POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?

Mostly get bitten by the babies.

I've got a couple of nasty/nervous ball pythons. I get bitten often enough that it's not worth counting.

I have one nervous juvie, and a baby who is flat out mean, mean, mean.

Not yet, but counting the days until it happens. My fire is just that, a fiery ball of mess...ha

I've never been bitten by a ball before. Once when I was really little I was bitten by my corn snake. He was a very docile little guy and it was my fault. I brought him in for show n tell (kindergarten) so I had him at school all day then when I got home I tried to get him out again. Now the female butter bee I have is very pissy and will strike if she sees movement. She has only been this way since she got out of her tank and met my dog a couple months ago. Neither one was harmed during this meeting but ever since she has been defensive. I only where gloves when I need to pick her up . If I'm just spot cleaning or doing something to her enclosure I use bare hands so she gets used to seeing them in there. The worst I've seen her was when I had get her out to clean her cage while she was in preshed. She struck at me numerous times and even struck herself. Since then however she hasn't struck at me once.

I let them all know that I bite back,and that scares the bejeebus out of them,so they don't chance it!;)

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Originally Posted by GerianAmoure

Never, I've had my fella about 10 years now and if anything he protects his momma... He has only bitten 2 ppl in those 10 years... Go figure... Both ex boyfriends ;)

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That's quite hilarious I must say.


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I have not been bit yet but only had her for about 2 months. My 9 year old son however has, while we were at the pet store deciding which bp to bring home with us he decided he wanted to see one of the youngest ones they had.. it did not want to see him lol. Poor kid was not impressed but he told me it did not really hurt just scared him. Coming from a 9 year old it took away some of my fear.

Got my first bite. My new baby got me from her hide when I was cleaning the cage. Kinda anti-climatic actually. Was expecting more pain. It did not even bleed, maybe she did not get a good hold.. Anyway, I'm glad I have the first bite out of the way!! Not near as bad as I was expecting it to be !! If you're gonna play with fire, you're gonna get burnt!!

hello everybody,
i am new member :)
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i think being bitten by your bp is the best thing that can happen to you. the fear of being bitten is much worse than the bite itself. so once you have had one, you realise you have nothing to worry about.

on the other hand, a friend of mine was bitten by an adult burmese a few weeks ago and that did come up nasty. he was looking after it at his shop for someone on holiday and had been promised it was puppy dog tame...lol

My son took a bite from our ball python once. He tried to bite me several times but missed or forgot to open his mouth

I got tagged by my tiny albino tonight. I dropped her rat (dang RA/Lupus hands) who was doing the zombie dance. She's in blue so I wasn't sure she would eat but decided to offer as she came out when I started blow drying feeders. I just didn't think and tried to pick it back up. Bam[emoji298]️got me. No blood or pain just a scratch lol, so I don't know if that counts!


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Ironically enough, I've not been bit yet. Knock on wood. I've been struck at, again not an often thing. My BP is a sweetie.

*raises hand* I've been tagged. Only once though.

If you breed and/or are around many babies you are basically destined to get bit.
babies rarely bring blood and adults just brings a little. So either way it's no biggy.
However 11 ft burmese pythons or retics are a totally different story.

I think the BP description is confusing some . Ball or Burmese pythons ? Over here in the UK we call Balls them Royals which sounds better anyways.

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I think the BP description is confusing some . Ball or Burmese pythons ? Over here in the UK we call Balls them Royals which sounds better anyways.

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BP means ball python, I'm also from the UK. Many people in the UK call them royals, once I was in a reptile shop and asked
guy there how many Balls he had.. I'm guessing by his reaction that he only knew them as royal pythons...
:confusd::D

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

BP means ball python, I'm also from the UK. Many people in the UK call them royals, once I was in a reptile shop and asked
guy there how many Balls he had.. I'm guessing by his reaction that he only knew them as royal pythons...
:confusd::D

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I only said it in case the guy above me wondered if we we were talking about Burmese ;)

I hate the term Ball Pythons especially as its nowhere near as nice as Royal Pythons .
Thank god they don't call Corn snakes " Rope snakes " or Hognoses " Squashed heads " ...

I have had mine for 5 years it bit me once when he was about 8 months while I was trying to feed him

I joined the club tonight. I got bit by a juvenile snake so it was more surprising than anything.


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Boa, not a bp. Does it still count lol?

Bites aren't a big deal, it's part of the fun lol

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Boa, not a bp. Does it still count lol?

Bites aren't a big deal, it's part of the fun lol

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It may be allowed ;)

BP could be Burmese python so why not a Boa :)

That's why I prefer to call them Royals !

i was bitten once by a baby honeybee i was checking out at an expo

it didn't hurt, but it did surprise me, as that was the first time i had ever been bit by one, and i had owned a BP for six years



i bought a baby silver streak a few months ago that struck at everything that moved, but she never connected

she has since grown out of that :gj:

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Originally Posted by se7en

i was bitten once by a baby honeybee i was checking out at an expo

it didn't hurt, but it did surprise me, as that was the first time i had ever been bit by one, and i had owned a BP for six years



i bought a baby silver streak a few months ago that struck at everything that moved, but she never connected

she has since grown out of that :gj:

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My baby GHI didn't eat the first 2 months I had her but she would strike at anything that got close. When I opened her cage to clean/refill water she'd have the most evil look in her eyes and was always coiled, ready to strike. Once she started eating she became a sweetheart. Hasn't missed a meal since or shown any more signs of aggression.

