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Bebe the Argentine Boa

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I've grown alot more comfortable handling larger snakes. It has been a long process to work up the courage and acceptance of the temperament of the large animals that I have right now (which by the way is puppy dog tame). I usually need to remind myself that if it was going to just haul off and bite me, it woulda done that a loooong time ago! lol.

Working through my fear of snakes has provided many levels of challenges to take on and each challenge has gifted me with a great reward. Big snakes was a huge hurdle for me and though I'm alot more comfortable with them than I was back in 2013, I still personally feel I have a little ways to go. But I do not think we handlers ever stop being cautious. You should always remain cautious with big animals and if you need to work with a large animal that is very powerful, make sure you have a safety observer on hand just in case things go south and you need that second person to help you wrangle the animal.

My current experience level is my 8' Dumerils boa. Shes not mean by any means, shes just a much larger animal. larger than Bebe and that means I do need a saftey observer when attempting to handle her.

moral of the story: don't let fear rule your behavior and do your thinking for you, its a negative status affect.
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Gorgeous markings~

Funny thing, I've been bitten twice. Once by a kingsnake and once by a western hognose. The kingsnake was a bite and let go. Didn't even hurt. The hognose, who's way smaller, latched on and kept biting. She was trying to eat my hand hah. But she thought it was feeding time, so that was my fault. She ended up staying on for like ten mins. Ended up using alcohol to get her off.