BP biting once in hand?

There needs to be an option for "My BP bit me and so I bit it back in retaliation."

Been bit twice by BPs. Once was in the cage. My pastel was cruising around the day before feeding day and I was in a rush and just reached very quickly in not paying attention. He kindly let me know he didnt appreciate it lol. The other one was a female that I took out and was handling for a few minutes and then she decided to tag me on the arm. She was not calm though. She is very shy and wasnt handled much before I got her. As soon as I picked her I could tell she was tense, wouldnt relax her muscles or wrap around me in a any way so I kind of knew it was coming.

I've received a latch-and-wrap from the same snake two years in a row, both times after picking it up. But it was acting in a weird way when I opened the tank, which in hindsight was obviously feeding response.

Note that it's not MY snake, but it is used to regular handling. Apparently I'm just delicious!

Everyone on here must be really lucky. I have been bit more times than I can count. In the cage, holding it, hungry, not hungry, just relaxing in my hands, annoyed, every way possible. I think I attract the bites though because literally every bp, boa, cornsnake, kingsnake, and milksnake I have ever owned has bitten me at least once.

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Originally Posted by tattlife2001

Everyone on here must be really lucky. I have been bit more times than I can count. In the cage, holding it, hungry, not hungry, just relaxing in my hands, annoyed, every way possible. I think I attract the bites though because literally every bp, boa, cornsnake, kingsnake, and milksnake I have ever owned has bitten me at least once.

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That's totally unlucky!!! :-/

I have 2 ball pythons, one is very tame the other (a rescue) is a little uppity but I have never been tagged by either of them. My australians on the other hand will act calm when in your hands then slowly begin to chew on any exposed skin you might have. They are both handled regularly.. It hasn't made a difference. :p

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I only have one known "biter", though a few others have struck as a food response. The one who is defensive won't strike whoever is holding her, but she will strike out at movement while being held, so we just have to be careful when she's out of her tub.

I found this thread very interesting. I am a new BP mom and am also worried about my kids moving the wrong way and getting nipped. I have a question: If the snake bites 1) does it hurt? 2) how do you get them to release without hurting them?:confusd:

I haven't had one bite and hang on yet. They always seem to figure out that my arm's too big to eat. Did just get tagged by my 1300g male bee a wek ago. He has a super strong feeding response normally though, and was trying to hit the rat I was putting in his tub. Problem is, he's got horrible aim. usually takes 2-3 strikes to get hold of his prey. Then when I went to grab the rat to show it to him again I found he had coiled it with the back half of his body. very silly guy.

My mojave used to be housed next to my BCI and I'm convinced he learned his behavior from her because he is feisty as all get out! :P He is the only BP I have that has struck at me after being picked up, and of all places he just up and struck at my side while I was carrying him. He's a strange little creature. Lots of attitude. But he's always been like that. I think the fact that he was named after the God of War is fitting. Although sometimes I think I should have called him Diablo or something along those lines. All of my other BPs calm right down once they realize food is not in the picture, which is a much more typical reaction.