POLL: Have you been bit by a BP?

[RobbiesCornField]

This is what my big girl did to me a couple years ago. She was gravid, and I opened her tub to check on her, and BAM! Right in the pinky (finger). Lol. I've also taken a few colubrid bites on my hands, arms, and face.

[bbaker11]

Hey guys I am new so I thought I would jump right in. My ball always went after 2 people. But never anyone else. I don't know if they just had a smell she didn't like. But they were people I didn't like so I was okay with it.

[fishmommy]

A couple times - no lasting damage to me or the dear BP
My boa, however, managed once to pierce both my radial and ulnar nerves with one tag. I had a numb hand for about 4 months that time.


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[nachash]

A ball python bite is rather tame. Wanna know how I got these scars? Well my leopard gecko was becoming a waxworm fiend, and he wanted more waxworms, so I said, "Why so...."

actually a monitor bite is about as bad as you can get IMO outside of venomous bites.

[Vnuk1]

Only once, she mistook my finger for a baby mouse when she was really young. I must be lucky, as mine never hisses or does any of the stuff I've read in this thread.

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[ChaosAffect]

Once so far, but it was totally my fault. I was feeding him and my phone rang. I turned to look at it and my hand dropped right as he struck. 'Twas just a scratch, though. He didn't clamp down. I'm just glad he still ate that night.

[Gerardo]

I got bit about a month ago. I was holding him with my left as i tried with my right hand to get 1 mouse to slide out of the box where several mice were in. He lunged and got my thumb. Right after it happen all i could do was laugh at my stupidity. Holding a snake while you dangle food is the perfect way to get bit.

[UltraViolet]

I never got bit by a ball, but many years ago a friend's anaconda bit me. That one was my fault- had I asked, my friend would have told me he had just shed and was cranky, so dont pick him up. Then the snake was clearly telling me he wanted to get back in his tank but I didn't put him back because I wanted to hold him. He did what he needed to do to make sure I was listening. I apologized to him and he never bit me again. The next snake that bit me was a super aggressive baby red tail I rescued from a pet store. They were poking him with sticks to show how mean he was and how he would strike at everything, so I bought him to get him out of there. They trained him right, he was one mean snake. I finally had to give him away because I couldn't take care of him. He would literally leap out of his cage to bite me every time I opened the top, and would strike at the glass when I walked past.

[jeanus]

Let me count the times. Too many times really. Its really cute when the little ones tag me.

[PiercingPrincess]

My mistake was my hands smelled like rats and i moved too quickly and too close and they were hungry :p not making that mistake again. Not so much because it hurt but because i was more worried about the hatching's getting their teeth stuck in my hand or something.