POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?

I've been bit and a couple of my kids have been bit BUT....this was within the first 6 months of getting him and I didn't know that we were under feeding him a bit. The bites happened either when we were trying to take him out of his home OR when we were trying to put the pinky's in his feeding cage. He would strike at the food and miss, biting their hands.

Now we know better and 2-1/2 years later, we haven't been bit.

We now know what to look for and how to handle him when he is h

I got bit on the eyebrow by a baby spider ball i held it up to get a better look at the markings i swear I saw something cool then bam

Yep! Only once by my then 3 month old Spider boy. It was adorable! Felt like less then a pin prick and he didn't even try to hold on. He's such a sweetheart; it was my fault, reaching in after he had just eaten. He was in a striking position but I didn't take him seriously. Lesson learned because I don't want that from my bigger one!

Once on the nose because I was stupid and put my face too close to hers (she was on my bed and I crouched down to look at her) and I guess she didn't like it. She didn't do more than just bump noses with me, but she technically "struck". The other time she completely missed the rat I was giving her and went right up the tongs and latched onto my finger. all I had to do was lift my hand up a couple times and she eventually let go.

Needless to say I started using the longer tongs when feeding her... :D

I'm pretty sure I may have commented this on this thread already, but every time it gets bumped I am always shocked by the # of keepers that have had these snakes that live 20+ years for less than a year. I'm one of them.

Older keepers are less forum active, let's hope. The alternative isn't a great thought...

I just got bit for the first time this morning! Ha I had a post on it. http://img.tapatalk.com/637e74b3-ac0b-c5c2.jpg


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My year old male gives me little love nips every now and then. It's not a defensive strike or a feeding response, he just kinda puts his mouth on me and chews. I'm hoping he grows out of it.

The only time I've ever been tagged for real was during a feeding the other night. As I was putting my 5 year old female in to her feeding tub she turned and took a swipe at me. Even though I washed it out she could smell the rat my yearling had just eaten in there. I got my hand out of the way in time but she got me in the stomach lol.

cant say i've ever had a ball bite me. i have a baby jungle carpet thats a little on the nippy side and a young red tail thats a little on the mean side.

I just got bit today by one of my females. Was putting her away after feeding day, and she must have smelled the rats on me and latched onto my finger. My balls are very agressive feeders, unlike my female blood which just kinda opens her mouth and expects food to enter.

My bite wasn't out of aggression, but more out of stupidity on my part, and slow reflexes. The first time I switched from mice to rats, I didn't think about how much smarted rats are, and when I went to put the rat in the cage, it ran up my arm. Nefertum (my BP) went after it, and got me, instead.

The only other display of any sort of aggression was when my kitten was getting too curious, and Nefertum decided to tell me it was time to move, by way of a head-butt to my forehead.