Ophi's first bite

Hey doesn't that title sound familiar?! Well, I forgot to tell you that Ophi bit me...oh, I think it was last month. I was holding her after just taking her out of her cage. I was about to put her in the "feeding container" when she began holding onto my hand really tight. I said to her, "Hey, what are you doing?" and she bit me on the hand that I was holding her with. Well, she really didn't get a good bite. Think of her mouth open like this < on my hand which was like this |. So like two teeth got me. I think she realized that she really didn't want to eat me, and I put her down in the container. I think she must have been hungry and not thinking straight. Hey I know how she feels. Sometimes I get crazy-hungry too.

So that's three out of the four snakes that have bitten me once. I guess when a person has snakes it is just bound to happen at least once in a while.

Iguanas

Ferdinand has been doing fine lately. No more of this crazy act he was doing before. Both of them are still getting around and eating good. Buddy likes to watch me change the bedding in the mouse cage. He keeps an eye on the mice for me. Brian's grandpa is going to feed them and make sure they're okay while we're gone for Christmas. He has to feed them, make sure they have water, and keep the temperature in the room okay. I have an oil heater that I use, especially at night. With the temperature being in the 50-60's most of the time during the day, I don't have to use it. But it gets cold at night and I can't let the room get below 65. I don't like it to get below 70. I think they'll be okay while I'm gone, but I think I'm already starting to worry about it!