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austin_89
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1248 Posts |
 Posted - 06/02/2012 : 18:36:20
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Hi all 
I've heard so many conflicting stories regarding bites from royals and/or other, non-venomous snakes (the Boas, Corns, Kings etc.)and how painful they are, with some saying it doesn't hurt at all to the others that say it feels like their thumb was being torn off...
I've not been tagged by mine yet (not to say he hasn't tried) so i was just wondering what some of your views on it are? 
When mine was going through his snappy stage i was told to just let him bite me, but I cant willingly let any animal bite me! Lol I've been bitten by a vast array of animals, weirdest being a Duck!! But i just couldn't gonna let him do it! |
1.1.0 Normal Royal Pythons... Kane (CF11) + Frankie (CB11)
1.0.0 Spider Royal Python (CB13)
1.0.0 100% het kahl albino boa Dexter (CB13)
1.0.0 Butter Corn...
0.1.0 Snow Corn... Alice
0.1.0 Red Harlequin Crested Gecko... Charlie
0.1.0 Albino Leopard Gecko... Cleo
1.1.0 African Green Mantis
1.0.0 Staffy... Alfie
1.1.0 Cats... Ebony and DK
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ajokocha
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
816 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 18:43:32
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| Hey. I haven't been bit yet either. I am hoping to get bit sooner rather than later though so the sheer fear of being bit goes away lol. My girlfriends dad was tagged a week ago. Didnt even leave a mark. Think the actual shock is worse than the pain itself. |
1.0.0 normal royal -Floyd
1.0.0 mojave royal - Smee
1.0.0 common boa - Brady |
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jonnyc1988
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
908 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 18:48:29
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| My Royal has never bitten me, but I have been bitten by a corn snake which didnt hurt at all. I once got bit by a macaroni penguin lol, and a highland cow tried to eat my tshirt. |
1.0.0 Pastel Royal Python - Juju CB11
0.1.0 Western Hognose - Hetti CB12
1.0.0 Fire Harlequin Crested Gecko - Jasper CB13
0.1.0 Het Kahl Common Boa (bci) - Pandora CB13
1.3.0 Viper geckos
1.1.0 66% PH Toffee 50% Kayuadi reticulated pythons
0.1.0 Platinum Tiger Reticulated python |
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JanieW
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
2279 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 19:00:44
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Slinky has never hissed, Fea did once while in shed. That time I did pick him up, no strikes..but next time if he hisses i'll let him alone, no need to now as I know how docile he is :)
My belief is that if you respect your snakes, it reduces the chances of a bite :) |
Peoples Of Middle Earth:
Bert (Staffy) , named after Tolkien's stone Troll
Popeye, African Grey
Gimli (Son Of Gloin), Baby Beardie
Slinky, Baby Royal Python
Fëanor..Baby Mexican Common Boa
Casper 2011 Male Ghost Corn Snake **RIP**
Hoard of Orcs (Dubia Roach Colony)
Pearl & Ivory--African Giant Albino Land Snails
Ra, Taiwanese Beauty Snake
Henry, Western Hognose *Missing*
Pippin, Coastal X Diamond Carpet Python
Elanor, Pastel Royal
Timmy, Western Hognose
Flake, Calico male royal, Eowyn, Arabesque Boa |
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n/a
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7384 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 19:09:07
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LOL - I've been bitten by a duck too ...well, they've no teeth, but you can get a nasty suck from a duck!
Most royal python bites are to do with feeding response. The royal makes an honest mistake - and in my case, mine was a stupid mistake -
http://www.theroyalpython.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6551&SearchTerms=gore,galore
Sometimes you can get a nervous or defensive royal - I've no experience of this but I do have experience of my gopher snake, Ziska, whose wild relatives mimick rattlesnakes and whose behaviour is an ancestral pattern.
Ziska spent her first months unhandled in a shop and her behaviour, even when she's asking to come out, is like this -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upPXpYMnC48&feature=endscreen
(Actually this is a bull snake, close cousin to a gopher) and you just go on in and pick her up. Ziska may strike, but only a velcro bite or headbutt. She's only twice drawn blood - once on feeding day when I moved a piece of bark away from her hide and didn't realise madam was waiting impatiently to dine, and once when I was showing her off to someone and stupidly pointed at how her throat puffs out. Scratches only. Snakes would generally prefer to retreat than bite - unless they think there's a meal in the offing lol.
