How many times have you been bitten?

[djon89]

Probably about 10 times and all from my old corn snake. Doesn't hurt just more startling than anything. He did bite once and didn't let go tho. Swear he was trying to eat my hand lol. My ball python I've never even been struck by. Hisses every now and again when he's in shed, but apart from that for the 4-5 years I've had him I haven't seen any aggressive behavior from him.

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[OhhWatALoser]

actually that's a lie, it's been more than that.

[squatsnstilettos]

Thanks for all the replies. Since food is the trigger for her aggression (she's a bottomless pit) and is constant hunting mode, I am wondering if I should decrease the feedings and increase the handling. I could give her a decent size feeder every 3 weeks? I know it doesn't hurt to get tagged, but I really don't want to be struck at every time I clean her condo or wish to hold her.

[Smitty33]

Have not been bitten by my BP yet but been tagged years ago by my red tail boa and as a kid was bitten countless times by blue racers,water snakes and what have you. My daughters corn snake has bit me a bunch of times and even tried to swallow my finger once.
Snake bites are nothing, got tagged by a very large pissed off Iguana once and that will get your attention.

[distaff]

Yikes, about the iguana.

No snakes here, yet. Nevertheless, I keep a flock of laying hens, and a normally calm Buff Orphington will change completely if she gets broody. Shrieik and stab every day. These girls chase down and dismember mice, so it is not like its just a little tap with the beak.

I'm hoping this ongoing experience will desensitize me to some extent with the future snakes.

[rlditmars]

I could give her a decent size feeder every 3 weeks?

How often are you feeding her now?

[squatsnstilettos]

How often are you feeding her now?

Once every seven days. She was a bit small when I got her (just under 2lbs - she's 5+) and has gained half a pound since living with me (6 months) As such, I am reluctant to cutting her feedings as I feel she might be playing catch up. Maybe I just start feeding her in a room completely separate from her living quarters.

[squatsnstilettos]

Have not been bitten by my BP yet but been tagged years ago by my red tail boa and as a kid was bitten countless times by blue racers,water snakes and what have you. My daughters corn snake has bit me a bunch of times and even tried to swallow my finger once.
Snake bites are nothing, got tagged by a very large pissed off Iguana once and that will get your attention.

Ouch! I did not know Iguana's could bite.

[se7en]

Ouch! I did not know Iguana's could bite.

a large, angry iguana can ruin your week.

[midnightLeo]

Never in 2nd a half years. I'm sure it will one day though.