POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?

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Originally Posted by Lady mkrj58

Yes my First Ball Bite last night it was a feeding accident and my fault. I tried to help her get her mouse in a better position and Had my left hand to close I had the tongs in my right hand, here is the damage from my very tiny Female Bumblebee.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...230d0d849c.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...41dc3580db.jpg

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Well I hope you learned your lesson.

Have fun at the ER.

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Lesson learned lol

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My bp bites me if I try to handle her after I've moved or changed her enclosure. A couple times.

Never draws blood though, she's just a baby.

Got bit by my ball python, Sissy, about a week after I got her. She pooped on me within 15 minutes or taking her out but kept handling her rafter I cleaned up. Put her on the bed to roam around and then went to touch her head to see what she would do and got tagged. Was standing in front of her and reached for her head and she quickly recoiled and struck. Has not done that since but I also haven't reached toward her head while I wasn't holding her.

He bit me once, but that was when he was younger and I was feeding him live (was working on transitioning him to f/t). He just missed the mouse and got my finger instead. It was like a tiny pinch, barely bled (I bled a LOT more from the mice/rats and they left my finger throbbing for hours...). He has otherwise never tried to strike at me.

Off-topic but still slightly related... I would hate to be bitten by Vigil (Dumeril's Boa), if she ever loses her chill. :please: For the times I have seen her yawn, those fangs are pretty huge compared to my BP's. And she has not stopped growing yet. LOL

Otherwise, still no bites other than when Cake was a couple months old!

my VPI Axanthic het Albino girl tagged me last night during feeding. she's super friendly but a real aggressive eater lol.

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Well...I really wasn't afraid my new bp would bite me...until now! Lol. My boy's corn snake bit me, when he was still a baby, and he gets feisty, and had a little cage aggression for a while, but he's over that now, and never bites. My boyfriend's corn snake has never shown the slightest bit of aggression, and still doesn't even strike her food. She picks it up very gently, then sucks it down in about 5 seconds. I was told the new bp was handled regularly, and I held her before I bought her, and so did my 9 year old twins. She seems like she will do well with us. She's calm, but very curious, and loves to watch us. I'm not worried about her biting me, as much as I worry about her biting the boys. They're so used to our corns, which are sweet as can be, and climb all over us, and sniff at our faces, and go under our shirts. They don't hold the snakes without supervision, but after reading some of these, I'm still a little nervous now. I have been watching videos of angry bps, and trying to really learn their body language. I have already had a talk with the boys about the risk of getting bitten. I always tell them that any animal with a mouth can bite, and even pets that are gentle most of the time can have a bad day. I had read that bps were less likely to strike at you than a corn snake, but this thread makes me wonder if that's true. I'm sure I will worry less once I get to know the new snake better, and have more of an understanding of her behavior. She seems like such a sweet little thing, it's hard to picture her being aggressive. Hopefully, she stays this sweet. Lol

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Originally Posted by ArvadaLanee

I have been watching videos of angry bps, and trying to really learn their body language. I have already had a talk with the boys about the risk of getting bitten. I always tell them that any animal with a mouth can bite, and even pets that are gentle most of the time can have a bad day. I had read that bps were less likely to strike at you than a corn snake, but this thread makes me wonder if that's true. I'm sure I will worry less once I get to know the new snake better, and have more of an understanding of her behavior. She seems like such a sweet little thing, it's hard to picture her being aggressive. Hopefully, she stays this sweet. Lol

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As long as you don't over handle her when she is young, you should not have an issue. Also, as long as you continue to handle her, she will remain mellow.

My oldest male bit me for the first time ever since i've had him. it happened probably about a week and a half ago. (also my first time bit in 12 years)

He had been fasting since winter and finally ate a week prior, well I was checking temps in my enclosures with my temp gun and when I reached into his tank he wacked me. :P

As I would have expected, it startled the crap out of me and I hurt myself about 100% worse pulling my hand out and snagging it in a corner than what he actually did with the bite.

