big ball bite... yes, there's blood here...

:O Oh man sorry you got tagged! Ouch under the nail.

Argh!! Man, that is a nice one.
My female, Ginger, did that to me a few months back. My fiance had to gently pry her off of my thumb; it was literally turning blue in front of my eyes. It was swollen for a few weeks.
This should be a reminder that, while BPs are generally not biters and everyone does not get bitten by every one every day, they are animals and CAN get you!

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Originally Posted by Blake_Herman

first the face, and now my hand? makes me wonder... :D jk

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That is exactly what happened to me...was hold him couple weeks after I got him and for no apparent reason he got me like 10 millimeters from my right eye...was bleeding and all...and then recently he bit me on the finger very gently though...but that was my fault...dont mess with them when feeding :D

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Originally Posted by Blake_Herman

sorry, wouldn't let me edit and just add it onto the last post...

the only other time something like this happened and a snake bit and coiled me, was about a year and half ago... I was getting ready to feed my olive python (8-9 ft.) and I was getting ready to wash up and get her out (so I still smelled like rats, and I knew it), but to my surprise she actually came after me from like 6 ft away... She moved so fast and managed to bite my hand and coil around it... For those of you who haven't experienced a big snake bite and constrict, I hope you never do, but it's hard to explain the pain when they constrict their own head around you (so yeah, that means pushing those BIG teeth in you as hard as they can)... I wouldn't have had a chance of getting her off by myself, but when I'm working with the larger ones, I'm not alone. So lindsey managed to uncoil her and I had to remove her from my hand (she was hungry!)... but that was an experience! one that I don't ever want to repeat again... :colbert: :8:

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A bad experience Blake but lucky for you that you do follow safe and sane larger snake handling procedures by having Lindsey there with you. That's a good bit of advice for our members to pay attention to. :)

very true, it's just a MUST with the large ones... :sweeet: and really not a bad idea when feeding the smaller ones, it would have been nicer if I wasn't by myself last night...

OwOwOw!

And I agree with Sarah, learn some Yoga so you can dial the phone with your toes and give me a ring. I can rush over and take pics of the battle wounds! LOL!

It's ALWAYS the sweet-sounding ones that are the worst. Cats named Buttons and Cuddles, and snakes named Petunia, hehe.