POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?

I've never even seen my ball strike without rat smell in the room

i have never been bit but have been struck on more than one occasion. My male pastel when i brought him home wasn't the biggest fan of me. i know at some point that it will happen though.

I got bit by a baby corn snake (which is why i hate them), but baby corns are snappy little sobs, full grown adults are even sketchy, i dont trust any corn lol.

I need to change my vote lol got my first bite tonight! I attempted to feed my new little mojave for the first time. He was more interested in striking things than eating. Little bugger got me on the wrist and drew some blood. It didn't hurt but it shocked the heck outta me! He ate for me though! :P

I've been bitten once, and the strike was much worse than the bite. It just scares the crap out of you lol but once you calm down you realize it wasn't that bad. And I can say for most people and myself (not all) that it was the persons fault for getting bit. :) lol

Fang has not tried to bite me or my son yet. I think he has got to be one cool BP because he always acts chill even with the stress of me trying to get rid of his mites. I dont know me and my sons snake just click in a good way:cool:

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Originally Posted by Focal X

I've never been bit by an adult snake. Never. Hatchling balls and BRB's have but never anything else for some reason. The closest I ever came to getting bit was by my burmese. I threw the rat in and he grabbed the enclosure lid and didn't go in. I reached for the rat, grabbed it, and the second I pulled away, the retic struck :O

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So was it a Burmese or Retic???

Been bit by many a snake but never by a ball python. Too quick for em!5

I got popped by my baby BP. It was entirely my fault however. I was trying to relocate a fuzzy in his feeding tank. Guess he was already locked onto it! Didn't even feel it http://i810.photobucket.com/albums/z...g/97d64d14.jpg

Got tagged today by the Lesser during feeding time, my first BP tag, though I've been struck at by other species. Naughty boy was feeling adventurous!

Either way, barely felt it and there was only a tiny drop of blood...

It's usually the juveniles. No worse than a paper cut or when a kitten grabs a hold of your finger.

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Originally Posted by drama x

I got bit by a baby corn snake (which is why i hate them), but baby corns are snappy little sobs, full grown adults are even sketchy, i dont trust any corn lol.

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My corn would bite me all the time as a baby, too bad my daughter with two teeth can bite harder so who cares, And my normal BP hit me the other day during feeding. Lesson of the day longer tongs! :)

I dont use tongs. I use tweezers to pick the teeth out lol.

My juvenille male bp has been a little bitey lately. He hasn't drawn any blood or anything and the bites aren't a feeding response or defensive or aggressive strikes. Infact they aren't even strikes, when I'm holding him and he slithers up my arm he tries to bite my right bicep. Its always the same spot and this just started recently. Can anybody think of a reason why he might be doing this?

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Originally Posted by Robonarc

My juvenille male bp has been a little bitey lately. He hasn't drawn any blood or anything and the bites aren't a feeding response or defensive or aggressive strikes. Infact they aren't even strikes, when I'm holding him and he slithers up my arm he tries to bite my right bicep. Its always the same spot and this just started recently. Can anybody think of a reason why he might be doing this?

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Apparently your right bicep smells like a rodent lol

had a hatchling and it bit me once and tried a 2nd time. However that was the only bp that has ever bit/tried to bite me. No blood was drawn and it really felt more like a poke lol

Only time I have ever come close was with Corn's... Adults and babies.. Sorry but I see no point in corns lol. They are never happy at least the ones I have ever seen.

Oh yeah I had a grass snake bite Me when I was a kid haha I guess that's what you get for collecting a trash can full of them.

The local petstore has a corn, I wanted to see it so I moved its hide... It struck the hide several times haha I'm sure he was stressed but man.

IMO the only good Corn is someone else's haha

i have been bitten several times we have a pissy 100% het albino that likes to tage me when i get him out. :mad: we have several different kinds of snakes (corns, bps, bearded dragons,redtail columbian boas,leopard geckos , frogs cats, dogs, ferrets, and horses.) the worst to be bite by is horses and bearded dragons.:taz:

Mine once bit me 3 times in one day...

I have been bit by my my ball python when he just finished eating and i waited a bit before i removed him from his feeding tub but he still struck. He was just still in a feeding mode and i don't blame him! And then of course i got struck at a lot by my baby ball python because they are very timid at a younger age. But with all snakes, it's not a matter of if you will be bit, it's a mater of when you will be bit.

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Originally Posted by Snake_Tooth

I have been bit by my my ball python when he just finished eating and i waited a bit before i removed him from his feeding tub but he still struck. He was just still in a feeding mode and i don't blame him! And then of course i got struck at a lot by my baby ball python because they are very timid at a younger age. But with all snakes, it's not a matter of if you will be bit, it's a mater of when you will be bit.

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You wont have that problem if you feed in the enclosure ;)

Not yet, but I've only had her here for just under 3 weeks. I'm expecting to get bit at least once. I would be lying to myself if I think it's never gonna happen.

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Nope not yet from my one and only male. He can be extremely twitchy sometimes to where he makes me have a heart attack, but he hasnt once in the 4 months ive owned him tried to bite me at all. The only time id say he "tried to bite me" was when he had a bad belly burn and he was probably just being agressive but that was in his cage. If i took him out he would be just extra twitchy.


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yes I was bitten again 2 days ago, all my fault. I had been holding a rat... I forgot to wash my hands before I took my snake out ( rookie move )... It bit my pinky and tried to coil around it. didn't hurt or bleed much.
The trick is to not flinch when they bite you, let them bite and let go. If you pull away that's when YOU are going to cause YOURSELF the most damage.

well after like 3 weeks after i got her i slowly :colbert: in her face and sure enough i got caught.

I was bitten by this tiny garter snake.. He sure thought he was tough!! Couldn't even pierce my skin with his tiny teeth but he sure tried. Hung on for awhile and chewed. Felt like he was gumming me to death :D

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But I've only been tagged by a BP a couple times and it was by hatchlings. Barely a few pin pricks.


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Originally Posted by robinbanks

yes I was bitten again 2 days ago, all my fault. I had been holding a rat... I forgot to wash my hands before I took my snake out ( rookie move )... It bit my pinky and tried to coil around it. didn't hurt or bleed much.
The trick is to not flinch when they bite you, let them bite and let go. If you pull away that's when YOU are going to cause YOURSELF the most damage.

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Don't take this the wrong way as I mean no offense, but I have to disagree.

I don't believe the whole "I smelled like rats" excuse. We have approximately 30 snakes that are permanent residents and have been keeping snakes for many years now. Neither my wife nor myself have been bitten because we "smelled like rats". We handle our snakes all the time after playing with our rats. I'll rub every last one of our 150+ rats on my hands and go pick up our best feeder on feeding day and not get bit. The issue is a lot of people don't know how to properly present themselves to their snake and handle them.

On that note, neither of us have been bitten by a single ball python for any reason. Had a few bluff strikes (ie grumpy male that was breeding), but never any contact.

I almost got tagged the other day by my moms ball. She was a rescue that hasn't been handled much and she went for my hand and ended up getting her tail.

Only been bit once in 10 years of working with ball pythons, and it happened 4 years ago. Adult female who did not want me cleaning her cage that day, it was breeding season, and I had to get her out of her hide. When I had her in hand she leaned up and grabbed my thumb with no desire to let go. I figured it be no worse than a Boa and she'd just let go after a few more seconds, still nothing. She then proceeded to move her way down my thumb as if it were a prey item for some odd reason (no food handling whether or not its relavent). Blood everywhere by this time, took her into the bathroom filled the sink with water and had to dunk her for 10 seconds. She let go and and was laxed the rest of the time without fear or regret. One of my worst reptile bites. The female was just over 5 ft at the time and I was able to count 72 bleeding holes :-) Now Boa Constrictors . . . I can't recall everytime I've been bit by those, fortunately that was only when he was a juvenile. Only bit once by an adult.

Last breeding season I lost count. Not more than 10 though.

The first time I got bit was by Ranen. I had just had surgery (gall bladder) and so I hadn't been able to check on him in a week. When I opened his cage I saw his shed, his poop, and him. He was PISSED! So I used the lid to his cage as a kind of shield to attempt to clean his cage without having to touch him. Didn't work. He was SO fast and he struck under the edge of the lid and tagged me in the webbing between my fingers. It didn't even hurt. I looked at him and said, "You just bit me!" It bled a little but required no band-aid and the next day it was fine. The 2nd time I got bit was by Oscar. It was feeding day, but he was under his paper. So stupid me reached under his paper to pull him out and he clamped down on my finger. I was NOT expecting it so I pulled my hand back and he came with it! It stung a little and bled a little but it was fine. That one really was dumb on my part. I learned my lesson! He's a pistol on feeding days, keep your face and hands BACK! He's struck out at my 4 y/o DS's face before on feeding day. Any other day he's a puppy dog and he's never struck except for when he's being fed. Watch out!

I've had 2 baby balls for about 4 months. Haven't gotten bitten yet. Dunno if this makes a diff but I try to make sure they know I'm there before I just grab at them. And I go from behind, not head on.


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Yes more than once. Wait is this poll asking about just today?

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

I've been bit more times that I can remember...

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You know I've recently been able to resolve myself to the fact that there is no way that a snake bite can be anywhere near as painful as a dog bite. I've gotten bites from dogs before that would have probably required stitches! I'm thinking even a full grown retic would not require stitches unless you tried to rip your hand out! Any never bitten by a snake yet!


