bite

From what we experienced with Brannagh biting, the bite didn't really hurt or even leave any major marks and was so fast you barely could follow it with your eyes. The only real damage came when we instinctively pulled back from the bite and dragged her teeth through a layer of skin. Sort of like a bit of a mark and some minor "road rash" lol. When she nailed me slightly through the edge of my gloves it was seriously nothing, I've had worse paper cuts and like I always say....I've been bit far worse by my own kids! LOL

Just wash the area well with hot soapy water, apply some neosporin and you're good to go is all we've ever done. I figure owning snakes you're likely to get bit a time or two (which would be why I'll never personally own a hot).


~~Jo~~

It's nothing. really. (with ball pythons anyway)

I've been bitten a few times by now (My smallest ball python still occasionally thinks everything is going to eat him.) It's a short quick bite and you might bleed a tiny bit.

I've had worse papercuts.

A defensive BP bite is not that bad. It is over before you know what happened, and there are just a few tooth marks that will bleed for a little while.
Now a feeding-response bite; that ain't pretty! My adult male did this to me; it was completely my fault, as I was removing a prekilled rat that he hadn't touched overnight. He must have thought I was dinner, because he bit and coiled around my hand. Then just as fast as that happened, he let go; maybe I didn't taste too good? Of course I reflexively pulled my hand back, pulling him out of the front doors of the cage.
Be alert; don't be complacent around your snake because any of them can get startled by your motion and bite. If you do these things, a bite should never happen :)