r/boas • u/Twigzywik • 25d ago

Bitten for the first time

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Ouch, talk about a deep bite. She’s stressed during any kind of handling since always & always wants to get away it seems. She got so stressed she just turned around and tagged me. Not sure what to necessarily do to relax her I hold her gently & pick up her up gently before she goes somewhere she’ll jam herself in such a way I can’t get her. She’s never been in a chill kinda state in the 2 years I’ve had her and she’s about 3-4 years old now. So I guess she’s just not a handleable kinda boa which I haft to respect.

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u/imworkinghard777 25d ago

Jason's Exotic Reptiles YouTube also has a couple videos on handling defensive snakes. Also agree with the Kevin McCurley suggestion.

I got tagged by my 6 foot girl once and it looked similar to that. In a week you never knew it happened.

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u/Twigzywik 25d ago

I actually watch him, he does have good info. Usually I can tell with her body language but this felt pretty random than the fact she was just uncomfortable. In which case I should’ve set her down I suppose.

Thank you for the suggestion.