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Pendlehog Contributing Member
Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 73 Location: Lancs
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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Lulu85 wrote: | went to the pet store today and got a chance to hold one of these, was told that the venom was just as potant as a bee sting.
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This is often quoted and I have no idea where that idea comes from... having been stung by a bee and bitten by hognoses there isnt any comparison whatsoever. A hognose bite will not normally react.
I would say somewhere around 15% of people will react to invenomation and considering their delivery system is so awful anyway the % of bites that result in invenomation is very small to begin with.
I believe it is also psychosomatic - lots of people say it "itched a little".. I really think this is because they expected to have some sort of reaction, not because there was any physical stimulus. _________________ -Hannah- |
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goldenburm Captivebred Colonel
Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 2109 Location: Chatteris, Cambs
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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just because someone maybe allergic to bee stings does not mean you will get the same reaction I think the protein structure is completely different in both! _________________ 1.0 striped supersalmon DEAD
0.1 salmon poss TH moonglow DEAD
0.1 Orangasm DH ghost DEAD
1.0 pastel motley DEAD
2.0 sunglows 1.0 LIVING
1.1 pastel het snow 0.1 LIVING
2.2 albino boas DEAD
0.2 albino ara's DEAD
0.4 boa constrictors 0.2 LIVING |
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Lulu85 I've settled in...
Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 44 Location: Stockport, Cheshire
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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goldenburm wrote: | just because someone maybe allergic to bee stings does not mean you will get the same reaction I think the protein structure is completely different in both! |
lol i didn't mean it litterly when i asked if allergic to bee stings lol just the first thing that popped into my head lol
i am so tempted to get a hoggie but there is a major space issue at the mo as all my 'babies' have to go in my room as i am still living with my dad lol
i am guessing the reaction, if there is one, is only minor and not a rush to hosp lol _________________ 1.1 Thamnophis Marcianus Marcianus (albino)-Sissle, Kia
1.1 Thamnophis Sirtalis Tetrataina-Clyde, Bonni
2.1 Boa Constrictor Imperator |
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SiUK Key Member
Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 248 Location: Somerset
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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I know the feeling at the moment im squashed into a 7ft x 6ft bedroom with 9 snakes about 20 tarantulas and some other inverts, not pleasent if one shits luckily my rep room in my garage is almost finished. _________________ Theres nothing right on the left side of my head and nothing left on the right |
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