False Water Cobra bite 30/07/09.

[reptismail]

wow thats one hell of a bite from such a littlun id like to see pics of a adult :O thats a brilliant lil hypo, hoping to get my first pair of falsies in 8 days lol.

[elliot ness]

Originally Posted by Incubuss

I may sound like a total , but you say you have recieved a lot of bite from this species. I just want to know how come you keep getting bitten?

That's what I thought....perhaps it's time to think about keeping something else

[DavidR]

Thats seems like a reasonable question to me. The bites are the result of having had a relatively blase attitude towards this species from keeping them for over 6 years and raising a large number of hatchlings over the past few months. This is the danger of overfamiliarity! This particular bite occured whilst trying to grab the snake to assist feed it, at this size I don't particularly enjoy pinning so was prepared to risk a few bites - lesson learned.

Cheers,
David.

[stuartdouglas]

Regardless of the reasons for getting bitten, it's a worthwhile reminder to others of the potential result of a bite from these. Thanks for posting.

[wildlifewarrior]

Originally Posted by DavidR

Thats seems like a reasonable question to me. The bites are the result of having had a relatively blase attitude towards this species from keeping them for over 6 years and raising a large number of hatchlings over the past few months. This is the danger of overfamiliarity! This particular bite occured whilst trying to grab the snake to assist feed it, at this size I don't particularly enjoy pinning so was prepared to risk a few bites - lesson learned.

Cheers,
David.

I understand what your saying completely mate...with reguards to breeding mangroves, its ever so easy to overlook a hatchling, and when your assit feeding and there wriggling around, simple mistakes can happen in seconds...while they havent for me i can understand where your coming from

[kain]

Hey David

The FWC are looking nice, the bite not so much. Im considering getting one but thats of cource once i have more experience and have more space to keep one, Neudd Whilis rooms may be bigger but not bigg enough lol.


Scott

[Gaboon]

Before anyone jumps on him let it be known that David is not an idiot, he is the complete opposite. I have seen his collection of tubs and know he is more than capable of proper husbandry and if he says this was an accident then it was.

I got ya back bro!!!

[fatbloke]

nice bit of swelling there man

[TRISTAN_HALL]

NICE ! i am glad someone has put a thread up like this, it shows just what some snakes can do!(hogs.fwc) good on u mate for showing that! and the rules are, if u get bitten show it and u did! bites happen to anyone who keeps reptile! lets not slag him off, because he has the balls to put it on here!

[elliot ness]

Originally Posted by TRISTAN_HALL

NICE ! i am glad someone has put a thread up like this, it shows just what some snakes can do!(hogs.fwc) good on u mate for showing that! and the rules are, if u get bitten show it and u did! bites happen to anyone who keeps reptile! lets not slag him off, because he has the balls to put it on here!

Nobody is slagging him off because he posted the bite story......what they are having a go at is him getting tagged so often and wonder why