Ever been snake bit?

[Matt101905]

I was just wondering....has any of you ever been snake bit? I have...its not fun....

[pennreels84]

my red tailed boa got me once. went to throw in the rat and he went for the rat as i moved me hand in to throw the rat and wham!!! mitch had some sharp *** teeth! then he got to 9 feet and he went to the zoo!!!

[petluvr]

Got bit by a red tail boa also but that was when I was younger and dumber:) I didn't think it was any worse than a bee sting.

[mel_20_20]

Wow!! I've never been bitten, but I had a dog that got bit by a poisonous snake once. It was a copperhead. My dog survived it.

[Bk718]

do fake snakes count?

[x916krew]

does it count if I bet the snake?

[petluvr]

does it count if I bet the snake?
Depends on what you bet on it...SORRY couldn't help it:evil_lol:

[Matt101905]

Nice! Well I guess I was kinda going with this thread is has anyone been bit by a poisonious snake. I've been bit by many non-poisonious water snakes that I've caught but I was also bit by a cottonmouth on the finger. If anyone wants to know my story...ask, I don't care lol

[Sounguru]

Rattler here and a cottonmouth got my pants leg..... Both myself and the pants survived....

[NeonFlux]

I am teh year of the snake, snakes can't get me..! :)

[bluekrissyspike]

i've never been bitten by a poisonous snake but i've been bitten several dozen times as a kid catching snakes in the bush.

[Bubbles2112]

I used to have the pleasure of clearing out the storage hangers of rattlers while in New Mexico. I didn't mind it and I didn't ever get bit. I was bitten only by non-posionous snakes. It still hurt...........

[247Plants]

I have only seen a handful of snakes in the wild....

Seen a lot more in captivity.

[Vicious_Fish]

I've been bit by NON-VENOMOUS snakes many times.

Remember kids, snakes can be venomous, not poisonous. ;)

[Hooked Newbie]

MANY times by non-venomous snakes. One (luckily dry) bite from a Western Diamondback.

[Bethany1979]

MANY times by non-venomous snakes. One (luckily dry) bite from a Western Diamondback.
That must have been really frightening!
I've encountered timbers, copperheads, and water moccasins, and fortunately never been bitten. I always carry a snake bite kit when hiking and camping, just in case.

[lindsey crashed]

my favorite ball python attacked my nose.... felt like i got punched in the face. the force of him hurling 2/3's of his body at me hurt more than the teeth..!

and i can admint, it was totally my fault... as its the humans fault in most cases.. i had my rat on my shoulder five minutes before... stupidity on my part. and i was so good about that *most of the time...!



or maybe he was mad about his name being petunia....... ??

who knows...

[Hurley]

I haven't. I'm actually surprised because I use to catch snakes for fun when I was little. Mostly harmless garder snakes but still, not a nibble. My boyfriend of the other hand...he's been bit several times. Last time was a copperhead but he survived.

[lindsey crashed]

a copperhead is the one of the least venomous in north america... :)
a grown child should even survive a bite from one of them.. the most id be worried about is losing a finger/toe/etc... unless my health was compromised in some way...

[Hurley]

I guess I should have said his foot survived...:)

[lindsey crashed]

LOL! very good..!

im sure it was painful as well... cant say from experience, but ive seen some copperhead bites that dont look fun..!

[Vicious_Fish]

Last summer I got bit 7 or 8 times by this little mean fella. He didn't like me moving him around to get pics.

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/The_Interloper/Outdoors/Garter1.gif
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/The_Interloper/Outdoors/Garter5.gif
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/The_Interloper/Outdoors/Garter4.gif



I found this guy while I was backpacking last year. I got about 6-7 feet away from him for the pics. I didn't want to test how close I could get. :D

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/The_Interloper/Outdoors/Black%20Forest%20Trail/Timber-Rattler2.gif
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/The_Interloper/Outdoors/Black%20Forest%20Trail/Timber-Rattler4.gif
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/The_Interloper/Outdoors/Black%20Forest%20Trail/Timber-Rattler5.gif

[msjinkzd]

Yikes!

