Same thing happened to us my wife has never got bit but when we first got our new ball we were inexperenced with his moods.
We had him out everything seemed fine until we put him on the ground.
He seemed a bit jittery and went into a shoe box I went to pick him up to put him back in his enclosure he struck my hand and wrapped him self around my arm.
He was in feeding mode would not let go in the end we had to pry him off as I was bleeding. He was fine I was a little light headed.
We now know the signs , but we must have a few mice in the house as he sometimes he reacts when he is at ground level.
We know now and since then none of us have been tagged .

Think this is standard for beginners learning their snake.

Quote Originally Posted by angllady2 View Post
We had something very similar happen once.

My husband was holding our big female, and I noticed that instead of loosening up like normal, she stayed curled up. Not in a ball per-say, but just a loose coil. I told him to be careful, because that was not normal for her.

Minutes later, she was rubbing her nose along his wrist, then in slow motion she opened her mouth and closed it over his wrist again. Thank goodness he didn't freak out, but he was more than a little shocked, in over 4 years she'd never done anything remotely similar.

She refused to let go, so I had to carefully pry her loose, one tooth at a time. We got her back in her enclosure, and she was none the worse for wear. Hubby's wrist bled for a minute or two, but within an hour you could barely see the mark, by the next day it was invisible.

Unfortunately, hubby never got over the experience, and to this day is afraid of being bitten, even by a hatchling.

Me, I was scared until I got bit, and mine was a pretty hard strike-and-release, I had to laugh at myself for being scared of nothing, and now I don't even flinch when I get tagged.

Gale