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.

I just saw this thread come back up, I must have answered this a long time ago because I get bit a fair amount now.

I replied to this thread months back, saying "I just got bit for the first time". From that day till now, I have probably ben bitten over 6 times. :{

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I replied to this thread months back, saying "I just got bit for the first time". From that day till now, I have probably ben bitten over 6 times. :{

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I honestly just love the love taps. Either that or I'm sadistic, lol.

Once, she was hungry and missed. She thought my hand was the meal. Her aim has gotten better since. ^^;; Sometimes when she gets back from a hunger strike, her aim is rusty, so she's bitten herself a few times too, freaking me out (Hunger strike from ovulating, etc.) But once she recovers, her aim is true. I've just learned to read her better... and she's probably learned to read me better too.

Never been bitten. I am careful though to use tongs or tweezers when feeding in case the strike misses its target. Also, I always have my glasses on when handling so that I cannot be struck in the eye. I saw a video on Youtube once and I think it must have been a hungry snake that mistook the heat pattern of a girls eye for a snake and it struck at it. The girl was not even holding the snake, that was someone else. Our monty as a baby made the odd strike when scared and shedding but it was more of a threat, no teeth connected. I think this was because the shedding snake was blind, I did not mean to disturb it but I lifted the lid on its nesting box and it startled him.

In the sense of getting bit by the Ball Python bug - then yes, I have been bitten.

I have been looking at Corns since I had one about 20+ years ago and want to get one for my son,. I went to the Baltimore ReptiCon this past weekend and LOVED it. The prices are amazing. Anyway, I talked to just about ever vendor there and the majority stated that the Balls would be just as fine for us as the Corns are. So, I am more inclined to get a Ball. But, which one? That is the question...They are all so beautiful.

...a Newbie Baller Wanna-Be.

I've been bitten by many Ball Python's and other species. I worked at 2 different reptile stores and got bit all day long cleaning tubs every day lol. I am very much use to it now, I barely even flinch anymore. I'll post this here for your enjoyment.
It's not a Ball Python but it's just as cool! An Axanthic Blackhead Python about 3.5ft eating my knuckle :D
These snakes also have more jaw pressure than other snakes as they can kill prey without the use of constriction, so these bites hurt!
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5a2b54ea.jpg

Just aquired this one tonight cleaning....
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/30/du3etyze.jpg

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had a female for 4 years and a male for a few months, never been bit once and i regularly handle them and strike feed them ;)

I've only ever been bitten once. Not by these guys that I have now but the one that I had when I was younger.

Man if I had to count the number of times I have been bit, I would need a lot of fingers and toes to do so! ;)

I have yet to be bitten. My husband on the other hand has been bitten a few times.

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In seven years of owning snakes I thought I would never be bitten. This past weekend I was at an expo holding a female mojave and went to put her back when her brother got me. First bite ever! I was so shocked. It didn't hurt but just shocked me completely. It defiantly made me not buy one though. I know hatchlings can be bitty but I have the best relaxed ones right now and would rather not bring home a turd.

I have been tagged and or bitten several times over the years. Knock on wood that none of the bites have come from one of my adult BPs or my adult blood python or red tail boa! I think that would definitely leave a mark.

With the amount of snakes I have and handling every day I am surprised I have not been bit yet. I do have a snarley pastave who likes to hiss and strike but knock on wood I have not been tagged yet. And my wife who now has her own snake after years of being afraid of them, has done everything wrong so far and her snake Bo as she calls him (helmet head) as I refer to him takes it all in stride. He is a 220 gram lesser with a very high feed instinct and the aim of a drunken one armed blind man and even when she has put her hand in with him and a mouse he has still never even mistaken her for the mouse. I will update you on who is bitten first though, most likely will be me lol

At this point no, I have never been bitten. I take mine out with a hook to avoid putting my hand in the tub. From my own experience and talking to a lot of people that is where you are going to get bit if it happens. My male mojave is super food aggressive, if one of them is going to bite me, I am pretty sure it will be him!

Well...

Ihysius hasn't tagged me yet, and given that I've had to inject him with meds, transport him all over the place, help him get bad shed off....if he was gonna I figure he'd of done it already.

He probably will at some point though, just because it'd be highly unlikely for him to go 30 years etc without getting me once.

My adult male fire bit me once, well..... TRIED to at least!
When I got him, the first day he spilled his water bowl, and as i was trying to change it, he "bit" my hand, I was shocked, didn't except it at all! Since my only other bite came from a juvenile milksnake and there was a fair amount of blood from it even though i didn't feel it, I was expecting horror when i looked down at my hand..
however, there was nothing there, he didnt leave a mark at all, he didn't break the skin, NOTHING....

so he then got the name Toothless :D

HA i just got bit today!!!! It was by my lemon pastel bruce. he is around 170 grams. it was my first bite. Its just like everyone says. The shock of getting bitten scares you more than it hurts. it didnt hurt at all!!! Awesome!!!

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i have been bit about 4 times:D

My girl got me once when I was feeding her. She thought I was the mouse. She let go almost immediately, so I think she was sorry.

At work we had one nasty one thought. Would strike at you through glass and everything. She got me many many times before it finally settled down and tolerated me. That one got sold, now we've got one more who's got a little bit of an attitude problem, but he tolerates me pretty well as long as I don't move at more than a snails pace. The other two girls that we just got I'm not too sure about. One seems sweet but the other one seems to be plotting my demise. Neither of them have struck at me yet.

Have yet to be better by my ball but I've been tagged a few times by my garter. She was fiesty when I had her.

So far I've never been bitten by any of my snakes (5 with adding #6 tonight). I've been hissed at quite a few times but never been tagged yet. Sooner or later it's gonna happen, just waiting...... :cool:

Well I was right, I got bit first not my wife. I was cleaning tubs and pulled out one of my massive het pieds (150gr) and he bit me. I would post pictures but you could not even see the mark.

Just had to change my vote to yes, but only once :(

New pastel just nailed me on the thumb, and tried to go for two.

Just once. He missed the rat and tagged my hand. He didn't latch on and got the rat quickly after that.

Though I quickly found out that snake bites bleed pretty well!

Only once, and it was entirely my fault-- he was still a hatchling and I went to get him from his feeding tub before he was totally out of hunting mode, lol. He'd already been cranky that day because I accidentally misted him in the face while trying to get his humidity up. He's not struck at me since then though.

Not yet. But I just got a new rescue yesterday and he's pretty squirrelly, so I figure it's just a matter of time. My spider male is really docile and was even as a hatchling. My spotnose female is really chill with me but strikey with my boyfriend, though she hasn't gotten him yet. Apparently she was really aggressive as a hatchling. The breeder said her entire clutch was flat-out mean. But she's calmed down considerably. Of course, with my luck, it'll be my spider boy that gets me because he's the one I least expect it from.

Just got bit about ten minutes ago for first time! I was expecting to freak a little more then I did (handler error as per usual)

I knew the day would come when I would have to change my vote and say that I have finally been bitten. He just simply didn't want me in his enclosure and gave me a love bite telling me "mom, go away."

Not by any of mine.

Need to change my answer to yes on the pole, got bit by my little baby about a week ago! ALOT more shock then pain haha, fast little guy!

Cant blame him! baby and just got him the day before and then found out the racks I got were bad was a very stressful night for all of us :(

Not yet...but with 3 there just might be the possibility of it happening.

Made it through the first week without gettin hit..

Thats not to say she hasnt tried! I've dodged 2 per day.. And one of the times she still had half a mouse in her mouth

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Made it through the first week without gettin hit..

Thats not to say she hasnt tried! I've dodged 2 per day.. And one of the times she still had half a mouse in her mouth

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Why were you handling her while she was feeding?

Been bit a few times by beeps and more lol


Ball Pythons
0.3 Normals (Coilette, Athena and Mary Jane)
1.0 Pastel (De Sol)
1.0 Spider (Zeus)
1.0 Mojave (Prometheus)

Boas
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Stella)
0.1 Hog Island Boa (Kioko)
0.1 Dumerils Boa (Gloria)
0.1 Yellow Anaconda (Serenity)

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Up until Saturday, I would have said "Never and I've had Ball Pythons for over a year." I've had snakes off and on since I was 14 (now almost 22). I have never been struck at or bitten by any of them.

But Saturday.. stupid me tried dangling a f/t mouse for my little Enchi and silly goose missed the mouse and got mommy's thumb. So! I got my first bite ever by the smallest snake I have. You can't even tell I was bitten now lol.

And to top it off, he didn't even end up eating the mouse. Poor little guy must have been so upset with himself for biting me. :P

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Need to change my answer to yes on the pole, got bit by my little baby about a week ago! ALOT more shock then pain haha, fast little guy!

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EXACTLY how I felt when my little Ludo tagged me on Saturday. I said, "Ow!" and threw my hand back but it really didn't even hurt. I was just so surprised lol. Then I went around showing everybody because it was my first bite ever.

I had a Ball Python (sweetest thing ever) for over ten years and now have four new little ones. I was proud, up until today, to say that I had never been bit by a Ball Python. WELL, today was my day of initiation into the "I've been mauled by a BP" club :P. The kicker? The culprit was a baby Ball Python at Petco; dang thing wasn't even mine!! *Oh well*. For those who have never experienced it, I honestly had to replay the incident in my head to believe that I did, indeed, actually get bit - it felt like a safety pin lightly grazed my finger.

We have had Snickers over 2 and a half years now and Snickers finally bit my boyfriend.(but it was his own fault!) about 6 months ago.

We feed Snickers F/T prey with a 'grabber' and about 6 months ago he accidentally dropped the rat from the grabber before Snickers could strike at it and then before we could pick it up again with the grabber Snickers crawled on top of it and stayed there.(no constricting)

Eventually after waiting for Snickers to climb off the rat my boyfriend go fed up and had the brilliant idea of picking Snickers up off the rat with his hand and then starting over.

Even though Snickers had never bitten either of us I knew Snickers was in feeding mode and told him not to!

Sure enough I was right and the instant he stuck his hand in to move Snickers he got bit. Snickers instantly recoiled back after realizing it wasn't prey and did eventually eat the rat later that night when we were able to pick it up with the grabber again.

Moral of the story....

Listen to your significant other if he/she has more common sense then you do!:)

P.S. The bite hurt him for a few hours but by the next day there was no pain.