Ball Python Bite General Information

[redshepherd]

Never got bit, so not from experience...

But, thought I read somewhere that if the snake won't let go, you can gently run water over the snake and your hand, and that it eventually let go.

Any truth to that? Or harmful to the snake?

It's true, just doesn't always work right away lol
Most people just use listerine or white vinegar on a cotton swab, and wave it in front of their noses, and that gets them to let go right away. (Especially white vinegar, apparently)

[Kit]

It's true, just doesn't always work right away lol
Most people just use listerine or white vinegar on a cotton swab, and wave it in front of their noses, and that gets them to let go right away. (Especially white vinegar, apparently)

Ah! Thank you!

[Dttey]

It's true, just doesn't always work right away lol
Most people just use listerine or white vinegar on a cotton swab, and wave it in front of their noses, and that gets them to let go right away. (Especially white vinegar, apparently)

I've heard rubbing alcohol works just as well too.
Wish I knew when I got bit by my Cinny. I spent a good half hour trying to gently pry her off my finger. It was a feeding response bite and it really didn't hurt that bad, she mostly scared the crap out of me when she latched on and wrapped all the way around trying to suffocate the tip of my finger lol.
It was my bad, she's never bitten before and is usually pretty placid.