POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?

This is what my big girl did to me a couple years ago. She was gravid, and I opened her tub to check on her, and BAM! Right in the pinky (finger). Lol. I've also taken a few colubrid bites on my hands, arms, and face.

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Hey guys I am new so I thought I would jump right in. My ball always went after 2 people. But never anyone else. I don't know if they just had a smell she didn't like. But they were people I didn't like so I was okay with it. :)

A couple times - no lasting damage to me or the dear BP
My boa, however, managed once to pierce both my radial and ulnar nerves with one tag. I had a numb hand for about 4 months that time.


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A ball python bite is rather tame. Wanna know how I got these scars? Well my leopard gecko was becoming a waxworm fiend, and he wanted more waxworms, so I said, "Why so...."

actually a monitor bite is about as bad as you can get IMO outside of venomous bites.

Only once, she mistook my finger for a baby mouse when she was really young. I must be lucky, as mine never hisses or does any of the stuff I've read in this thread.

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Once so far, but it was totally my fault. I was feeding him and my phone rang. I turned to look at it and my hand dropped right as he struck. 'Twas just a scratch, though. He didn't clamp down. I'm just glad he still ate that night.

I got bit about a month ago. I was holding him with my left as i tried with my right hand to get 1 mouse to slide out of the box where several mice were in. He lunged and got my thumb. Right after it happen all i could do was laugh at my stupidity. Holding a snake while you dangle food is the perfect way to get bit.

I never got bit by a ball, but many years ago a friend's anaconda bit me. That one was my fault- had I asked, my friend would have told me he had just shed and was cranky, so dont pick him up. Then the snake was clearly telling me he wanted to get back in his tank but I didn't put him back because I wanted to hold him. He did what he needed to do to make sure I was listening. I apologized to him and he never bit me again. The next snake that bit me was a super aggressive baby red tail I rescued from a pet store. They were poking him with sticks to show how mean he was and how he would strike at everything, so I bought him to get him out of there. They trained him right, he was one mean snake. I finally had to give him away because I couldn't take care of him. He would literally leap out of his cage to bite me every time I opened the top, and would strike at the glass when I walked past.

Let me count the times. Too many times really. Its really cute when the little ones tag me.

My mistake was my hands smelled like rats and i moved too quickly and too close and they were hungry :p not making that mistake again. Not so much because it hurt but because i was more worried about the hatching's getting their teeth stuck in my hand or something.

I've only been bitten once, when I stupidly reached too close during feeding. And he's still young so I didn't even feel it. He immediately detached and hid in a rock for a long while.

Am I the only one who HASN'T been mistakenly bit or snapped at? My BP Dino is my first snake and he's never snapped at me. And trust me, I've given him the opportunity. I almost never wash my hands after handling their food. I'm kinda curious to see what it would take to get bit by him. Obviously a lot. i mean, I would have to handle a warm rat, dangle it in front of him, remove it from his box, and start wiggling my bare fingers at his nose for him to bite me. I'm kinda disappointed. :/

I haven't been bitten yet most my snakes has tried. My spider is out for blood but its just funny seeing a 700g snake be angry, considering when I got my carpet she was around 6.5 and would launch at me just for being in same area as her, but she's never gotten me an has stopped trying. I figure if I can avoid other animals hurting me I can avoid snakes doing it an so far it's worked.. I'm just damn crafty like a ninja or a cat.

Just got bit tonight. Of course, I did wave a mouse over the cage and I got bit after I weighed Kanubis. He was hungry and it was just a strike.

Got snagged by a tooth during feeding once but I don't consider that a bite. One of my Male Mojave's is a jerk and snaps every time I go for him but hasnt got me yet and calms down as soon as I get him out of the cage. My others are all little puppydogs.

I was actually bit when I was handling my new ball python in the store. It was feeding day, and my nice and warm thumb was right in front of his mouth. It surprised me more than anything.

Many time adults and babies even a tooth left in my finger

havent been bit yet. my newest girl came in wendsday and took afew swings at me, and all i was doing was changing her water. Now my pastel is a little angle doesnt even strike at me in feeding mode(and shes a strong feeder)

I haven't been bitten by Ella yet,but my first BP got me a few times.

Ive been bitten two times so far since ive had my bp, ive had him for about 7 months. I feed him in a box, so when hes in that box hes ready to go, and sometimes im not carefull enough when going around the box! Hes a crazy eater but hes such a sweet calm snake otherwise :)

Took my first bite from a ball, and it was really nothing. was a young adult male, and was a feed error on my part. He bit, held and wrapped on my hand. i slowly worked my fingers out of his coil and let him release the bite himself to prevent and teeth damage. The damage to me was very very minimal, and wouldn't of even known he bit me if i didnt see his mouth opened and attached to my finger.

Got my first bite last month after a failed feeding. He hissed then struck me. Hasn't done it since.

