What happens if you get bitten by a corn snake?

Question

I know that they're not poisonous. But does it hurt? Will your finger bleed if the snake gives you a powerful bite? I want to get a corn snake but my mom won't let me bcause she thinks they'll bite me to death. o_o

Can they eat frozen pinkies? The baby corn snakes?

How do I convince my mom to get a snake? She also thinks that they're bad luck

Answer 1

UUUM, if it's a baby, it won't hurt more than a pinprick. Probably not at all. Corns have very small teeth, especially as babies. If it's an adult, it might hurt (at the most) like getting a vaccination, but only if the vaccination in question is not one of the ones that hurts a lot. I doubt you'd even bleed!
But that most likely won't be an issue. Corns almost never bite. Sometimes you get a "feisty" corn that'll strike at you, but they usually settle down once they get used to you and their new environment. You have to REEALY bug a corn to get him/her to bite. I've never been bitten, even though I hand feed (they sometimes miss the mouse and bite the hand when you hand feed). And even when my corn gets mad at me (like when I check her nostrils, she hates that), she just gives me dirty looks rather than biting me.
My corn has always eaten frozen mice, but you have to thaw them first! (Start out with one pink a week. When the snake seems less satisfied with one pink, and the bump in the snake's stomach seems smaller, then you can go to two pinks a week. Keep moving up the number of pinks until the snake is ready for fuzzies, then start one fuzzy at a time until the snake is used to the bigger meal.) It really depends on the snake. Most will eat f/t very willingly, but a few demand live. Which is not good for the faint of heart, cause the live mice will scream/cry when the snake eats them. So before you get one, make sure that he/she eats f/t so that you won't have to deal with screaming mice! And f/t prey won't bite back and hurt your snake. That's why I feed f/t...both the screaming mice issue and the biting back issue.

As to snakes being bad luck, they aren't. I know one lady with forty snakes, and nothing horrible has happened to her yet (knock on wood). She has some health problems, but those were going on before the snakes came into her life. I haven't had any changes for the worse since I got my corn. She's actually improved my life--I'm the type of person who needs something to nurture, otherwise I sing to the houseplants! And my little scaly girl has filled that need.
If your mom uses the Eden argument against snakes, tell her that most clergy will tell you that it wasn't a real snake that tempted Eve, but Satan in the form of a snake (or possessing the snake, depends on who you ask). If she says snakes are evil b/c of the Bible, then she'd also have to say that pigs are evil, cause Jesus drove the demons into the herd of pigs. EVEN IF it was the snake's fault, we don't need to punish snakes b/c God already punished the snake (who was more likely Satan in snake form or possessing a snake) for his role in the downfall from Eden.

Answer 2

Picture Of A Corn Snake

Answer 3

It wouldn't hurt any worse then being bit by a cat, and a lot less painful then being bit by a dog. Either way, if you're careful you probably won't get bit.
Most people feed prekilled now as a more humane option. Especially when your snake gets bigger and needs larger mice, you'll wish that you had kept it eating prekilled. A mouse or rat can potentially fight back and injure your snake too.
Just make sure if you're feeding frozen that you let it thaw out completely in a bowl of warm water before feeding it. If it's still frozen in the middle, your snake will regurgitate it. A baby corn snake will pretty much just eat pinkies..

My parents are pretty closed-minded and are upset that I want to keep snakes and tarantulas in my own home. It's hard to get past the stereotype. Just make sure your mom understands how big a corn snake gets, you know, that it's not going to grow huge and eat children. If she's grossed out by the pinkie mice, you can try pointing out that it's not much different from what you feed the cat or dog.. Maybe you can get her to look at one in a pet shop and talk to someone there that knows what they're talking about.

Here's a great article written for parents of children that want a reptile as a pet.. It's written for people like your mom that are creeped out by them..
http://www.exoticpetvet.net/reptile/children.html

Answer 4

Move in slowly when you get him out. Wear a glove so that it blocks the heat from your hand and he doesn't see it as a predator. And only take him out once every couple days for about 30 minutes. Do the snakes have adequate places to hide ( at least one per snake)? Are the snakes getting proper lighting intervals ( roughly 12 hours on 12 hours off )? Does it have proper amounts of water? It should have a water bowl large enough for it to curl up and soak in. Is it in a high traffic area of your house? This can stress the snakes out also. If so, try draping a bed sheet or towel over the tank so that it doesn't see every movement you make. House your snakes separately. Not only will it keep stress down, there will be no chance of one eating another, intentionally or unintentionally. It doesn't have to be fancy, buy a Steralite container for four bucks and stick a heating pad on the bottom, Bam! instant snake cage! Also, in response to the answer above, there is absolutely no reason to feed your snake in a different enclosure than the one it lives in, unless you have multiple snakes in the same cage. If you only come in contact with the snake when feeding it, it will become aggressive. This will happen whether or not you feed it in the same cage or not. As long as you handle it on a regular basis (except for right after feeding, naturally) it will NOT become an aggressive snake. I've fed my snakes in the same container for more than seven years and have never had a problem from it. Make life a little bit easier for you and your snake and feed it in the same enclosure ;)

Answer 5

Even an adult corn snake can't do much damage- a cat or dog bite is much more serious than a corn snake bite. It wouldn't be likely to even draw blood. And they rarely bite, they are a very friendly and docile species of snake. Baby corns can barely bite at all, the last time I got bit by one I didn't even know it until I looked down and saw he was latched onto my thumb.

Baby corns can eat frozen pinkies (well, you do have to thaw them back out first) and adults can eat large frozen mice. They do not need live food.

Answer 6

Corn Snake Bite

Answer 7

I've never been bitten by a corn. They just aren't really biters. I have been bitten by milks though, and yes they bleed a little. Doesn't really hurt. Feels like if you took a fine toothed comb and pushed down a little. Their teeth are so tiny, they can't really do much harm other than give you a bacterial infection. If you get bitten, scrub it really well and use some antiseptic just like any other wound. They eat THAWED frozen pinkies as babies and progress to adult mice. Maybe you could wait until you're moved out to buy a snake? Then she has no say! lol.

Answer 8

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Sometimes snakes just get moody. That's all there is to it. It's probably nothing you did wrong. I've had even the most docile snakes strike out of the blue for no apparent reason. Something freaked it out and it used it's only means of self defense. I wouldn't worry too much about it unless it starts happening regularly. It sounds like you are taking good care of your snake. Good luck!

Answer 9

Poison, of course, is not a concern with a corn snake. Snakes do, however, carry bacteria in their mouths that can give you a pretty serious infection if bitten. Be sure you clean the area well. Some snakes will eat frozen food or killed fresh food, but some will not. It all depends on the individual snake. I agree that frozen food is much more humane than live food. The truth of the matter, though, is that snakes just do not make good pets. They are never affectionate, attached to you, or love you. And they do eat other animals, no way around that. You have to have mom's permission as long as you live under her roof, so talk to her about what she might go along with you having-perhaps a lizard or frog if you are set on a reptile.

Answer 10

They will eat frozen, thawed pinkies, larger ones will eat fuzzy mice. If one does bite you, and I speak from experience, it feels a lot like getting scratched by a thorn bush. Most cultures view snakes as signs of wisdom and healing. Think back, if you look at the emblem on a lot of doctors and pharmacist's signs, there's a snake on them