Stories of your BP biting you

[CoolioTiffany]

Let's hear em'! Here's my story of my first BP bite.. if your interested in hearing:
It was feeding day for my female BP, Candice, and she's used to being fed in a separate container. As soon as she gets in there, she KNOWS it's time to eat. I was handling her before she was eating, and I had no scent of the mouse on my hands at all. When the f/t mouse thawed, my mom took it upstairs and into my room to feed her. I took her container out for feeding and I was trying to put her in the container but she was completely wrapped around my hand. I was dumb enough to put my entire hand in the container when I know she'll go into her feeding frenzy. My index finger on my right hand was sticking out so Candice thought that was her weekly meal so she bite me. I gasped, then I pulled back my hand and somehow she was dangling from my shirt, ripping it with her teeth. I immediately grabbed her and tried putting her back in her container, but then she wrapped around my hand again and tried biting my knuckles. I finally wiggled her off of my hand and my mom immediately offered the food. That's my story, so what's yours?

[BPsRule]

I think there was another thread about biting I posted this story in but I'll post it here too. Last October I was reaching in Chopper's tub just to do some spot cleaning like I've done a million times before. Well, The million and first time was the time he decided that he thought my finger was a juicy rat. He not only flew over and bit me but latched on real hard to my finger! He actually let go on his own only a few seconds after he did it, but the damage was done! My finger was bleeding pretty badly and I rushed to the bathroom to stop the bleeding. First thing I did was to make sure he didn't leave any teeth in me. Once I got it under control, I went back in to check on him. He was just curled up in the corner. That was the first time he had ever bitten me or even tried to bite me. I've had him 6 1/2 years now. He sunk into my finger so deep that it actually caused nerve damage. So, he doesn't play around with his food! He means business when he latches on!

[ItsMichael805]

well mine was when i first got my bp, it was i think her second feed with me and after she finished i do what i always do put her back in her tank, well later that night i thought the temps were off so i put my hand behind he hide (which was spinned the other way and i didnt know) she got me on my them as i was flipping up the paper towls.

[Hock3ymonk3y]

Yesterday was feeding day and as usual I went to the reptile store to get a baby rat. When I came home, I opened up the bag and let Luther "smell" his rat with a few tounge flicks (first stupid thing). Then I put him in his feeding tub and then dumped the rat in. The rat's head was not facing toward him and I have found that if he gets the rats head in his mouth during the strike he will eat it faster, so I put my hand back into the tub like a retard (second stupid thing) to fix the rat. As I remove my hand from the tub, luther struck at me and missed. The rat had turned back around, so I put my hand BACK IN like an eveen bigger retard (3rd crucial mistake) and of course I get bit. It was startling but didnt really hurt. So then I just left him alone to eat his rat (after i made sure it was dead and could not bite him) while I got the camera to take a pic (cuz i knew u would want to see it) and everyone lived happily ever after! lol it was really funny

BTW BRs Ruler, I love your avatar

[jblaze]

I never open the lid and just grab the snake, each time I open the tub I let my snake become used to me and it's surroundings. Only after it starts moving I attempt to pick it up. Although, I trying to avoid getting bit by my snake-anything could happen.

[h00blah]

umm. i use paper towels, and i found a big poopy on the pt. i put my hand in to rip the dirty piece off, and i accidentally bumped my hand towards the bottom of the tub which startled my bp, and well its young so i had 3 pore-sized red dots that bled for seconds lol

[dc4teg]

i had a rat in one hand and a hungry bp in the other lol beginner accident

[guambomb832]

I put my hand next to a recently fed snake to fix his hide and boom.

[ItsMichael805]

i had a rat in one hand and a hungry bp in the other lol beginner accident

i was going to do that yesterday, i was holding the f/t rats tail and the bp in the other hand, then i relized thats a bad combo.

[rabernet]

I think it's sort of ironic that most of the bite stories so far are from those who feed in separate feeding tubs (usually to supposedly prevent being mistaken for food and being bitten).

I am all for folks feeding whatever method works best for them, but for what it's worth, I feed all mine in their enclosures, and I honestly can't remember the last time I was bitten - it's been a few years now. I wouldn't want to be moving mine on feeding day.

My bites have either been from scared hatchlings or this one big adult that was scooting across the floor quickly and I went to grab her and startled her and she whipped back and hit me with a defensive bite.