I dont even think it was an actual bite, maybe a strike because he did not latch on, and I only had two itty bitty dots on my hand that didn't even bleed. It was just itchy :rolleyes:

So.. I feed him a fat arse rat and all was well :gj:

I've been a bp owner for two days.

No bites yet! :)

I've had over 40 and not really bit yet, although struck at a few times. I think one bumped me on the back of the head but I don't count that.

Funny story, had one around my neck while at the desk. 6yo son comes up and I feel her tense up (she's on the nervous side). I said, Caleb back up she's going to bite you (without looking). He didn't move and 10 seconds later I felt her jerk and that's exactly what happened. He cried a little but didn't even break the skin and was fine in no time.

I named her "Snapples".

If a snake bites you, do you have to treat it a certain way to avoid salmonella (which all stores say snakes have...)? Or do you just go about it like a regular cut.

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Originally Posted by Moosefriend

If a snake bites you, do you have to treat it a certain way to avoid salmonella (which all stores say snakes have...)? Or do you just go about it like a regular cut.

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lol Moose I think it would fall under the regular animal bite category...most feces have salmonella including that of dogs and cats. Snakes feces carries salmonella and your snake may pass through that bacteria that is why they say to always wash your hands (before and after). No I don't think the salmonella bacteria lives in their mouths but I would still disinfect a snake bite as I would any regular cut or bite. One can never be too safe when it comes to wounds.

Haha, it's just that all pet stores have signs like "do not cuddle your snake" "do not put your snake on *certain objects*" "do not kiss your snake" "wash your hands before and after" "do not eat for 30m after holding a snake". So it always sounded like they're super horrible.

Yet we never, or rarely, wash hands with dogs or cats! :P

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Originally Posted by Moosefriend

Haha, it's just that all pet stores have signs like "do not cuddle your snake" "do not put your snake on *certain objects*" "do not kiss your snake" "wash your hands before and after" "do not eat for 30m after holding a snake". So it always sounded like they're super horrible.

Yet we never, or rarely, wash hands with dogs or cats! :P

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Reptiles can carry salmonella, not good for you, that is why they say not to do those things.. which uh, I don't believe you have a risk of getting from a cat or dog.

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Originally Posted by Fraido

Reptiles can carry salmonella, not good for you, that is why they say not to do those things.. which uh, I don't believe you have a risk of getting from a cat or dog.

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Actually you have more of a risk of salmonella (and various other nasties ) from a mammal bite compared to a reptile.

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Originally Posted by dr del

Actually you have more of a risk of salmonella (and various other nasties ) from a mammal bite compared to a reptile.

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I wasn't really referring to the bite part, just the reasoning behind not cuddling your snake and kissing it and what not, not sure if that changes anything? 😊

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Um, to update my comment above...I've now been a snake owner for 36 days, and Bubbles bit me this morning. She drew blood, too. :(

It took years before a BP nailed me good, but it was a feeding thing (I dropped the rat and stupidly moved to retrieve it with tongs and she struck). Honestly it wasn't bad overall, but getting one of those little needle teeth right in my knuckle resulted in some bruising and swelling. Still far and away the least painful animal bite I've ever had.

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Originally Posted by butterballpython

Um, to update my comment above...I've now been a snake owner for 36 days, and Bubbles bit me this morning. She drew blood, too. :(

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LOL you posted too soon butterball - what was the deal did you startle Bubbles or was it a feeding response?

I get bitten most after feeding my girl is a very mean eater

Lol, i like how this shows up in my feed as just today, i got bit by my first ball python (I've been bit by a boa before). I guess now that Mizuchi (the one who bit me) is in really nice health, shes showing her colours more... her colour as in if shes not fed when she wants, she'll bite the hand that feeds xD

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Originally Posted by Snoopyslim

LOL you posted too soon butterball - what was the deal did you startle Bubbles or was it a feeding response?