[Squawkbert]

Me: grazed by a Ball Python during feeding, more thoroughly bitten on the neck by a Ca. King (2 horseshoe patterns left), finger bitten by a Garter snake, snake sent flying by my recoil - no blood.

Nearly any snake I can catch in the wild gets caught and a good once over. I've passed up catching venemous specimens twice - not worth the risk to me.

My old dog: 1 fang Copper head hit to the muzzle. Lots of swelling, no other ill effects.

[Star_Rider]

dinged by many a garter snake and seen my share of Western Diamond backs.
king snakes too

[Matt101905]

When I get home I'll tell you my story of me being bit by a cottonmouth. Right now...off to Accounting II class....yay.

[FISHSHROD]

Yup, just rat and corn snakes. I caught a Pigmy rattler once and it did this freekin spin move right out of my hand , boy I jumped , didn't get bit :) Had a few other close encounters with rattlers also.

[Matt101905]

Heres a crappy vid. taken with my phone of my finger when I got snake bit. Heres my story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WN1Fu0egZs

I was down on the river at a church event and some little kids found the snake and wanted to play with it...well since I've caught snakes before I was going to move it away from the popular swimming area...and I did. Well right before I let it go it reached up and tagged my finger. My finger started bleeding real bad. I had to swim across the river and walk up this huge steep hill to get to my mom. She freaked out but I didnt. I layed down on a park bench and mom got a park ranger. They gave me a oxygen mask and waited for the ambulance to come. That took 45min. because of where we were. About 20min. into waiting for the ambulance my mom told the park ranger that we were Air Evac. members. So they sent the Air Evac. helicopter too. The helicopter got close to the location the same time the ambulance got to me. The ambulance started a IV took me to the top of the mountain to where the heli. was. They loaded me into the heli and away we flew. I was in and out of consciousness but it was soo cool looking...you could see forever up in the air. They flew me to the hospital that took about 20 min. Then I sat at the hospital for 45min. before they put me back in the heli. and flew me to another hospital 2 1/2 hours away (30 or 45 min flying time). Finally after getting to that hospital they gave me as much anti-venom as they could. My finger, hand, and hole arm swollen up so bad I remember looking at my swollen arm and thinking..."god I'm glad I'm not fat...I like my skinny arms better" They gave me 10cc of Morphine every 2 hours? and 10mg of percocet every 1 hour plus a xanax when needed. I stayed in the hospital in the step-down unit for 5 days. The day I got out I had to go strait to physical Therapy because I couldn't bend my finger at all because of scar tissue. Actually I almost lost my finger because of how long it took to get anti-venom. I finally got movement in my finger but it is bigger than my other first finger and it also swells up when I use it alot (like to write). Its also somehow crooked. :confused:

In the crappy vid. you can see that black large bump on my finger? Thats a huge blister filled with puss. Besides my hole arm being on fire those 5 days the thing that hurt the worst was when they poped that blister and cut away all that black dead skin, leaving the meat exposed. He even had to cut some fresh skin around the dead skin. They put gause on the wound and rapped my finger. What hurt so bad was when they would have to change the guase on the blister because the blood had dried into the guase and when they pulled the gause off, it pulled all the dried blood off and make it hurt and bleed more. Eventually that hole area scabbed over. My finger's skin looks fine now. After the accident my fingernail had a indention in it...really wierd, but it grew out. I can see the two little scars where the fangs when into my skin.

The first heli. ride would have cost $12,000 and the 2nd $19,000 if we weren't Air Evac. members...luckly we were.

All in all...it wasn't a fun experience (except for the drugs) and I hope it never happens again. Sorry for the long post...I'm sure hardly any of you will read it haha.

[Vicious_Fish]

That's a pretty crazy story. I'm glad you didn't lose that finger. All the more reason why you shouldn't mess with venomous snakes I guess. I'm one to talk; I've had some close encounters with Copperheads, Cottonmouths, Timber Rattlers and Pygmy Rattlers.

[cam191919]

just ratsnakes and ball pythons. nothing serious, yet :evil_lol: