POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?

It's been almost 2 years and none, except for that one noob mistake during my first 2 weeks of owning my first BP. (sticking my hand into his tub when I smelled like a mouse on feeding day LOL)

My BEL though is crazy on some feeding days, and will literally flail and throw his teeth left and right when I stick the rat in the tub, sometimes flailing straight out of the tub. He doesn't even look WHERE it is, just flails everywhere as I try to stick the rat in his face, and gets the rat eventually. LOL

Only once, and that was because the poor baby couldn't aim very well yet. (she missed the mouse lol) thankfully she was (and is) still too small for it to be anything more than a surprise.

I've been tagged once, but it was definitely my fault. I reached over the girl's head with a large water bowl and scared the crap out of her.

I can now say once. My girl over the last two weeks has become an aggressive feeder. Other night she missed on first strike and just kept going culminating in my hand getting hit before she found the mouse. Must say wasn't too bad! Lol.

I've been bit by my boy before but it was 100% my fault. I dropped his rat from the forceps I have by accident and was looking at the rat to pick it up instead of him and he tagged me. I didn't even realize it until I pulled my hand out and there was blood all over it in the shape of his little mouth and I'm just like '...You adorable little brat.' It didn't even hurt. Much rather be bit by him than the scratches I get from my cat.

I've been bitten by an adult king, and by garters I would catch in the yard as a kid. Never been bitten by a BP or any of my snakes. I was bitten by the king in the store. I was there to look at her and the other adult male king he had available, she bit me a few times over the course of a few minutes. The male was a Cali, which I wasn't looking for, but figured I'd check him out anyway...I fell in love with him, he came home with me that day and has been an absolute sweetheart since day one.

I've never been bitten, even when I should have been bitten. This girl wanted to hold him, and she puts him around her neck. Hades anchors himself on her armpit and sniffs the air. She starts freaking out when this happens. I had to quickly get him off of her before she hurt him. I also grabbed his head. Something he hissed at but didn't bite at.

Got my second bite today, and the first one by a bp. My little enchi lesser girl got me
It was my fault, I didn't have time to warm the rat up, and I didn't get my feeding tongs so I used some tweezers which are about half the length. Aaanndd I had my hand in the enclosure. She's very fond of her food

She went for my hand instead of the rat, and i didn't have time to react quicker 😂:D

Ive been bit a total of three times by my lemonblast female (5 months) I put her back in her enclosure and moved my hand waaaaay too fast for her so she tagged me once. And she bit me twice on a different day when I was cleaning a wound she got from a mouse bite
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That was the first bite, so tiny and painless, but then again, she is a small snake

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I need to work more with Bean because she's is a jumpy, suspicious tings, but at this point I just take it as a given that she's going to bite me. At least it doesn't hurt!

i noticed the OP, SpaceTurtle's, avatar is a pix of the Figure 8 wall on Sunset in LA. i visited it a few years back myself and scribbled a message on the wall.

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anyway cool forum handle, cool avatar!

Yes

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No details? Geesh.

I've never been bitten but that's not saying much since I only have one ball python and I've had her for a little over 2 weeks. She hasn't tried to strike either. I'm hoping it stays this way!

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Feeding was not really good today

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Yea I got bite once cause i put my hand in when my bp was searching for her mouse, but as soon as she struck my hand she let go. This was around the time i first got her, and i learned my lesson.

14 years, 2 bites and both totaly my own fault.

First was a young black back female who i knew was hungry, had food scent on my fingers when opening her tub and before I could move she attached to my little finger nail lol

2nd was a couple months ago ( so a good 10 year gap between lol ) and my female normal Nyeusi was about to be takne out for a soak in the bath ( she has a really really tough time shedding especially her eyecaps despite her humidity being increased etc ) and because she was partially in blue she whacked me between my thumb and finger xx

A couple times from youngins. Nothing major, more startling than anything.

