Comments on: Treat non-venomous snake bite http://pet-snakes.com/treat-non-venomous-snake-bite?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=treat-non-venomous-snake-bite Guide to caring for and keeping snakes as pets Thu, 03 May 2012 11:30:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mcmoberg2 http://pet-snakes.com/treat-non-venomous-snake-bite/comment-page-1#comment-1344 Mcmoberg2 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:46:00 +0000 http://pet-snakes.com/treating-non-poisonous-snake-bites#comment-1344 Me again. If u get bit see ur Dr. I am in the midst of getting a MRI. I am still having major problems and it almost has been a year since I was bit. I am so frustrated. My Dr wants me to see some specailists through WCB but WcB will not approve my Dr Request. So I am going to be dealing with WCB etc to try and get answers and help. Does anyone know of anything that is causing me rhis much pain and discomfort..... Me again. If u get bit see ur Dr. I am in the midst of getting a MRI. I am still having major problems and it almost has been a year since I was bit. I am so frustrated. My Dr wants me to see some specailists through WCB but WcB will not approve my Dr Request. So I am going to be dealing with WCB etc to try and get answers and help.
Does anyone know of anything that is causing me rhis much pain and discomfort…..

]]> By: Mudrock http://pet-snakes.com/treat-non-venomous-snake-bite/comment-page-1#comment-1334 Mudrock Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:26:00 +0000 http://pet-snakes.com/treating-non-poisonous-snake-bites#comment-1334 You don't have a right to bring in species that will destroy our native species. You don’t have a right to bring in species that will destroy our native species.

]]> By: Kimbrrrly http://pet-snakes.com/treat-non-venomous-snake-bite/comment-page-1#comment-1312 Kimbrrrly Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:52:00 +0000 http://pet-snakes.com/treating-non-poisonous-snake-bites#comment-1312 Get to a doctor! Better safe than sorry! Get to a doctor! Better safe than sorry!

]]> By: Alateia http://pet-snakes.com/treat-non-venomous-snake-bite/comment-page-1#comment-1310 Alateia Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:49:00 +0000 http://pet-snakes.com/treating-non-poisonous-snake-bites#comment-1310 I was half asleep when... (stupid i know) i went to check on my roomie, my 3 meter long jungle python who lives free in my bedroom.   well to cut a 3 meter long story short, i got a wake up call when he bit my hand and got my wrist, he punctured a vein in my wrist it seems, lots of blood.  I let him have my hand until he let go and didnt want to pursue the matter, so I went to clean up.  I then realised i didn't have any ANTISEPTIC!!!!! ......  There is alittle swelling, some bruising and I feel alittle queezy in my tummy and abit sleepy, mind you i worked till 5am so probably that.  Should I be panicking and get ma butt to the docs asap? hospital? or just relax and monitor it? suggestions guys? I was half asleep when… (stupid i know) i went to check on my roomie, my 3 meter long jungle python who lives free in my bedroom.  
well to cut a 3 meter long story short, i got a wake up call when he bit my hand and got my wrist, he punctured a vein in my wrist it seems, lots of blood.  I let him have my hand until he let go and didnt want to pursue the matter, so I went to clean up.  I then realised i didn’t have any ANTISEPTIC!!!!! …… 

There is alittle swelling, some bruising and I feel alittle queezy in my tummy and abit sleepy, mind you i worked till 5am so probably that. 
Should I be panicking and get ma butt to the docs asap? hospital? or just relax and monitor it?

suggestions guys?

