Oh no!!! Did I hurt him???

I'm panicking so bad!
I've owned snakes for almost 3 years and today I made a really bad move. I was feeding everybody and my BP Mantra wasnt striking at his rat. I thought it was maybe because he was too close to the wall of the tub, so I made to scoot him back a little so he could strike. BAD MOVE! He NAILED my left hand--I've never had a bite that bad before! I freaked and ripped him off of me, and now I'm TERRIFIED that I hurt him! I'm going to check him tomorrow after he's digested some but right now I'm so worried--do you think he's ok? :( I hope I didn't hurt him! I didn't think at all about that. :( :tears:

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After cleaning it off:
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I'm sure he's fine.

If none of his teeth got lodged in your hand that means that you didn't hurt him at all. If you're not used to being bit it can be shocking.

Ooh good bite

Ouch!!

nice bite! did the same think with my killer bee a little while ago, but he bit the tongs and wrapped i pulled him off but he broke 3 teeth into the tongs. I am going to keep an eye on him if no swelling then he will be fine.

Impressive! x2 to everything said about him being alright.

That looks painful. I would have probably freaked to:)

That has got to be the worst bite from a ball that I've ever seen, so congrats! :)

Ball pythons have recurved teeth that are designed to hang onto prey. The worst thing you can do is pull your hand away if his mouth is attached to it as the teeth will actually sink further in. Holding your hand with snake attached under water will generally get the snake to release within a few seconds...and , yeah, that's probably the nasiest bp bite I've ever seen...and I'm sure your snake is fine.

Yeah, I know better than to pull away because of their curved teeth, but I completely panicked. I didn't even feel the pain of his teeth ripping, though I heard my skin go RRRRRRRRIP! lol!! It doesn't hurt hardly at all. I've had kitty scratches that were smaller and hurt WAY more. Poor baby--this one was completely on me. ):