Never been bitten. I am careful though to use tongs or tweezers when feeding in case the strike misses its target. Also, I always have my glasses on when handling so that I cannot be struck in the eye. I saw a video on Youtube once and I think it must have been a hungry snake that mistook the heat pattern of a girls eye for a snake and it struck at it. The girl was not even holding the snake, that was someone else. Our monty as a baby made the odd strike when scared and shedding but it was more of a threat, no teeth connected. I think this was because the shedding snake was blind, I did not mean to disturb it but I lifted the lid on its nesting box and it startled him.