Get the vinegar!!!! Ahhhhh!!! HURRRY!!!!!" I am sure squidnation knows what that means.

[Squidnation]

Right about that - I don't think the niles possess or at least possess a weaker version of that digestive enzyme in their saliva. So when they are tearing apart their prey, the food caught in their teeth just tend to rot out. So when something or SOMEONE gets bit by one of these walking wahoos you can expect a serious infection.

[Anthony of the ARK]

Originally Posted by Squidnation

absolutely right Raven - common water snake. I have owned over 100 snakes in my life. When I was dating my now to be wife we had
1 gaboon viper
1 prarie rattle
1 pymie rattler
1 black mamba
a 9 ft albino burnese python
a bunch of boas - colombian, brazilian, emerald tree etc
1 puff adder
1 southern copperhead
1 borneo blood python
and a bunch of other little kings and rat snakes in different color morphs.
I have been bitten by a 11 ft reticulated pyton and damn near dislocated my shoulder trying to rap me up. I was also bitten by that 9 ft albino burmese when she was only 5 ft. Borneo blood bit me and caused a nasty infection. I have never been close to being bitten by a venimous snake because we used double lock divided cages for them so we never came close to being contact with them. They are very very cool creatures. We had to get rid of them when jen got pregnent and had a dream she was being chased by them. After Nicholas was born Jen took up a much calmer animal to collect and started keeping tartantulas.

Man i forgot all about those day, i can remeber from Pre-K when you brought a few reptils in for show and tell or something like that. I also remember the first time your alagator was introduced to our dog Bo

[Big Jay]

Originally Posted by Squidnation

Right about that - I don't think the niles possess or at least possess a weaker version of that digestive enzyme in their saliva. So when they are tearing apart their prey, the food caught in their teeth just tend to rot out. So when something or SOMEONE gets bit by one of these walking wahoos you can expect a serious infection.

Its always great when they sit there and look at you just bleeding from their mouth. I kept a few. I had a Dumerils, Nile, Savannah, Blue Tail (looked like a mini-komodo and bled from the mouth) and a Mangrove (bled from the mouth as well).

I luckily never got an infection but man did it hurt for a few days.

Walking wahoo...wow, never thought of them that way but its pretty accurate.

[Jesse Lockowitz]

jesus h....black mamba..jesus..


scare the shit outa me even thinkin bout snakes. id literally rather face a bear then a snake.



Jesse