Your Close Calls With Almost Getting Bit?

[CoolioTiffany]

Have you ever had a time where your Ball python almost got you, whether it being a defensive strike, offensive strike, feeding strike, etc.? Well, I would love to hear them. I've had so many close calls with getting bit, it's not funny anymore.. Last night while feeding the 'kids', Monty decided that my hand looked tastier than the mouse. She stuck at me, but failed at the attempt to get me.

You can also post up your other close calls with other snakes or reptiles you've had, like if you almost got bit by your Kingsnake or almost got bit by your lizard.

[Stalker Jesus]

Only once. The day I got my first snake she tried to bite me when I reached into her tank. I think my snakes are good tempered. I'm a good daddy =D

[2kdime]

I was jacking with my biggest Male Blood the other day and I knew he wasnt happy about it.

He struck me on the hand but didn't bite, just an open mouth "hit".

Mind you when I expect to be bitten I dont, my reflexes are too fast.

But this one I didn't see coming

First one

[Elise.m]

There was one day I was feeding Micron, dropped the mouse in and then reached in with my hand to get his water bowl out. He tried to get me, but he wasn't all the way out of his hide and messed up his "spring". I lol'd. Neener neener!

[sporty02]

i have had so many close calls over the yrs usually i know they are mad but i keep on messing with them i have been bit a few times its not that bad feels like a razor cut burns a lil and bleeds alot

[Moofins07]

Just yesterday. Hah.

Not from my own, mind you, she's the biggest weenie and couldn't hurt a fly... only mice.

I was, however, holding a new arrival from a local pet store, and this thing was just the tiniest little hatchling you could probably ever see. Like, I was guessing it could have been 30 grams. The darn thing was way underweight, so I curse myself for not having oodles of money.

Anyway, he was a bugger. Tried to bite everything but the hand that was holding him, which is... good... I guess.

[Kuba]

One time i was trying to relocate a Western Diamond Back( as in 6 foot pole trying to put it in a buucket with a lid) and it almost tagged my when i was looking for it

[Covington]

I can tell you that I have a het pied female that weighs about 1800 - 2000 now and can't count the number of times she has gotten me. Absolute HISS pot and hates me (anyone for that matter). If I didn't love them so, she would have seen the business end of my 12 gauge a few years ago

My guess is around 50+ times (I just don't care anymore...most of the time I wear gloves with her though). All of the others are angels

[Hulihzack]

Walked into work the other day and there was a ball python box open, with the ball python waiting for breakfast to walk by. The box was at head level and I didn't notice it until it was about 8 inches from my face. Thank god it didn't strike lol

[Boanerges]

My female burm who was 8 ft at the time bit me back in 04 on the bottom of my hand where my thumb is (ball joint of your thumb on your palm if that makes any sense) and the top of her jaw obviously was on the top of my hand behind my thumb. I had a rat in my hand and she lunged for it as I dropped it and got me. She wrapped around my whole arm and I had to get my wife to unwrap her from me so I could get her mouth open and off my hand. It was funny because my wife was saying "I don't want her to bite me" and I said "she can't bite you she is biting me".

There were lots of other times where I almost got bit by something but that one was probably the best