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It was neither. She's been feisty ever since I got her, and I was putting her on the scale to weigh her. She acts afraid of me, and an experienced bp person told me to put an old t-shirt in her enclosure so she can get used to my scent and maybe become more accepting of me. She's still striking at me. He also told me to handle her every day until she gets used to it. She tries striking at me every time she's out. My male is super sweet, but she's nervous and not easy to handle.

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Originally Posted by butterballpython

It was neither. She's been feisty ever since I got her, and I was putting her on the scale to weigh her. She acts afraid of me, and an experienced bp person told me to put an old t-shirt in her enclosure so she can get used to my scent and maybe become more accepting of me. She's still striking at me. He also told me to handle her every day until she gets used to it. She tries striking at me every time she's out. My male is super sweet, but she's nervous and not easy to handle.

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That sucks I hope she calms down for you...sounds like you are trying your hardest.

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Originally Posted by Moosefriend

If a snake bites you, do you have to treat it a certain way to avoid salmonella (which all stores say snakes have...)? Or do you just go about it like a regular cut.

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I just wipe it down and apply some sudacreme to the area and forget it .. I did have a Royal Python bite which unbeknown to me left about 10 teeth under the skin which came to the surface about a week later ...


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Not been bit by a BP, but got tagged by my burm

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

I just wipe it down and apply some sudacreme to the area and forget it .. I did have a Royal Python bite which unbeknown to me left about 10 teeth under the skin which came to the surface about a week later ...


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I didn't actually look up what to do if you get bit when it happened to me but my mum read somewhere that mouthwash was food to use because of the alcohol in it. When I got tagged, she dabbed a load on the area.
Turns out it was alcohol free mouthwash :gj:

I have had ball pythons for well over 10 years.. I have never been bit by any of them.. Nor anyone elses.

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I've had my ball python since beginning of August and I have yet to get tagged. I find it weird because he hasn't even struck at me yet. Maybe it's because I feed him every 5 days? I'm not sure, but I want to see what it feels like since this is my first BP and I've never been bit before! :D

I went years before getting my first bite then I got done there times in a month ..

Two baby boas and a young Woma python

Never by a BP, but def by other species.

My kingsnake being the colubrid that he is has bumped me a few times, when I first got him anyways. I don't think he really even bit. It never bled or anything. But never by the ball pythons.


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I've had a few bites off my Albino Royals at feeding time - discussed in the ' albinos and dodgy eyesight ' thread. :)

She snapped at me once, but it was my fault as a new snake owner. I was moving my hand too fast next to her hide while cleaning the substrate, and I felt smoothing sharp hit my finger, and was like "Holy damn! What was that!", and there she was, coiled up under a little bridge type thing right outside of her hide, stalking my hand like a prey item. Needless to say, I move slowly now. Lol

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Got nipped by a hatchling a few times. My leopard was kinda bitey when I first got him. Thankfully, he grew out of it. My cinnamon also got me once, while I was petting her tail. Apparently my hand moved like food. She seemed very apologetic afterward.

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Originally Posted by the_rotten1

Got nipped by a hatchling a few times. My leopard was kinda bitey when I first got him. Thankfully, he grew out of it. My cinnamon also got me once, while I was petting her tail. Apparently my hand moved like food. She seemed very apologetic afterward.

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"Apologetic" lol. I like that.


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Originally Posted by Bamdiggity

She snapped at me once, but it was my fault as a new snake owner. I was moving my hand too fast next to her hide while cleaning the substrate, and I felt smoothing sharp hit my finger, and was like "Holy damn! What was that!", and there she was, coiled up under a little bridge type thing right outside of her hide, stalking my hand like a prey item. Needless to say, I move slowly now. Lol

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Did that the day I got mine too. Except mine just curled into a ball afterwards, if I recall correctly.