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I was bit once but it was my fault.
I was getting my snake (Bruce) out from under a hide and one of his scales git caught and ripped up. he only nicked me. i have not had him to long though.
I have been bit by quite a few rat snakes, corn snakes, water snakes, and king snakes multiple times each though lol.:D
All where wild and i was just playing with them for a while.

Mine have never even acted like they were going to bite. And all 3 of mine are 6months old. And they aren't even head shy. I'm sure one will be grumpy one day. But luckily hasn't happened yet.

I have never been bitten, but I have only been around snakes for about 5 months now. My GF has a 9 year old normal male, and I think I would have to bathe in rodents for him to even consider biting me. My young BP took a strike at me when I first got him, but it was my fault. He was in the back corner of the tank in a nervous/defensive position, and I was moving stuff around in his cage. I got to close and he snapped. He does the same thing now every once in a wile, but I always pay attention to him now and I never make quick movements around him when he is in his cage. I only move stuff around when he is hiding.

I never put my hand or arm in FRONT of their heads :)

Still get bit every so often , usually when I get a bit complacent .... just when you expect the expected ....


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Never been bit by a ball,struck at many of times but no actual bites from bps...have had bites from boas,burms,corns and a few other critters.

I have only had my Royal for a couple of months and I got bit. I can't blame the snake though. I had her in glass but couldn't keep the humidity at the right level to I switched her over to a plastic tub on a Monday. I feed her in plastic tubs on Tuesdays. I'm sure that she associates the look and smell of plastic with food, but i didn't realize this at the time. So I went in to temp gun under the cool hide Monday evening and she struck my finger and drew blood. She is pretty small and it didn't hurt at all. The marks were healed by the end of the day. I just remember her confused mannerism when she immediately let go of my finger "You arn't a mouse...". After that I went in a couple of hours later (I know I know, let them settle. But I was making sure I wasn't nervous and was "back on the horse" so to speak). She went right to my hand, slithered up, wrapped around my wrist and rubbed her head against my thumb. I ended up taping the outside walls of the tub so that it looked different from the feeding tub.

I've been struck at defensively by my baby lesser pastel and I've been tagged twice by my four and a half foot lemonblast female. Both times were my own fault, she is extremely food motivated and I smelt of rats the first time and the second time I thought I would be safe reaching into her enclosure to check something without letting her know I wasn't food because she'd just eaten the day before, needless to say she thought my hand was a rat and got me good ��. Even an adult of that size really can't hurt you much though, she is a puppy dog as long as she knows you aren't lunch.

Never been bit, but bumped frequently, now I am methodical about cleaning my hands when in feed mode as it reduces the chances. All my snakes are use too a finger rub to let them now I am about to move them.


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i was initiated into the bite club yesterday by Coffee Bean. i can finally join this thread!!! :D

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i was initiated into the bite club yesterday by Coffee Bean. i can finally join this thread!!! :D

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Oh no! How did it happen? Did you feel it??

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Oh no! How did it happen? Did you feel it??

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you can read about it here in Coffee Bean's progression thread!
and honestly it didn't feel like anything! just a quick poke from her tiny toofs, but it happened so fast it didn't even register in my head until a few seconds after. no pain at all, she startled me more than anything. :)

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Oh no! How did it happen? Did you feel it??

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Originally Posted by tttaylorrr

you can read about it here in Coffee Bean's progression thread!
and honestly it didn't feel like anything! just a quick poke from her tiny toofs, but it happened so fast it didn't even register in my head until a few seconds after. no pain at all, she startled me more than anything. :)

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and here's the mark today
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Definitely needs the paramedics **nods sagely**

It's too late you are already dead!

I just joined the got bit club tonight out of my own stupidity haha. Was having good luck with my other two girls but ignored the fact pitri was hungry and she thought my pinkie finger was food, still love her anyway :)

Been bit by Pascal a handful of times. He is territorial over his cage but once he is out he is a sweetie.

I'm not going to vote 'cause as soon as I do, I know that one of the critters will tag me! lol

Owned 4 (2 male/2 female) normals in the past, not so much as a strike from them in the 3-4 years they were with me (they ended up going with the ex). Fast forward to now, recently picked up a handsome VPI Axanthic Spider male and he's sooo snappy. Only a matter of time til he gets me, but not yet!

