Re: How often have you been bitten by your ball python?
I have never been bitten by one I own (only a handful)...but I've been bitten a few times by others, mostly babies. Just a little pinch of sensation...hardly enough to call it "pain"...and a couple little spots of blood. The bite from a burmese was a lot more dramatic and painful. :yes:
Re: How often have you been bitten by your ball python?
By any SINGLE one of them? 1 or 2 times. Hatchlings are the ones that usually get me - although I've had an adult that I startled take a swing at me, and then one day when I was trying to locate where the scent of a dead rat was coming from (actually was not sure at that point if it was a dead snake), I was opening all the tubs in the same order that I feed. Didn't find any dead snakes, nor dead rats in the front room, so I went through them again in the same order as I feed, and a big 'ol girl (who now belongs to Ed) got me with a feeding response. Entirely my fault.
Re: How often have you been bitten by your ball python?
I get bit everytime I get a chance :rolleyes: :rofl:
By my snakes very rare I would say 5 times in the last 4 years by 5 different animals.
Now by snakes that do not belong to me there is about 80% chance that I will get tagged.............what can I say I am a bite magnet.
Re: How often have you been bitten by your ball python?
owning close to 40 since i got into the hobby and currently have 25 i have bit so many times i lost count. These bites only happened during feeding days and with cranky snakes when they were settling in. Put it this way if you own snakes long enough chances are youll be bit more times then u can count on your fingers and toes.
Re: How often have you been bitten by your ball python?
yes was bitten once did'nt hurt to much he's just a little guy though was just moving to fast he got a little defensive
Re: How often have you been bitten by your ball python?
I have yet to get bitten by my baby, but I kind of expect to get bitten from one of my new babies I just picked up. Just got 10 of them so chances are its goign to happen.
Re: How often have you been bitten by your ball python?
got my girl at 5 weeks old so no hatchling aggression and after 10 months not a single bite.
i did get one lunge from within her tank ooooooooooooonce but that was because i was unde rfee dingher
in fact she'son m ykeyboard at the moment which makes i a bit harder to type. :)
Re: How often have you been bitten by your ball python?
I have had my snakes for five months now and I have not been bitten.
Re: How often have you been bitten by your ball python?
I've got 8 and I've had balls for 2 years now. Thus far I've never been bit. Although I have a female that is late dropping eggs and she has been trying really hard to tag me. It's a lot harder to dodge her strikes than the youngster's strikes!
Re: How often have you been bitten by your ball python?
So far only once. I was feeding and wasn't paying attention and a 700ish gram male pastel who was in shed, but still eager to eat, got me in the knee. I didn't even know what happened until I saw the blood and the pattern it was in.
I did however get a new fiesty little het clown female today... I'm sure she'll get me at least once in the near future. :oops:
