POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?

yea i got bit the first day i got my first bp it was a day of firsts lol didnt hurt just a baby but he is in shed so understandable

Finally got bite loved it :) lol

lance

I forgot about this thread! Too bad I can't change my vote now, HA!

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I have had my BP for almost 6 months, have not gotten tagged yet. But, I know it will happen. I bet it will happen soon, too. Especially since I'm typing this. I'll probably go home to handle him and I'll be posting pictures on here tomorrow. :P

Two or three years ago, I was handling a BP at a pet store because my mother was in the store next to this one, so I needed to kill time. I set that one down and went to pick another that was in the same cage, but before I could even touch it it tagged me right between my thumb and index finger.

I don't even have a BP yet, but that might explain why I only recently decided to get one or two after getting my corns. :rofl:

I need to change my vote now! I just got a little nip from our Mojo male. Not even enough to worry about a pic.
Anyway...

About an hour after voting no on this, I got bit. Go figure.

I have 4 Ball Pythons right now, and I have yet to be bitten by any. I've had 2 of them for 2 years, and 2 others for a year. I like taking precautions before handling my snakes, to lower my chance of being bitten. It's working so far!

6 years now, not one bite.

Back in the days when I was keeping a lot of different snakes, the only bites I ever got was one from a Carpet Python (he was a rather excitable snake) and one from a Redtail Boa that was in hunting mode.

I had 12 WC BP Babies, that I handled a lot, none of them ever bit me, and all of them started feeding rather easily. Guess I was lucky. I also had a few rescues, again, none of them ever even offered to bite. A few of mine were really curious snakes, not shy at all, but never a bite. I even helped one shed, I had to give another one meds, plus shots...

I had one HUGE rescue female that laid a surprise clutch. I removed her from the eggs and she hissed up a storm. But she didn't bite me either. Neither did the 5 huge hatchlings.

Guess I've been very lucky when it comes to Ball Pythons.

Getting a lil one on Thursday, so we'll see if I just jinxed myself :)

I've only had mine for a few days now and haven't handled her enough to get bit. The previous owner said she was temperamental but I haven't seen it.

I have also handled 2 babies at work. 1 will strike at the other employees, but has never struck at me. The other is just really chill towards everyone. I've only been working with them for about 6 months now. At the zoo we had 2 males that were both around 4 foot. Neither one of them has ever bit anyone and they get handled by several of the staff and during shows they get pet by tons of visitors. I handled those guys for over 2 years.

That said though, I was bit by my brother's corn snake when I was younger, and get tagged repeatedly by king snakes at work (I eventually learned to wear gloves with those guys lol).

get bitten by 2 of mine weekly every time i clean there cages they wait till in my hand then do the old side bite on the forearms as they are crawling around on my arm just glad they are less then year old so they will mello out as they get bigger. use to have an almost 6 foot wild caught female that hated people she use to get me every time i reached in her cage.

No. I have never been bit by my Ball Python. And I have had her since august of last year. But, I have been tagged a few times by my kingsake.

I say you have to go through initiation like a gang member lol... I remember when I wanted a ball python and corn snake. All I could think about was getting bit and thats why I didn't get one until my friend said it doesn't hurt and introduced me to his mean retic. So I got bit took it like a man and hey, here I am with big balls now ;) never looked back...

Been bit by Enzo twice in the past three years, but both times were my fault...I was being lax on feeding proceedures and he was too impatient to differentiate between the rodent and me.

no but came prety close to being bit last week by my baby ball python last week when i went to change her water

Not yet!! I am hoping to never be but I hear it's inevitable if you breed! I have also heard that it is worse in your head and once you get bitten you realize it is no big deal!

got my first real full on adult BP bite yesterday, I did not get my hand out of her feeding encloser fast enough, honest mistake. not sure if she really needed to hold on for as long as she did, she fully wrapped me up and took her time, I eventually gently pryed her off with no real signs of aggression, she just wanted her rat faster then I could get it to her :)

No, never.:D

No, but my son has.

