Ball bite Info

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

I didn't even see it coming and it was over with before I could react.

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Good thing......reacting too fast can make bite worse. I remember being bitten by a carpet python and reacting as it struck....Because I yanked my hand back, I ended up removing several teeth from my hand with tweezers when it would have just been a few little holes.

I bet carpets are way faster than balls though aren't they.
I'm normally goofing off reaching down or reaching under a hide before I get it all the way off the snake..then I get the pinch sting and bleed.

A papercut hurts worse. The startle factor and hurt feelings are worse! LOL

lol ok good to know, my kid bites pretty hard so no worries :)

Another comment here, considering how many of us own ball pythons, how often our hands are in contact with them for handling, cage cleaning, etc., I often wonder what the bite percentage is. We have 13 ball pythons and I've been bitten once so I can say, at least for me, it's incredibly low.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Another comment here, considering how many of us own ball pythons, how often our hands are in contact with them for handling, cage cleaning, etc., I often wonder what the bite percentage is. We have 13 ball pythons and I've been bitten once so I can say, at least for me, it's incredibly low.

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I get bit by one of my girls on a weekly basis. she just will not settle down. Of course shes a genetically banded female so I love her just the same.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Another comment here, considering how many of us own ball pythons, how often our hands are in contact with them for handling, cage cleaning, etc., I often wonder what the bite percentage is. We have 13 ball pythons and I've been bitten once so I can say, at least for me, it's incredibly low.

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I've had balls when I was younger, and now. Maybe a total of 5 or 6 yrs. We have 5 0f them here. Never bitten by them.:) My carpet has made contact once without gloves. My sons' redtail has got me 5 times in as many months.:( My LRT gets me weekly!:mad:

Doctor shot...

Frankykeno...BPs do have fangs...I have seen them was reading that they have 2 fangs and 4 rows of little teeth.

2 on top and two on bottom...they are in inner and outer layer.

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Originally Posted by mricyfire

Doctor shot...

Frankykeno...BPs do have fangs...I have seen them was reading that they have 2 fangs and 4 rows of little teeth.

2 on top and two on bottom...they are in inner and outer layer.

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:colbert:

Fang: Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects its poison.

Besides, all pythons have similar rear-facing teeth without a distinctive pair of larger teeth that may be confused for fangs.

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Originally Posted by xdeus

:colbert:

Fang: Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects its poison.

Besides, all pythons have similar rear-facing teeth without a distinctive pair of larger teeth that may be confused for fangs.

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double :colbert:
i think that the reticulated python has a different bite pattern with two diamond shaped larger teeth set inside the upper recurved teeth which "could" be mistaken for fangs. feel free to correct me if i am wrong but as i understand it, the retic is the only python with these larger diamond shaped "cutting" or "slashing" teeth in their bite pattern. of course i could be full of poop too!
fwiw i just got bit by one angry tree python last night, and while it didnt hurt too badly, the shock factor and the hurt feelings (i know, i am such a baby) were worse by a mile.