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Nope!;)


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I've been tagged:
once by a corn: She was annoyed when I moved her up from 2 smaller prey to one larger prey. She hung out waiting for the second one and when I closed her glass, she did a quick tag and run.

once by a bp who overshot the rat and caught my hand holding the tongs. She released immediately. My fault for bad technique and she was mortified...came right out of her bin and tried to hide along its edge. When I picked her up, she balled up, which she never does, and wouldn't strike for the next two feedings.

twice in a row by the same rosy boa. He bit and released then bit again right away and wouldn't let go. I had to put mouthwash on a q-tip and hold it by his nose. Lesson: don't pick up a hungry rosy boa. Lol

Never been bit by my ball python or boa in the 3 years I've had them. My ball python has never even hissed really. The only thing that does bite me all the time is my crested gecko but that's not a real bite, lol. :laughing:

It almost happened tonight. I was feeding. I pre-scented the area and she went nuts as soon as I opened the tub. She came flying out of her hot hide and nailed the side of the tub. She just shed earlier this morning. She was hungry!! She is usually a pretty aggressive feeder anyways but nothing like she was tonight!

Yeah once, but it was nobody's fault. Over here in the UK we have a really annoying tradition called bonfire night, it's totally stupid. It scared the crap out of my boy and caused him to bite once when an explosion went off. Besides that, no. Luckily my darling is over bonfire night but it took him a couple of weeks to get over it. ( He would be a bit iffy at night, but if I stood outside his tub for a couple of minutes, he'd relax himself and I can take him out for handling - I no longer need to do this. )

Mine is too wobbly to bite someone. Seriously. If you are afraid of being bit, get a spider or something else that wobbles. She couldn't hit her target if her life depended on it. However, she never has tried. My last bp was just a big slug. He laid around and hardly moved. He didn't like being handled because anything that didn't involve sleeping was a major inconvenience to him. I don't think he even had the energy to kill a live rat let alone bite a human.

You want to talk scary bites? My other two snakes, mentioned in my sig, are absolute horrors :colbert:

In the over a year I've owned Zorah, she's never bit me. She struck at the glass once when startled and I moved past quickly, but never during feeding. Not sure if I'm lucky or just overly careful. Always been curious what it feels like.

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I haven't yet. I kinda want it to happen just to get it over with and know what I'm in for.


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I got tagged by my male Royal Dave didn't hurt and I had a nippy hatchling that bit me a few times,Dave didn't mean to he aimed for my hand insteada the food but let go straight away,my Leo bit me once I was holding a wax worm n she caught me think that hurt more than the Royal!


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Well I voted too soon :P lol Valentine welcomed me to the bite club just now.
She shed early morning and was extra hungry definitely due to a misssed feeding while in shed. It did hurt a bit but more startling... their little teeth are like razor sharp fish teeth that hook in. Turned out to be very comical for my boyfriend and I... a few obsecneties later we are all at peace again lol! I just kept thinking to myself don't let her wrap!!! Would have been difficult to pry her off lol needless to o say she gobbled the rat down in a frenzy.

Yes, a nippy little super pastel got me good every time I opened him up for a few months.. little jerk was really handsome though so I let it slide. 😂

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Originally Posted by Calider

Mine is too wobbly to bite someone. Seriously. If you are afraid of being bit, get a spider or something else that wobbles. She couldn't hit her target if her life depended on it. However, she never has tried. My last bp was just a big slug. He laid around and hardly moved. He didn't like being handled because anything that didn't involve sleeping was a major inconvenience to him. I don't think he even had the energy to kill a live rat let alone bite a human.

You want to talk scary bites? My other two snakes, mentioned in my sig, are absolute horrors :colbert:

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Damn tree dwellers will bite without hesitation haha.

I've been tagged by almost all of my snakes. Most of my balls are still young so it's nothing to worry about. My boas have bit me the most though. And the Kenyans, well their bite is laughable.


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