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This morning. Haha. First ever bite. I'm in the club!

Bit many times. It's like a scratch. Burns a bit because of the snake's saliva

Been bitten twice by my young bumblebee male Bubo. He bit me once one each of my thumbs and tried to bite my face one day haha it was pretty crazy. But he's as sweet as honey now :) he's the only snake I've been bitten by, all my others have never even tried to strike at me.


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Been bit b4 by my 305g girl. Hurt as bad as an infant kissing my hand.


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Balla, my norm, bit me Sunday night. It was feeding night and she was very hungry

Just received my first bite 5 minutes ago. Feeding the other two snakes and even thought the one that bit me are a big rat two days ago nailed me as soon as I reached in her tub to fix her water dish.

Surprised me (even though she looked like she was ready for action). Didn't really hurt but bled quickly and more than I expected because of so little pain. All in all I am glad I am no longer a virgin.


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I got nailed learning how to pop hatchlings past night lol

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I got nailed learning how to pop hatchlings past night lol

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"Nailed" by a hatchling? Lol. Do you need medical attention?


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"Nailed" by a hatchling? Lol. Do you need medical attention?


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I have a clear complete bottom jaw mark on my right ring finger lol.

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I have a clear complete bottom jaw mark on my right ring finger lol.

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Lol that's funny. I wanna get bit by a hatchling lol


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yes once but it was my fault haha

Yes I have. I was helping at a local pet store and feeding the babies and giving water and one got me on the outside of my hand. Felt like I had just gotten a shot lol. He was that quick. It didn't hurt for long but I still hate needles.

Had my BPs for about two years now but never been bit yet. But like with motorcycles, it's not if it's when.

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Both my son and i have been bit by the same snake. My bite was due to me smelling like rats. My son went towards his head to quick and got nipped. Sense then he makes sure to move slow towards him. Lol

The only time I was bit was when my normal thought my hand was food. I made the mistake of not washing my hands between putting the mouse in the feeding box and taking him out. He held on for about ten minutes but eventually let go. My hand was sore for a week or so but that was a while ago. He's never bitten me again and is a super friendly brat. It was my first snake bite but it probably won't be the last.

Never been bit by any of my 4 bps my pastel baby came close but he missed. I have been tagged my my baby columbian rainbow boa though

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I've had my ball python for six years and have only been bitten once. It was completely my fault. She was about six months old and at the time would only take her f/t rat pups if I made them dance around. Well, I dropped the rat by accident and without thinking, reached in to get it :rolleyes:. So of course I got bit :P. Never made that mistake again.

ya, by a keen female. didn't evan relise it happened till i saw blood. no pain at the time and only a bit of scabbing, looks way worse than it feels

I've been bit once, I was reaching in to pick her up and my gf dropped something on the lid of the cage and startled her, didn't hurt much but there was a pin prick of blood, and she was probably only 400 grams at the Time

It's almost always the babies that do the biting.

I've been keeping balls for about 6 years now and in all that time I can recall being bitten on 3 occasions.

Once was by a young normal ball that was very timid and he nipped my finger as I moved some furniture around his cage.

The other two times was by the same spider ball, and both were feeding response bites where he latched on. He did this once when he was a baby and then again in June 2013.

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I had to pull some teeth out of my hand today. They broke off in my hand from the vicious bites, lol.

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I had to pull some teeth out of my hand today. They broke off in my hand from the vicious bites, lol.

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Yikes! Nice souveniers you have, though! ;)

First BP (rest in peace) tagged my the first time I went to feed him. The mouse climbed on top of his head and was sitting there, clenaing whiskers, so I reached in to shoo it off. Bam! Didn't even feel it until I processed what happened. No bites since, but I now have a little spitfire of a russo that might get in a few more.

Never been bit. Had only one close call. Kinda tempted to get myself bit at my little guys next feeding lol

Mine have never even attempted to bite me. Very lucky. I always keep it in the back of my mind that there's a first time for everything. lol


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ive been bitten four times. all were my fault except for one. three were by hatchlings, which is understandable. the worst one was my big pastel male. hes always been a booger to mess with. i had him out like i always do, and i wasnt paying close enough attention and he tagged me on my inner thigh. no biggie though. i calmly put him away and went on with my buisness. he still strikes every time i hold him, but im more aware now lol.

My girl got me good once, my fault. Kinda scared her not thinking anything of it, came up from behind her head where she couldn't see to pick her up rather than letting her know I was there. She whirled around got my thumb and one of her little teeth went under my thumb nail. Yep it bleed a little. I just simply asked her if my thumb tasted good and looked her mouth over in case my thumb nail happened to cut her, which did not happen.

My Girlfriend has been bit my our Spider Ball once during feeding time (she released right away) and I have almost been bit (she sort of...either missed my finger or decided not to last second. also during feeding time.Shifty