Out of all three of my BPs, I've only bit once, and it was mostly my fault. I found Echo in a Craigslist ad ($35 for a 3 year old BP + a 40 gal tank), and the girl I met with told me that she'd been having trouble feeding him. He was on live, and she had tried f/t, but it hadn't worked. And oh yeah! Make sure you put him in a separate tub for feeding time. Sure, sure. I'm not entirely sure what all she was doing, but she said he hadn't eaten in three months or so. He looked real thin when I got him, and when I went to feed him the first time, I think I let the rat cool down somehow, because Echo struck straight at my hand. It surprised us both. He did take the f/t rat and hasn't had any trouble eating since.