Hi all,

just thought share my bite, my female miss judged her strike on her pinky and got my finger, i had to prise her off without hurting her or damaging her fangs. she kept chomping. prefer the Royal tag at least the let go

stung a little and has swollen up quite a lot hopefully it will have gone down by the morning.


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Gotta watch those rear fangs.:yes:

Looks like she got you pretty good!

Gotta watch those rear fangs.:yes:

You would know! lol :eek:

Nice amount of swelling! Hope that it goes down soon!

Jeremy, gee, ya think? LMAO!

OUCH!! :eek:

Man that looks pretty bad. Hope all returns back to normal quickly. Makes you look at hoggies in a whole new light.

Dan

Well....that's no good. Hope the swelling goes down soon.

It looks worse than it actually is... I have been there a few times... Never swelled like that though... Just slightly right around the site of the bite...

People have nothing to worry about when it comes to hog bites... No serious or long term damage will result from a hog bite...

Great info and photos -Jj-...

Nice tag.

I'm always afraid when I see this kind of post. I don't want people to become scared or think a hognose bite will cause lasting damage.

I've been tagged a good number of times (9 times out of 10 it's feeding time) and have never had any major problems other than a little swelling.

I hope the swelling goes done soon for you.

I like to use 12" tweezers when I feed all hognose. Hognose have zero to no aim when it comes to feeding.

I like to use 12" tweezers when I feed all hognose. Hognose have zero to no aim when it comes to feeding.

Ain't that the truth! Plus they like to try and swallow whatever happens to wind up in their mouth when there's food around even if there's a 170 lb human on the other end of that pinky finger :lmao:

Hi all, thanks for the comments :) I only posted this for reference i was the only person to blame :) wasn't the poor girls thought and I'm sure it won't happen again. Deffinatly don't want to put anyone off of these great little guys. They are up there with the balls with me :D

To be honest, I have gotten gartersnake bites that swelled worse than that...
Hog bites are really a non-issue... I still dont use tweezers... LOL

cool series of pics....some people have worse reactions then others...like bee stings etc....I little benydral wouldn't have hurt....

or ice. Ice helps keep the swelling more localized

very cool pics got to watch them they are some sneaky little boogers lol

the old tag 'n chew...
good luck,
ck

my hognose always miss there target buy about 5 inches or more. lol How do they make it in the wild . Hope it turns out ok

If you skip the photo shoot ... it doesn't sting as bad

If no one has seen this, its a pretty interesting step by step account of a Hognose bite with a heck of a swelling by Joe Monahan. To let you know, he let the snake really chew on him. So it was a quick bite and then let go.
http://www.herpnet.net/bite/

http://www.herpnet.net/bite/bite7_S.jpg

Now if you do not know about Herpnet, its a site that is run with the help by Jeff LeClere for Iowa and Minnesota Herps. You can see Jeff in the Herpers movie field herping with Dav Kaufman.