Burmese python bite

This video shows the aftermath from my 9'4"Burmese python bite. This bite was totally my fault. It was feeding night and he really liked the taste of that warm frozen thawed rat and was asking me for more. Unfortunately that was it for his meal and I started wiping him off with some wet paper towels just to get any residual rat mess from him before I put him back in the cage.( I've been doing it this way for years and he has never bitten me) I lifted part of his body and was wiping his belly when he bit my hand with which I was holding the paper towel. Totally my fault, but I never saw that coming since I have trained him not to bite my hands even when he is in his feeding box and everything smells like food. I think what happened was that he was in a position where he could not see my hand, but was feeling where I was wiping him and grabbed me and did not let go and constricted. I was waiting about a minute for him to let go and when he did not I carefully (with my other hand) opened his mouth and worked my finger free from the fish hooks which are about 3/8" long. Immediately after that I felt no pain whatsoever. Fortunately the saliva of Burmese pythons is full with digestive enzymes which also kill bacteria. In the following days I had no infection and felt like this never happened.

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• Burmese python bite
• snake bite
• owner owned
• bloody bite
• snake bites owner
• pet attack
• reptile
• wildlife
• diy
• feeding
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• snakes
• mouse

[HomelessGuyInLife]

He has tasted human blood, RUN!

[J0Boa]

@HomelessGuyInLife He did't like it

[beautifulstar33]

dont pythons wrap around u & suffocate u?

[J0Boa]

@beautifulstar33 Yes they do, but first they bite lol

[SteveB801]

That was just you and your snake getting more familiar...joking aside, is it true that you must wash your hands with a strong soap prior to handling snakes so that the smell of the soap prevents them from mistaking your own scent with food? Great snake, by the way!

[J0Boa]

@SteveB801 No. You want to wash your hands only after handling snake food ...mice, rats, rabbits. After you've had a snake for a while it will learn your scent and will not bite just like I demonstrated in the video.

[J0Boa]

@1990flik I'm not sure how to respond to that idiotic question. BTW, are you from the outback ? lol

[reptilefreaks2]

he was still in food mode bro

[ME16510]

I bet 90% of guys all go to ''me and my burmese'' after this XD

[rodman23t]

thats a beautiful snake. i would try giving him a larger meal... seems to me he might still be hungry and thats his way of letting you know. and no i'm not joking!

[tigerRetic79]

Lol wow I can't believe ppl still think snakes can eat ppl yeah can kill is but can't get past the shoulders nice vid dude haters gonna hate cuz there to scared to own one so there jealous

[fwcjoe]

that burm aint 9.4ft and would not be able to kill him and i would bite you if you kept sticking your hand in my face

[fwcjoe]

9.4ft lol

[SiLeNtSoLoChIcK]

He's so beautiful. Lmao i loved the way he stared at the camera.

[terminator101985858]

I am glad to see u did not blame him. Plus like u said he just didnt see ur hand so he was somewhat unsure of what was touching him maybe. Ur a true snake lover that u said what u did in the description btw.

[cindymiller0294]

IT IS A BURM