Yes, snake bites can be painful, but with good luck and, more importantly, good management, they can be avoided. |
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austin_89
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1248 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 19:19:09
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I've never heard a royal hiss, and the only bite I experienced was a little corn when I was about 10 but don't remember if it hurt or not.
The duck had a kinda jagged beak and the little sod bit me when I picked it up, it was a neighbours duck!
I respect him, I respect all animals... I think they deserve it.
I was once chased by a herd of cows... Lol |
1.1.0 Normal Royal Pythons... Kane (CF11) + Frankie (CB11)
1.0.0 Spider Royal Python (CB13)
1.0.0 100% het kahl albino boa Dexter (CB13)
1.0.0 Butter Corn...
0.1.0 Snow Corn... Alice
0.1.0 Red Harlequin Crested Gecko... Charlie
0.1.0 Albino Leopard Gecko... Cleo
1.1.0 African Green Mantis
1.0.0 Staffy... Alfie
1.1.0 Cats... Ebony and DK
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7384 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 19:27:47
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LOL - cows! Oh boy!
Must say, cows are very curious - they'll often come trotting after you, but you can usually yell at them and they'll get out of your way. Only time this didn't work was with an aggressive Charolais who butted me into the nearby canal ... ...I don't swim well but was rescued by a passing barge ...
I used to keep ducks but round here some wild ducks seem to rear their young up one end of the town and then trail them down to the river. Helping to escort one mother duck and young, she went into a patch of weeds on an industrial estate and it fell to me to coax her out. Ouch! She was like a mamba!
Ah, royals do hiss sometimes, but only heard it twice from Shahi. Royals really are placid and sweet-natured imo. |
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austin_89
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1248 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 19:35:04
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Ha I do l love wildlife! When I was a kid I saw an adder while on a camping trip and on a school trip we ran into a grass snake.
Mines placid and chilled out now and were best friends I'm already eyeing up my second and third lol
I think i would rather I got bit while he's still small and young though |
1.1.0 Normal Royal Pythons... Kane (CF11) + Frankie (CB11)
1.0.0 Spider Royal Python (CB13)
1.0.0 100% het kahl albino boa Dexter (CB13)
1.0.0 Butter Corn...
0.1.0 Snow Corn... Alice
0.1.0 Red Harlequin Crested Gecko... Charlie
0.1.0 Albino Leopard Gecko... Cleo
1.1.0 African Green Mantis
1.0.0 Staffy... Alfie
1.1.0 Cats... Ebony and DK
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markmifsud
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
534 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 19:50:37
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| Just as BATS has said, most bites are from a feeding response and not from a real desire to hurt you. And yes, I can confirm that when a big royal sinks her teeth in, it does hurt. For me it felt like I had some glass cutting into my thumb. |
1.1.0 Pastal Ball
1.0.0 Normal Ball aged 7(ish)
0.1.0 Normal Ball aged 7(ish)
Bromley. SE London |
Edited by - markmifsud on 06/02/2012 19:51:21 |
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austin_89
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1248 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 19:58:18
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| Was that a feeding response bite? |
1.1.0 Normal Royal Pythons... Kane (CF11) + Frankie (CB11)
1.0.0 Spider Royal Python (CB13)
1.0.0 100% het kahl albino boa Dexter (CB13)
1.0.0 Butter Corn...
0.1.0 Snow Corn... Alice
0.1.0 Red Harlequin Crested Gecko... Charlie
0.1.0 Albino Leopard Gecko... Cleo
1.1.0 African Green Mantis
1.0.0 Staffy... Alfie
1.1.0 Cats... Ebony and DK
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markmifsud
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
534 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 20:16:38
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| oh yes it was, had her wrapped around my arm. I had to take her and my arm into te kitchen and run cold water over her head and then unwind her from my arm before she would accept that I wasnt dinner :) |
1.1.0 Pastal Ball
1.0.0 Normal Ball aged 7(ish)
0.1.0 Normal Ball aged 7(ish)
Bromley. SE London |
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austin_89
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1248 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 20:21:33
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| Bet that was fun |
1.1.0 Normal Royal Pythons... Kane (CF11) + Frankie (CB11)
1.0.0 Spider Royal Python (CB13)
1.0.0 100% het kahl albino boa Dexter (CB13)