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I've had ball pythons for 10 years and only been bitten three times when it comes to rats and mice that's a different story to many times to count and they hurt ten times worse too

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Originally Posted by tigwelder84

I've had ball pythons for 10 years and only been bitten three times when it comes to rats and mice that's a different story to many times to count and they hurt ten times worse too

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Exactly why i HATE rat/mice & i feed f/t.

Once. I was handling my friends BP while it was in a deep shed, and I didn't hear it's warning hiss. 100% my fault, and otherwise, it's a really nice snake to work with. :)

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Originally Posted by Gomojoe

You know I've recently been able to resolve myself to the fact that there is no way that a snake bite can be anywhere near as painful as a dog bite. I've gotten bites from dogs before that would have probably required stitches! I'm thinking even a full grown retic would not require stitches unless you tried to rip your hand out! Any never bitten by a snake yet!


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Don't be to quick to say that about retics. I have a few nasty scars from one. They have a lot and pretty large teeth. I have also been bite by BP's, carpets and boas. Ive been bite a lot but I also own a lot of stuff and don't have to time to calm them all down.

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Originally Posted by EAC Reptiles

Don't be to quick to say that about retics. I have a few nasty scars from one. They have a lot and pretty large teeth. I have also been bite by BP's, carpets and boas. Ive been bite a lot but I also own a lot of stuff and don't have to time to calm them all down.

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Yes!! Retic bites are the worst! They tend to chew also. They raise their jaw and bite down again.

Rats can inflict some pain too. Adults can easily put those teeth straight to the bone. Ow!


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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

I've been bit more times that I can remember...

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My big crazy Norma nailed me tonight as I was taking her out of her tub.

She's hungry all the time and I guess she mistook my hand rolling up her papers for a rat.

I've got 2 little dots and it was only enough for me to say "Norma, you psycho !"

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Just got bitten three more times today twice by one hatching but i was feeding her by holed the hopper lol so my fault and once by my female pastel whom i just fed and put her water bowl and house back in she is a moody one any ways gotten hit by her the last two feelings she weighs 300 grams

Never been bitten by a pet/captive bred snake. I've been bitten by wild Garters before as my dad, brothers, and I always went to the local wetlands to catch them for fun (and immediately release them after we held and looked at them for a few minutes). Misheld a large one once and it turned around and bit me.
I was afraid my new little baby was going to bite me 2 nights ago when I was going to take him out but I backed off for a minute and then went in and scooped him up from underneath and he was fine.
I would not like to be bitten by an adult BP, lol.

Have yet to bitten by any snake thus far in my life @_@;; *knockonwood*
I've been around them plenty growing up, but have only owned one myself barely a week. My old roommate had a Burmese python he would NEVER take out because she was notorious for biting.


Bitten by plenty of other critters though XD
Hamsters so far have been the stingiest, and the most difficult for me to hold still through so as not to accidentally flick the poor guy into something.

I've had 2 balls for about a year and a half, never been struck at or bit. I'm sure it will happen someday tho!:banana:

I have never been bit, I have been struck at though. My wife on the other hand got bit by our mojave when she was a baby.

I've never been bitten by my personal snakes, but at work we have two 20+ year old normals bps.... Lole is fine, but Lola loves striking. She was found in Florida as a "wild" snake and has never settled down completely. Lole has had shedding problems his whole life and retains his eye scales fairly often. This causes him to strike out of confusion. Once we soak him and remove the scales he goes back to being the nicest snake ever haha

I polled No the other day, just popped my bite cherry today changing the water lol, surprised the heck out of me. (got my left hand on the side) I was shuffling the substrate, and wham. Glad he didn't decide to stay on hahahaha.

I'm amazed at this thread. It has been going for over FOUR years now! There have been many threads that die and get repeated here over and over and for some reason, this thread just keeps going and going and going.....:confuzd:

I'm thinking it is because we are talking about what people fear most about snakes - being bitten. I've yet to read that anyone here has been seriously injured (even the guy bitten in the eye), but will admit that I have not read every one of the posts. It is just too long. So, for new bp owners, this thread should demonstrate that the biggest fear, really isn't that much to worry about.

My worst experience with a BP is when I was vending a show and a buyer asked me to pop a snake. My face was too close and when I popped the snake, it squirted urine in my eye. That was much more painful and discussing than being bitten. It was also great entertainment for the customer, my wife and anyone else who was standing around. :pee: I didn't find it near as amusing. :irkd:

Never been bit by a BP, but have been mock struck at quite a few times when I worked at a Petco. At first it was nerve racking to experience this cause I didn't know what was going on then eventually found it annoying or cute depending on how many annoying customers came my way that day. Been bit by my California King snake and Tangerine Milk snake though. I have pics of the Cali king attempting to swallow my finger(which will get posted eventually). :)