Miss Snow is snappy if you don't offer her a paper towel roll first (a little trick I learned from youtube). She understands now that that means that she is going to be picked up and she balls up. She did bite my girlfriend though. She talks while moving her hands and waved them right in front of her face while holding her. She just was like, "oh. I have been bit. Now that I have the first bite out of the way I know what it feels like is not scary at all." I laughed at her. So far been careful to not surprise her.

Never been bit by a bp, but I've been tagged my more than a few hungry kingsnakes and a very pissed off water python... that one left a mark. Lol

Does getting struck twice quickly with a closed mouth count? I didn;t think it did so I voted NO

Got popped by my older Royal last night. She was hungry but dropped the rat. I shoulda just left it there (because she eventually wrapped it from where it fell) but NO! I had to "help her" with the rat. I shooed her away and then tried to retrieve the thawed rat with my tongs. And then, POW! she popped me on the hand. And I knew it was coming to! I had been handling the rats but thought I had washed my hands enough. Nope.

Oh, well. I guess the little needle pricks on my hand mean that I've joined the club. I guess I'll go ahead and vote now. lol

I had a gravid female strike me when it was feeding time. She was off feed, but flew out of her tub like she hadn't ever eaten when I was swapping her water dish to a big bowl.

Hatchlings... need I say more? Everything is bigger than they are so everything is a defensive strike.

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My Lesser male started nuzzling me a few times when he was first given to me. I knew he had a bit of an attitude plus they were maintenance feeding him like once a month or so. Knowing that, I was the only one who had the stones to handle and work with him which is why she gave em to me. Anyway, he nuzzled me which was confusing. So one time he actually opened up and mouthed my hand... Like a bite but no real teeth. Seemed like once he realize I was too big he backed off.
Another time he did the same but actually wrapped my hand up and fanged me as if he was feeding, held onto my forearm for about 10 seconds then let go but still constricted. I just watched em like "Zazu... Whatcha doin buddy?" Lol
Another one I got from her which I'm fostering now for the same reason, when I first went to pick up Zazu I was helping her clean tanks and she told me to watch out for Autumn, the fire killer bee, as she's become a rapid fire snapper. And sure enough, I went in to clean up and BAM she tagged my finger tip real good!
They've both been so much better since I brought them home and worked with them. Maybe environment, maybe the maintenance feeding... I mean ZAZU was 200g at almost 2 yrs old...crazy. But neither have snapped at me since being home in my rack.

Out of all three of my BPs, I've only bit once, and it was mostly my fault. I found Echo in a Craigslist ad ($35 for a 3 year old BP + a 40 gal tank), and the girl I met with told me that she'd been having trouble feeding him. He was on live, and she had tried f/t, but it hadn't worked. And oh yeah! Make sure you put him in a separate tub for feeding time. Sure, sure. I'm not entirely sure what all she was doing, but she said he hadn't eaten in three months or so. He looked real thin when I got him, and when I went to feed him the first time, I think I let the rat cool down somehow, because Echo struck straight at my hand. It surprised us both. He did take the f/t rat and hasn't had any trouble eating since.

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I’ve had a couple of non-contact strikes from babies, but no actual bite. The closest was when my adult normal male was very anxious for dinner and lunged toward me when I was opening the cage door...luckily no contact on that one either.

Got bit a month ago finally LOL!!! My fault...Went in for a quick water change and got tagged. No teeth, no marks kind of tickled.

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That doesn’t look fun!!!


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Years ago I had a baby ball named virtuous...he loved to bite me whenever I'd put my hand in his enclsure.
Whether it was to clean after a shed or feeding. Or trying to socialize with him he'd bite. So adorable though.

Never got tagged yet but, my albino managed to get close. I always joke to my mom that I am unlocking my inner snake wrangler(lol).

I have been taged plenty of times even by ones that never ever bite lol but thats the name of the game when handeling snakes.

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