1.0.0 Butter Corn...
0.1.0 Snow Corn... Alice
0.1.0 Red Harlequin Crested Gecko... Charlie
0.1.0 Albino Leopard Gecko... Cleo
1.1.0 African Green Mantis
1.0.0 Staffy... Alfie
1.1.0 Cats... Ebony and DK
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markmifsud
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
534 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 20:47:58
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| 2+ kilo's of pure muscle, yes it was fun..... |
1.1.0 Pastal Ball
1.0.0 Normal Ball aged 7(ish)
0.1.0 Normal Ball aged 7(ish)
Bromley. SE London |
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austin_89
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1248 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 20:50:30
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| Nice! Mines only 9 months old and just over 200g so i rather he bites me before he gets that big lol |
1.1.0 Normal Royal Pythons... Kane (CF11) + Frankie (CB11)
1.0.0 Spider Royal Python (CB13)
1.0.0 100% het kahl albino boa Dexter (CB13)
1.0.0 Butter Corn...
0.1.0 Snow Corn... Alice
0.1.0 Red Harlequin Crested Gecko... Charlie
0.1.0 Albino Leopard Gecko... Cleo
1.1.0 African Green Mantis
1.0.0 Staffy... Alfie
1.1.0 Cats... Ebony and DK
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markmifsud
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
534 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 21:04:34
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try not to worry about it, TBH it was my fault as I offered her a second rat inside the viv on the end of some very short tweezers whilst she was blue.
Normally she is fed out of the viv, and she was on thos occasion also, but I had put her back and didnt want to disturb her again and with a rat left over, I thought, hell lets see if she fancies a snack. So, whose fault is it? she saw a rat, she smelt a rat, she felt the heat off my hand so she went for it. Yes, it was my fault. |
1.1.0 Pastal Ball
1.0.0 Normal Ball aged 7(ish)
0.1.0 Normal Ball aged 7(ish)
Bromley. SE London |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
5008 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 21:40:23
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| Not been got yet by mine but in a way I cant wait for that badge of honour amongst snake keepers. There are 2 badges you have to collect before you can declare yourself a full snake keeper, you have to get pooped on (check) and you have to get bitten (one day). |
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austin_89
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1248 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 21:45:23
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| Ah I've been tagged by a corn, does that count?? Lol but never been pooped on |
1.1.0 Normal Royal Pythons... Kane (CF11) + Frankie (CB11)
1.0.0 Spider Royal Python (CB13)
1.0.0 100% het kahl albino boa Dexter (CB13)
1.0.0 Butter Corn...
0.1.0 Snow Corn... Alice
0.1.0 Red Harlequin Crested Gecko... Charlie
0.1.0 Albino Leopard Gecko... Cleo
1.1.0 African Green Mantis
1.0.0 Staffy... Alfie
1.1.0 Cats... Ebony and DK
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
5008 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 21:48:25
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| Yeah it counts if it breaks the skin, lol. |
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austin_89
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1248 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 21:52:22
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| I don't remember? I was a kid lol I think id rather take the bite than being pooed on! Lol |
1.1.0 Normal Royal Pythons... Kane (CF11) + Frankie (CB11)
1.0.0 Spider Royal Python (CB13)
1.0.0 100% het kahl albino boa Dexter (CB13)
1.0.0 Butter Corn...
0.1.0 Snow Corn... Alice
0.1.0 Red Harlequin Crested Gecko... Charlie
0.1.0 Albino Leopard Gecko... Cleo
1.1.0 African Green Mantis
1.0.0 Staffy... Alfie
1.1.0 Cats... Ebony and DK
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Danno91
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
521 Posts |
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hayes
Yearling
United Kingdom
115 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 23:21:28
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| mines 5 months old and I've only had him for 3 weeks. at first he was striking at me every time i tried to handle but I've not been bit yet. he seems to be settling down now and once i pick him up he's fine. i just let him strike until he realises I'm not food and then he lets me pick him up. until he's properly settled in i am wearing gloves to pick him up but once he's in my hands i take the gloves off. |
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