Most of my bites have been my big breeder girls...one in particular is very cranky. Especially when she's gravid...can't even open her tub without a strike.

Never been bitten by a BP. Most of mine are pretty mellow, except this little pewter I aquired recently. I predict he will grow out of it though. We'll see if I have to change my vote in the next couple months. Lol

Never been bit, but i know how to approach even nippy ones and don't let it get to me. Now other species of snakes i've been bit by, but never a Ball Python.

Ive been bit once but I was looking away when It happen, and its almost as if he grazed me. Looked more like a scratch and just bled at the surface.

Im not exactly sure but I dont think its like 2 needle hole bite mark when they do get ya?

I actually got "struck at" by my 100% het pied male yesterday. He is over 1200 grams, was holding him by the tail showing his markers to a freind and ding, he struck me right in the belt haha

ive never been bit but im freaked out by the possibility only because mine is not only my first but he has been held like twice in the last 3 months (previous owner) and hes in a shed ive picked him up to clean the cage when i got him.. i just want him to hurry up and do it lol cus i get really nervous.. but ive held other snakes hundreds of times without any nervousness idk what it is but i want to get it over with cus i at least feel like its inevitable lol

I'm still looking for the button that says 'Hundreds of times'

Ive been bite by a baby ball i had it doesnt really hurt i got bite by a baby blood python getting his food out he "suposably" showed no intrest in. i just picked him up n laugh n acted like nothing happened. it just caught my off guard. What got me leary for a long time was getting tagged by a 8 1/2ft 30-40lb female boa i had caught me on the fingers and that hurt big time. made me mad more than anything but it hurt bad and digging a tooth or 2 out of my fingers. Ive got bite by a 5 1/2 boa that was never handled nailed me 2wice he was unpredictable. but to when you get back you sit back and think on it you learn where you made your mistake at. Im still aware that when my bps hiss at me they could bite and even being hissy i be gentle with them pick them up and after a min or 2 there fine they want to go explore. all times i have been tagged and look back on it was always my fault. My adult boa now when she acts funny and wants her space i give it to her, and handle her later on when shes settled down. There nothing like a dog or cat a snake will put you in check real quick if you over do it. now i take extra precations if im dealing with larger snake thats mood i might wear a light jacket that way i dont get tagged to the full extent.

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I'm still looking for the button that says 'Hundreds of times'

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LOL... I'm sure I'll get to that point eventually! :D When I first voted on this poll, my answer was "not yet" - and now I'm up to 5 bites in 2 years. Only three of those were ball pythons, while the the others were from corn snakes. None of them were anything to write home about, and my cat has done worse damage to me. :cool:

Anyone that has not been bit yet come to my house I've got a new guy named damein that will rock your world lol

sent by two homing pigeons!!

Bit? No. Struck at? Yes, but not by a BP.

Have a RTB and a normal BP that I've had for about 4-6 weeks. They are both 3-4 months old and neither have struck at me, yet.

On the other hand, I did catch a southern black racer outside my house and that was one angry little dude constantly striking defensively.

My ball python is super mellow and has never once showed any signs of aggression.

My brazilian rainbow boa, however, strikes at me every chance she gets. She actually tried to wrap and swallow my thumb once. :rofl:

I just wanted to edit my last post.

I must have cursed myself.

My ball has suddenly become evil, and developed an extreme hatred for my right hand.

I've been struck at by mine (after handling mice, it was my own fault), but he's got horrible, horrible aim and he only scraped me with one tooth. I don't consider that a bite...so I said no.

I was holding one of my babies showing a freind what I produced. He was just chilling in my hand wrapping around it wandering so I wasn't realy paying attention and just talking to my friend. all of a suddon I feel something on my index finger and see a the ball has wrapped his entire mouth ( I'm 6 foot 3 and it was a 65 gram ball ) around my finger and was just hanging there. didn't hurt was funnier then hell to tell you the truth. this 65 gram ball only attached by his bite around my finger, the rest of him hanging completely!! :rolleye2::rolleye2:

Yes I’ve been bit by baby ball pythons, but never by adults.

