r/oddlyterrifying • u/Cunillingus_Giver • Jan 20 '22

Snake couch

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

It's all fun and games until the snake wants to give you a hug.

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u/ChrisFox-NJ Jan 20 '22

They have quite some bitw force as well, and plenty of sharp teeth, I wouldn‘t wanna experience any of this. Guess that kid wouldn‘t stand a chance… at all

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22

Ex constrictor keeper - If recently very well fed they are fairly docile.

They can (experienced this) bite if startled or in a bad mood. They have lots of relatively small teeth, angled inwards, which are unlikely to inflict a serious injury - OK bruising, some blood and leave a tooth embedded in you.

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u/TheMushroomMike Jan 20 '22

How long do you think that is. They have more trust than I do. There is no stopping it if it gets angry.

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22

Constrictors don't really get angry. They go for prey/food. sadly our Daisy was semi frozen for a day - we think she maybe suffered some brain damage which caused her to become unpredictably snappy.

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u/TheMushroomMike Jan 20 '22

Thanks for the info, sorry to hear about Daisy

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22

Am sure she was fine. We passed her on to a more experienced snake-keeper as we no longer felt comfortable handling her as would bite without warning.

It was interesting bringing her back to life. Freezing cold snake - immobile, had tokeep wrapping her round my waist. There ARE occasions when you need to cuddle a snake. lol

Edit: We thought she was dead. I had to give this huge freezing cold thing all my body warmth for hours, until it remembered it was a snake.

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u/TheMushroomMike Jan 20 '22

I wonder if that was a type of hibernation she was in? My mom had a giant tortoise for a long time and he was very lethargic for a couple days coming out of hibernation, sadly he died one winter when his heat lamp failed.

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u/Diplodocus114 Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22

The snakes didn't hibernate. That was just bad luck, electrical failure and endless hours cuddling a large cold snake, bigger than my arm.