My mother of my kids works at a pet store and out of all the snakes she is afraid of ball pythons!and she deals with a lot of them over her 6+ years there. The only snake to ever strike her working with them all the time and I'd say the least likely to strike. but go figure.

2100g female's feeder response. I thought she don't want the rat, aaaand I was wrong :rolleyes: Next time I'll search the forceps ;)

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Ouch!!:O :P

Never been bitten.... Yet. Lol


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Originally Posted by spaceturtle

Simple quesiton. Have you ever been bit by a captive ball python?

I'm just curious how often it is. I see people talking about it on these forums but I've never seen it happen in person. My sister in law has had one for over 10 years and it's been handled by dozens of people without ever biting a single person.

I just got me a young fella and he hasn't tried to bite me yet.

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I was bitten once about one year ago by a juvenile normal 0.1 that I had purchased from Petsmart. The thing was that I agitated her while I was repeatedly trying to sex her when I first purchased her. I was using the "popping method" and I know it was because she had had enough. Totally my fault. :(

No but last night after I moved his home to check his uth (he was out of his hide) and put it back he like attacked at the glass (missed it) aimed where I was so I got him out an he was cool just wanted out of his enclosure. Really really loves being out. I'm going to upgrade his enclosure soon.

I'd rather take a ball python bite over a hamster bite any day.....

Yeah when I got my spider I thought she was gonna bite me, she got out of the tub she was shipped in and was all S up when I opened the box. But no hasn't bite me yet and I had her for 8 months so far and I just got a butter ball haven't been bite by him yet either. I know it's gonna happen, it's just the waiting that sucks lol. But when it happens it'll happened, I guess.

Hamster bites are AWFUL.


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My double het bit my nose a couple months ago :)

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No, but I have had mine for less than a year. A few months now. He has only hissed once when I opened his RUB to get him into his vivarium at my house.

My girl's got me twice, both times I smelled like mouse, and she let go as soon as she realized i wasn't the mouse. Though all in all, I usually only get bit by baby snakes. The adults don't seem to care about me one way or the other.

Only been struck at once, when trying to get my BP out of his feeding box after he wouldn't eat a F/T mouse. He used to hiss a lot, too, but he hasn't done that in a while.

One time my normal bit my head cause he got stuck in my hair

I've been lucky enough never to have made contact with the business end of any of my BPS or snakes. I've definitely have had a few try. Just last night one of my smaller BP was watching me feed as I worked my way to her bin I knew she knew a meal was coming. Her bin sits at about eye level to me and as soon as I opened her bin she came right for my face. It was the closest I've come to being bit. For now, I'm still a little faster I guess. Lol. But I know one of these days it's bound to happen.
I'm expecting the bit won't hurt too much. I've had large lizards get a hold of me and it wasn't too bad. For those who have been bit how would you rate the bite?

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Originally Posted by Craigaria

My double het bit my nose a couple months ago :)

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This one is funny, I laughed.


I've been bit once by my bp's, it was a baby OG, so it was defensive not hunger.

Never been bit, but have only had my girl for a month.

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Originally Posted by Craigaria

My double het bit my nose a couple months ago :)

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I gotta ask for the story. My girl climbs my hair/glasses alot and husband thinks she'll bite my face sometime.

The ones at work snap at me occasionally and I've been tagged by the two girls at home. Got one occurrence on video ;)

1.2 Normal
1.1 Red-tail
0.1 Albino corn

My pastel is funny about food. Sometimes she strikes sometimes she doesn't eat, but what's weird is when she slowly opens her mouth and bites the food. One time while feeding she didn't even go for the food and just slowly bit my finger.


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I've had my current BP for 7 months and have not even been hissed at. He is very mellow (always was) and I can do whatever I want to him and he doesn't really do anything and just lets me lol. I've had normals, pastels, mojos, lessers, and ghosts years back and never was bit by them, one or two just hissed here and there if I spooked them. I have been bit my corns, kings, milks, and a boa before. My ball pythons have been the "most tame" thus far :snake:

Well mine struck at me for the first time last night. I think it was my fault though as it was feeding time and I placed the rat in his tank and then went to open the lid a little wider and when my hand went back in the tank a bit he lunged for it so I chalk it up to my hand moving and smelling like a rat or at least I hope so....

When I worked at a pet store we got a very scared baby ball python. This little guy would strike at anything moved by the enclosure so we started covering it up during the day to give him some peace and quiet. With a little gentle handling here and there he slowly warmed up to us and we were able to hand tame him. I've never met an aggressive ball python. I find they're either scared or just irritable because they're being bothered. I never write any animal off as "aggressive" until I have all of the facts about them and have ruled out any outside factors.

I have been striked at but never bitten and the strikes were on feeding day.

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Originally Posted by midgard

I have been striked at but never bitten and the strikes were on feeding day.

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Same .

I'm convinced that Albino Royals have impaired vision judging by their accuracy in striking at DEAD rodents...

Nope


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Only once and that was my own stupidity... put my hand in there smelling like the rat I was thawing out... never made that mistake again!