POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?

Yes twice. Once by a 300 gram male and once by a 3500 gram female. The male is a little stinker he tries to bite all the time and the female only bit me because I was trying to ball her up so I can fit her in the bowl to put her on the scale


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My vote has changed. I've been bit twice since I voted. Once by a startled snake who was shedding and once by a really grumpy bp. I think it depends a lot on the snake's temperament.

It was magical. o__o

I was dumb and stuck my hand into Cake's tub to attempt to move his hides out of the way before a feeding, while he was already in feeding mode- and he struck at my hand. I assumed he didn't get me, because it just felt like his tiny teeth just lightly scraped my skin. So I didn't even look at my hand.

A minute later I happen to look, and DANG there are two trickles of blood!

Concluded that BP bites are magical: they literally feel like NOTHING/a little light scrape, but more blood than you would expect comes out running. How weird!

Just experienced my first bite from a new rescue. Poor thing was stressed from improper care but add transport to my house on top of it and...WHAM! It actually took me a few seconds to realize I'd been bit. Barely hurt AT ALL, but yes, unusual amount of blood. :O

I was actually glad I got to "get it over with" and know what it felt like. I will take a ball python bite any day over a cat bite!

Lol. I read somewhere once that the bite bleeds so much is because there are enzymes in their saliva that kind of prevent blood from clotting right away. Thus after a wash the blood flow usually slows down right away. I've personally not been bit but I'm waiting for the day, lol. Thinking about that if it were on a bigger scale it's kind of scary in their adorable little way. However I can't seem to find the information again so I'm not sure how true it is. Might have been a general fact about most species of snakes but it was interesting nonetheless.

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Originally Posted by SekiMoshu

Lol. I read somewhere once that the bite bleeds so much is because there are enzymes in their saliva that kind of prevent blood from clotting right away. Thus after a wash the blood flow usually slows down right away. I've personally not been bit but I'm waiting for the day, lol. Thinking about that if it were on a bigger scale it's kind of scary in their adorable little way. However I can't seem to find the information again so I'm not sure how true it is. Might have been a general fact about most species of snakes but it was interesting nonetheless.

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I heard a similar thing about cars a while back ... A mate of mine was bitten by a cat and her arm swelled up overnight and nearly tripled in size ..she was off work for weeks ..
I'm sure someone told her that there's something in the car bite that temp paralyses rats / birds and has a bad effect when they bite us .. Sounds a bit far fetched though ..

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

I heard a similar thing about cars a while back ... A mate of mine was bitten by a cat and her arm swelled up overnight and nearly tripled in size ..she was off work for weeks ..
I'm sure someone told her that there's something in the car bite that temp paralyses rats / birds and has a bad effect when they bite us .. Sounds a bit far fetched though ..

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Bladdy auto correct !!!
Above CARS should've read CATS !!

Growing up I have had box turtles, leopard geckos, Tokay geckos, golden geckos, ball pythons, Bull snakes(gopher? We just call them Bull snakes around here they are local boys), blue tailed lizards(local), swifts(local), Savannah Monitors, Columbian Red Tails, garter snakes(local), horned lizards(local) and maybe some other few odds and ends I am forgetting from one point or another. Anyways I have really only been bit 3 times by any Reptile. My box turtle got me when I was a kid cause I stuck my finger in his shell to touch his nose what I got was the inside of his beak. My Tokay once almost took off the tip of my right index finger and I still have the scars on that one. Than one time in 3rd grade my teacher Mrs. Letcher had a class Bull snake that I had the special privilege of holding or taking in and out of the cage for the other children since I was the only one in the class who had any Reptile savy and it grazed me one time. Other than that reptiles have never really been big on munching me. I have 7 new balls on Order and I am actually kind of hoping some of them have attitude I think it would be kind of fun and entertaining. I watch that snakebytes TV on YouTube from BHB Reptiles and that Brian guy always has Baby Balls striking at his hands but he always talks with his hands and sits there and waves them in front of their faces which is kind of dumb but its whatever I more get weirded out about him doing this not because he is getting them fired up but because he is always shaking his left hand that is holding the snakes just as vigorously and in unison with his other hand and it seems like he is just shaking the crud out of the little guys.

Finally happened....sort of. Ever since I've gotten back into the hobby I've been weirded out by the idea of getting tagged. I don't do well with things that startle me. I figured I'd just get it over with and let Sally nail me once, on my terms. She's always been one to lash out so I had her out the other day and of course she struck out repeatedly so I gave her a target this time. Not too bad. Felt more like a scrape and only left one small puncture. I can deal with that. Now that the shock is over and I know/remember what to expect I'm not so worried about it. Immersion Therapy in a way. Yeah I could have avoided it, but this way I am more comfortable holding a feisty BP. The ATB I just bought does not worry me at all though and never has. Strange. Maybe it's because I know they're supposed to bite.

Dave

That will probably help you out quite a bit. When you are moving slow and cautiously shaking or timid tends to be something they hone in on most likely as potential prey. Scared rodents kind of shake and move slowly and cautiously and that is usually what gets you bit. When you aren't representing yourself in that fashion they tend to not go into that mode.

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