My normal BP has never bit me or even lashed out at me, but I've only had him for like 2 weeks... I've had two garters and neither of them ever lashed out or bit, although one did musk me once... I did have a female normal BP at a reptile store attempt to strike me but she ended up just smashing her head against my hand (her teeth never grazed my skin) lol... In a way, I just want it to happen already so I can get over my fears... I've seen other people get bit by snakes (not BP's per se) and even though they say it's not painful, I find it frightening :O I think it'd be best if I just knew what to expect...

WHERES THE HELL YEA SECTION AT IN THA POLL LMAO:rofl::8:

Only once, because of a silly mistake.

My spider bp has struck at me two times so far and i have only had him for a week. Everytime i go to fix something in the tub he doesnt like me there.

i got bit for the first time a month or so ago.
i had just fed her and i was watching her as i always do. and i noticed there was a strand of MY hair sticking out the corner of her mouth. So i didnt know if its ok for her to eat my hair...u kno being dyed and all...so i stuck my hand in there thinkin to pull the hair out of her mouth. she had just finished her meal. she gave me a quick nip an then immediately hid in her hidey place. LOL i was more startled than anything else it hardly hurt but maybe thats cus shes still little ;)

Yes I have, No it doesn't hurt. Its more of a mind thing. You've seen it on TV and movies because thats what they like to show so in a sence your mind has been programmed to think its going to hurt / kill you...lol

Once you over come it in your head that no matter what you will be just fine, you just won the whole battle;) It does take awhile though to except strikes and not to jerk back.

Yes but only 1 time but it dose not hurt much. lol Actually this is a spider bite infected. http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...on3/spider.jpg

Wow! I don't know whether to call that wicked or gross lol. Both?

A quick tip... Don't get complacent and let the grouchy ones get too close to your face. One of my 300g pied males just nailed me right in the eye! lol...

I think my eyeball itself only caught one or two teeth, but my eyelid was oozing quite a bit and is still swollen from blood.



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A quick tip... Don't get complacent and let the grouchy ones get too close to your face. One of my 300g pied males just nailed me right in the eye! lol...

I think my eyeball itself only caught one or two teeth, but my eyelid was oozing quite a bit and is still swollen from blood.


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OUCH!!!!!!!!

I've been bitten on the nose by a texas rat but on the eye? DO NOT WANT. :colbert:


dr del

NEVER a Bp... but both of my other species have bit me at least once :)

I had my first snake bite from a baby ball python....I was terrified of getting bit before it happened, but once it did happen it was actually really cute when the little guy got me....lol

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Yes I have, No it doesn't hurt. Its more of a mind thing. You've seen it on TV and movies because thats what they like to show so in a sence your mind has been programmed to think its going to hurt / kill you...lol

Once you over come it in your head that no matter what you will be just fine, you just won the whole battle;) It does take awhile though to except strikes and not to jerk back.

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This is so true....snakes are so tabo in our culture that most people...including myself in the past....are terrified of being bit by a snake....but once you finally get bit and find that it doesn't hurt you relize its nothing....just part of the hobby

Both times I got bit were totally my fault. I was messing around with some mice and forgot to wash my hands before trying to take Isabelle out of her cage (back when I was 16 or so). The most recent one happened last week actually. I made the mistake of going into Prehistoric Pets the day all the babies were being fed.

One thing I do have to say here though, when a ball python bites, you can't even really feel it. All you really feel is the force of the strike (the snake launching it's face into whatever it has access to). The teeth are so tiny that you don't even feel them! Especially with the babies. It took blood coming out of the bite wound for me to actually register that I had been bit. LOL

One of the cutest things I have seen with a biting snake is a baby Garter by my parents farm. My nephew found the little baby and it coiled up and went into strike mode. It started striking when my nephew put his hand close to him. My nephew was terrified of snakes for months haha. He got over it now, because he understands that the little guy was just super scared. He has held my corn and loves his mom and dads ball python, Moby :)