boas and bite pics...

just thought id share a few new boa pics... sorry quality not the best...

1st up my wee salmon...
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next is a wee common...
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and the ATB got me at the weekend, not nearly as bad as i thought it would be!
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hahaha nice pics, very lovely boas !!
The ATB was nice to you eh?

thank you mate and yea i shuda known better than to go near the ATB, had been up basking for a good bit so was well charged up!

Lovely little Boas and liking the couch too haha The Salmon is stunning. I really like the look of them.

looking good,nice bite ! lol

Lovely salmon mate.

The fear is deffo worse than the actual bite. lol

Tan wrote:Lovely little Boas and liking the couch too haha The Salmon is stunning. I really like the look of them.

thank you very much... yea the salmons turnin into a wee cracker...

Phil wrote:looking good,nice bite ! lol

cheers mate, the OH thot it was quite funny too tho i wasnt laughin when it happened...

St3ve76 wrote:Lovely salmon mate.

The fear is deffo worse than the actual bite. lol

cheers mate and yea the fear is soo much worse like, i thot there would be alot more pain and blood, def have alot more confidence with it now i know what to expect!

Confidence is the main thing.
I think a feeding response bite would deffo be alot worse than anything I have had so far.

yea definitely mate, ive only ever took defensive strikes like, think it would be a whole new world of hurt if something was to latch and coil, fingers crossed i dint find out!lol!

Luckily my worst tag was a defensive one from my royal, nothing as bad-ass as an ATB!!lol

tbh i expected alot worse joe, waitin for it was def alot worse than gettin it,
and i knew it was only a matter of time before that happened!lol!

happy hirthday too buddy! have a good one!

Lol!!
Thanks man :)

2 great snakes you have there, i thought ATB bites were supposed to be very bad, what size is your one?

jonty wrote:2 great snakes you have there, i thought ATB bites were supposed to be very bad, what size is your one?

yeah i thought so as well due to larger teeth

crackin boas mate and what size was the atb that tagged you

just noticed new replies to this wee thread...

i had heard myself that the bites from these were pretty bad but i suppose its down to the individual too as i have quite a high pain thresh hold.

im not sayin it wasnt sore tho, the initial bite wasnt that bad but about an hr or so later when the bruisin started kickin in it got a bit tender!

this is the culprit, sadly no longer with me and is around 6ft
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To be honest most of the really bad bites are probably just from people pulling away and getting shredded insead of just a few mild punctures.

yea mate, there alot less bad if ya just take it, but it is hard to fight natural instinct to pull away from the bitey thing...

with that old ATB ya could read it most times, tho it did used to fly at ya then stop just before your hand and have a wee lick and just when ya think aww its not gona bite, bang! but i do thing also thats why i thought the bites wern't too bad. i only got caught with 1 proper strike and it def stung more than most.

It is hard I have never pulled away from one, although it's not cause I'm hard as nails or anything it's just cause I haven't had a chance. It's always either been a case of a snake turning round quickly and biting the hand I was holding it with or just an unexpected bite when I wasn't expecting it or not paying attention.

Thankfully I have never had a bite that has caused pain.
My king snakes are deffo the worst for holding on and not letting go.