Is it bad I wanna get bit?

Ok so I don't really but I'm a new owner and I'm really nervous about it. I have been bit by a cat which has alot bigger teeth and I'm not stressed by that. I guess I'm saying I'll be relieved when it happens so I can just get over it. I do everything I can to prevent this behavior by my girl and i would never intentionally cause her to strike but as a realist I know it could happen.

I could help you, i'll loan you the evil queen Allison. I usually get bit by her at least once per cage outing lol. This last one, she was perched on my shoulders and slipped off somehow and fell on the carpet. When I picked her up, I guess she was mad about that and actually slimed my with a dab of musk and then bit my arm as she was climbing back onto me lol. First time she ever musked me, guess it was a way of saying, "don't even let the queen fall again!!" :P

I'll tell you, no need to be nervous... The first time I was tagged, I actually didn't even know. It wasn't until a minute or two later, I happened to look down at my hand, and there were two red dots with a bit of blood coming down. Granted, it was from a little ~4 month old hatchling. :P

And then I've been struck seriously at one other time, and dodged it! And then she latched onto herself instead (but her scales probably protected her). It's not impossible to dodge! LOL

I had my ball python grab my finger after she thought it was a skinny rat and try and drag it into her hide to eat. That actually hurt lol. The only way I got her to let go was I had to pick up with my other hand and dunk her head and my finger in her water bowl. She then let go, looked up at, adjusted her jaw and crawled back into her hide lol. She is alittle over 4'. I've also had my sunglow boa spin around 180 and latch onto the webbing between my thumb and index finger once when I thought "meh, its ok to play with F/T rats and then reach in behind a snake" "No way they can spin around before I can get my hand out of the cage".....yes they can :P That one kind of hurt too.

You can reduce some chances of getting bit if you use tongs to feed your bp, especially if it has a strong feeding response. You don't want to put your fingers into its cage with rat scent on them.

You should go back to the early episodes of Snakebytes TV on YouTube. Chewy gets bit all the time, it will take the fear out of it for ya. You'll actually start laughing when he gets bit LOL.

It's not ever really the bite that startles me, it's more the sudden movement that I'm not expecting. If you've ever caught lizards or skinks in your back yard and been bit by them, I'd actually venture to say that hurts more than being tagged by a baby ball. So does stubbing your toe, knicking yourself with a shaving razor, or bumping your head... in my opinion at least. Though I've never been solidly bitten by anything bigger than an adult Texas rat LOL ;)

Iv'e been bit more times than I can count and I don't like it. This new little girl hasn't bit me yet though. She is as chill as can be. Iv'e never even seen her ball up. I don't like to see vids where people encourage biting. It took me forever to get my better half onboard with getting another snake and the last thing I want her to see is snakes biting people on youtube.

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Originally Posted by Trisnake

It's not ever really the bite that startles me, it's more the sudden movement that I'm not expecting. If you've ever caught lizards or skinks in your back yard and been bit by them, I'd actually venture to say that hurts more than being tagged by a baby ball. So does stubbing your toe, knicking yourself with a shaving razor, or bumping your head... in my opinion at least. Though I've never been solidly bitten by anything bigger than an adult Texas rat LOL ;)

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When I was a kid someone at some reptile shop in San Marcos had a gallon jug with 10 Texas Rat Snake hatchlings and gave them all to me. I had to beg my mom to let me keep them. lol They were sooooo nippy. Those things bit me over and over no matter how much time I put into trying to tame them. I ended up keeping 2 of them until I left home and they bit like crazy the whole time I had them.

I've had so many bites over the years that I've count lost count .

Luckily all young snakes and not too large .

Culprits include a young Boas , young BRBs. , various Kings, a Woma Python and a couple of Royals ( feeding bites) . One of the Royals bit my hand and it just stung a little and was itchy about an hour later .... a week later it was a bit sore and I noticed that some teeth had been left in under the skin and had worked themselves to the surface !


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