Re: POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?
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Originally Posted by
SiscoReptiles
I have been bitten by Ball Pythons a couple times over the years. They were my fault. One was worse than the other, to a point where I went to the ER and then was sent to a specialist to make sure there was no permanent damage.
Rick
haha you just provoked my curious side, how do you say something like that and not add great detail? :rofl: so please lets here the ER story :)
Re: POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?
Re: POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?
I read this thread, and it was a yes, went to post my new thread with some questions, and it turned into two times lol.
Re: POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?
I don't doubt I'll get tagged at some point, but honestly I can't see my ball Naga doing it. She's super relaxed and I feel like I'm pretty good at reading snake body language. I also make sure to wash my hands before and after handling dead mice. If she starts to get tense, I back off and go slower, or leave her alone.
I have only had my girl a few days, but I've handled several snakes since I was a kid and I've never been bitten.
*knocks on wood*
Re: POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?
New BP owner here. before I knew better I was handling mine when he was in shed and hungry! No problem with tagging. But this morning 48 hours after a meal I went to take the hide off and pick him up and he came around and gave me a love tap on my left knuckle. :confused:
One little dot of blood. No big deal.
I put him back and I'll try again tomorrow.
Re: POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?
Come to think of it maybe I did the wrong thing and let the nip prevent me from handling him.
What do you all think?
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Originally Posted by
vjb
New BP owner here. before I knew better I was handling mine when he was in shed and hungry! No problem with tagging. But this morning 48 hours after a meal I went to take the hide off and pick him up and he came around and gave me a love tap on my left knuckle. :confused:
One little dot of blood. No big deal.
I put him back and I'll try again tomorrow.
Re: POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?
I am at 50 plus ball pythons, having just completed my first year in this hobby. I find that very few actually bite, maybe less than 10%. But there are a few, that will bite on command. I have one normal female that I dont pick up with out a hook, unless I just feel like showing off the outline of her jaws on my hand that day.
I always grab all snakes from behind the head. Except that once......
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Never under normal circumstances, but once over extraordinary circumstances, haha. I grabbed an escapee very suddenly as she was coming out of the wall of my apartment before she could slip back into her endless labyrinth of walls, haha. I completely startles her and she whacked me a couple times. It was a bloody mess but I didn't even feel it, so no harm done--this was about a year ago.
Cheers,
-Matt
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is it true that if you hold a rat or mice before holding your python you will most likely be bitten ?
i never tried it yet :colbert:
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My new Spider just tagged me last night. Though it was my fault for startling him. He's just a baby though, so I don't blame him. x) Bled like crazy but actually didn't hurt so much as it startled me.
