What does a bite from a ball python feel like?

I was just curious as to what ball python bites are like? What they feel like? How bad does it hurt? Do they stirke and release or strike and hold? Will the bite bruise or swell? Stuff like that.

A bite feels like an owey. It depends on the snake and why it bit you. I have startled hatchlings and they bit fast and released, felt like nothing. Little pin prick. I have never been bit by a bigger one. If you smell like foos they may hold on and I imagine that a bps bite would hurt more then. I have had a dig corn and a little king do that and its worse cuase they hold on and press down harder plus you are aware of it more so than a quick bite that is over faster than your pain receptors have a chance to know what happened.

Quick and mostly painless from my little guy. Just once (well, two strikes in a few seconds)

A little blood, no worries. Little guy just got scared.

They're cute even when they're nomming on me. :P

I have been bit by small ones and large ones, and it does not hurt much. It is very quick, so may startle you. From large ones, it also may bleed a little. They have very sharp teeth which puncture the skin easily.

A cat scratch hurts more than a ball python defensive bite. Your poll didn't allow for multiple choice, as I've been bitten by all ages of ball pythons.

I've never been bitten by a BP in feed mode (I make sure not to smell like dinner when I go in their enclosure), so I can't speak on an offensive bite.

I think i told this story here before so i'll make it breif. I held a rat then picked up the snake. (dumb) the 1500g adult male struck towards my belly. the tiny teeth went thru my shirt and one of them lodged in my belly. it scared the crap out of me, but i barely felt it. this is the second time i've been bit. it's been a rough 5 years. lol.

to be more specific, it's more like a scratch. there is sometimes a little blood, but that's from tiny cappilariesbeing broken. i wash with alcohol and keep on going.

snakebytes tv had chewy get but almost every episode when it started. for comedic effect i suppose. see the damage.

I had an adult female in feed mode bite onto the top of my hand and coil around my arm. I tried putting her under warm water to make her let go and it seemed to work. It didn't really hurt much, just like a pinch with a few pricks. :)

No worse than a kitty scratch.

i still have scares on my thumb where why bp bite me... but that was a long time ago when i thought it was cool to feed the f/t to her by hand... :o(

I agree in that it just feels like a pin prick(at least from a juvie). I too was stupid and while trying to get stuck shed off of my girls head I got tagged a couple of times. Really quick strikes and then let go. My husband also got one by her but we think that's because he startled her. She was underneath her hide, that she had pooed on and when he went to lift the hide his finger inside the hide must of either scared her or she mistaked his finger for a pinky! She quickly tagged him and the let go. Neither one of us bled. The site was just a bit tender for about an hour. No swelling or anything like that.