POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?

Darthie just bit me.....again.

I got tagged yesterday by my little mojave girl as I was unboxing her ><

Well, tonight I was ferociously bitten by one of my rats and he gnawed down so deep and for so long that I yelled out in pain. It bled like mad and now 3 hours later, still hurts like you know what..

I've been tagged by BPs. They are nothing. I got nailed pretty good by my Retic once and years ago I was nailed by an 8ft burm that hit me so hard it caused the muscle between my thumb and first finger to swell up huge.

BUT! Out of every snake bite I've ever gotten, I would much rather be bitten by almost ANY non venomous snake than by a rat or any mammal.

Mammals do a lot of damage and it hurts! A snake bite rarely ever hurts, barely bleeds, and unless it's a hit from a large snake like an adult burm, retic, or boa, it does almost no damage.

Retics are different though.. You really don't want to get bitten by one. They have 2 rows top & bottom of unusually jagged teeth and they have a strange habit of chewing. Avoid a Retic bite and you'll be fine ;)

Rat bites hurt. I would much rather get tagged by a ball. I had the lovely experience of getting bitten by one of the male rats last week. Bit me on the tip of my finger and went down to the darn bone. Stupid rat bled for hours too and still hurts.


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Nope have not been but have had a couple of close calls I'll give credit to my reflexes though my pine snake did get me he is a bit faster moving.

I concur on the rat bites. I'd rather be bitten by one of my balls any day of the week than get bit by a rat. Rat bites bleed like crazy and hurt for days.

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Originally Posted by ChicaPiton519

Never been bit,
but boy have i dodged the bullet on that one...
im hoping to get a couple more baby girls this year, so its quite possible that it will happen....

my bite record shows corns, rats, racers, burms[babies], a carpet at a pet shop, rainbow boa[6ft], red tail[baby], and tons of other random things that i have held.... im sure there is more, but yeah... lol but no balls yet =]

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Did the rainbow boa bite hurt? I just bought 2 today and the person I got them from said it can reach the bone.

ive had two, and niether of them ever bit me, but the one i have now has struck twice at me in the 5yrs ive had him. i did come across a really fiesty ball once though at a petco, it was real young and it kept striking the glass over and over at anything that moved, even if you were ten feet away lol, he probably struck at least every 5 seconds for at least a minute straight:twisted:, i really wanted to buy him just for that reason but i didnt have the money:(

I haven't been bit yet, however one of my het albinos almost got me when I was moving him to his new tub. Struck at me twice. But, I understand why he did it. He wasn't settled in, and I prolly irritated him by moving him so soon. So, it was my fault entirely.

I've been bitten by a lot of BPs BUT...this was back when I was working in a place that got in a lot of farmed animals in really poor shape and we got to spend the first few weeks with each batch getting them parasite free and getting them to feed. Bad times.