that,s a very tricky question, I have a high pain threshold I think, it was not so much the pain but the shock you get especially when your not looking lol
so, scale wise I would say it was a 5 or 6 on how bad it hurt as it was short lived but everyone may have a different view on it relating a bite. The way I described it was like getting punched in the arm hard and I was surprised with the bite strength to be honest which clamped down pretty good on me the 2nd time she bit down.
I wish I took pictures a couple of hours later as my arm blew up like a tennis ball was pushed under my skin, and it bruised up black and blue. It was length of time my arm was tender afterwords the swelling the cuts and resulting pain afterwords is pretty impressive for a medium sized python........ .....two proper bites I have had, one from a blood, and one from a ball, and let me assure you, I would rather let a ball python chew on my face than let the blood have a free strike at my arm again![]()