]]> By: Anna Marie http://pet-snakes.com/treat-non-venomous-snake-bite/comment-page-1#comment-1275 Anna Marie Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:54:00 +0000 http://pet-snakes.com/treating-non-poisonous-snake-bites#comment-1275 I was bit by my pet approximately 15 foot albino Burmese Python.  I don't know her weight but she was a little thicker around than my upper arm.  The bite itself barely hurt, I knew I was bit more by the sudden blur of movement, the feel of wind, the sudden weight on my arm and the squeezing.  I was dropping a rat into her cage after the usual tapping warning to tell her it was feeding time.  She must have been a little more eager than usual and she missed the rat and latched onto my hand, her bottom jaw fully centered on my palm and upper jaw on the back of my hand.  I was alone, stupid I know, I was already in the process of moving her to a new home since I deemed her too large to handle on my own any longer.  There was no way I could see to lift her entire body out of the snake tank and go anywhere.  I'd had a lot of snakes and watched them a lot so I did what seemed the logical thing...  I let my entire hand, arm and shoulder go limp.  All my pythons and boas always strangle their food then let it go completely to maneuver it around so they can swallow it head first.  I figured once she thought her prize was "dead" she'd let go of me to swallow me hand (head) first.  She did just that and I whipped my hand and arm out of there so fast I rivaled her speed.  I had a beautiful perfect double row of teeth marks on the top and bottom of my hand (including lighter marks like escalator treads in the center).  As I said the bite didn't really hurt but until you've been squeezed, their constrictor abilities are always underestimated, believe me.  The squeezing hurt something awful and the pain was enough that shortly I wouldn't have been able to think straight enough to come up with many ideas to get loose.  One more week and she'd have been in her new home with two people to manage her at all times.  I was lucky.  She was well-cared for and her tank always clean.  I closed the tank, washed my hand, put on some bactine, admired the truly cool looking bite and took pictures.  Obviously I was not exactly traumatized but she was always good natured and I've no doubt her biting me was just a near miss on the rat, which of course my hand now smelled like. When she bit me she, as is typical, immediately wrapped her body over and over all around my hand and arm in a huge knot, so the idea of pulling her head forward to release her teeth was useless, I think this would only work on a relatively small, weak constrictor since a larger one is going to wrap all around and cover her head.  Her scales were very smooth and brushing them backwards never seemed to particularly bother her as I did this when she got little bits of twig under her scales from climbing.  Knowing her I figured freezing was the first, best bet and it worked like a charm.  A few seconds of no movement and she let me go to turn around and swallow my arm head first.  I was busy with the bite but when I got back the rat was gone and she was ready for more though she wasn't really happy till I got a washcloth and washed the blood off her.  Apparently I don't taste or smell all that great as a meal. I'd include a photo of the bite but don't know how.   There was no permanent damage and no sign of the bite left after about 10 days. I was bit by my pet approximately 15 foot albino Burmese Python.  I don’t know her weight but she was a little thicker around than my upper arm.  The bite itself barely hurt, I knew I was bit more by the sudden blur of movement, the feel of wind, the sudden weight on my arm and the squeezing.  I was dropping a rat into her cage after the usual tapping warning to tell her it was feeding time.  She must have been a little more eager than usual and she missed the rat and latched onto my hand, her bottom jaw fully centered on my palm and upper jaw on the back of my hand.  I was alone, stupid I know, I was already in the process of moving her to a new home since I deemed her too large to handle on my own any longer.  There was no way I could see to lift her entire body out of the snake tank and go anywhere.  I’d had a lot of snakes and watched them a lot so I did what seemed the logical thing…  I let my entire hand, arm and shoulder go limp.  All my pythons and boas always strangle their food then let it go completely to maneuver it around so they can swallow it head first.  I figured once she thought her prize was “dead” she’d let go of me to swallow me hand (head) first.  She did just that and I whipped my hand and arm out of there so fast I rivaled her speed. 

I had a beautiful perfect double row of teeth marks on the top and bottom of my hand (including lighter marks like escalator treads in the center).  As I said the bite didn’t really hurt but until you’ve been squeezed, their constrictor abilities are always underestimated, believe me.  The squeezing hurt something awful and the pain was enough that shortly I wouldn’t have been able to think straight enough to come up with many ideas to get loose.  One more week and she’d have been in her new home with two people to manage her at all times.  I was lucky.  She was well-cared for and her tank always clean.  I closed the tank, washed my hand, put on some bactine, admired the truly cool looking bite and took pictures.  Obviously I was not exactly traumatized but she was always good natured and I’ve no doubt her biting me was just a near miss on the rat, which of course my hand now smelled like.

When she bit me she, as is typical, immediately wrapped her body over and over all around my hand and arm in a huge knot, so the idea of pulling her head forward to release her teeth was useless, I think this would only work on a relatively small, weak constrictor since a larger one is going to wrap all around and cover her head.  Her scales were very smooth and brushing them backwards never seemed to particularly bother her as I did this when she got little bits of twig under her scales from climbing.  Knowing her I figured freezing was the first, best bet and it worked like a charm.  A few seconds of no movement and she let me go to turn around and swallow my arm head first.  I was busy with the bite but when I got back the rat was gone and she was ready for more though she wasn’t really happy till I got a washcloth and washed the blood off her.  Apparently I don’t taste or smell all that great as a meal.

I’d include a photo of the bite but don’t know how.   There was no permanent damage and no sign of the bite left after about 10 days.

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