Howq often have you been bitten??

[pilot511]

bout everyday from my happy to be alive JCP....never from my ball or black milk tho (quick lil guy)

[BulldogBalls]

Been bit a few times by various critters. Once by a sub adult ball at the petstore I worked at, I got tagged when another employee had the snake out while the tanks were being cleaned. I had just finished selling some rats and mice and I worked primarily in the small animal room during that time of the day. I did not know she had the snake out, she was behind me, I reached for something and it tagged my hand. Smarts but it isn't too bad compared to having a Degu chomp through the tip of my middle finger through the fingernail. Got bit by my corn when I was younger. Been nailed by a 15" Alligator Lizard. Yeeow that bugger had a jaw!

Dogs, cats, horses, rats, ferrets, mice, various other small animals, snakes, lizards... and the worst biter is.. a horse! I have perminent nerve and muscle damage in my calf from a bite I got 2 years ago from an ornery stallion.

[TanyaL]

and the worst biter is.. a horse! I have perminent nerve and muscle damage in my calf from a bite I got 2 years ago from an ornery stallion.

Even though I've not gotten bit by a snake, I agree with you about the horse! I had a mustang/arab who was an angel around me but hated everybody else. I was standing next to her shoulder, with my back to her head, pulling her winter blanket foward so I could buckle it when she reached around and bit me in the kidney area. OMG...I think I cursed in 17 different languages! She drew blood and left the biggest, nastiest bruise I had ever seen. Thankfully it wasn't any worse than that.

So, if a snake bites and won't let go, what do you do? It looks like there is a spatula or something being used in the photo above.

[LadyOhh]

Once every couple of months tops...

Not often, but enough.

If they bite and don't let go, douse their head with warm water or cheap alcohol. Usually does the trick.

[edie]

I haven't been bit by any of my pythons/boas yet.. those darn corn snakes get me every time!

[frankykeno]

Okay Gib if we don't have an award for Best Bite Pic Ever we should create one just for that shot LOL. I've seen bite pics but that's the best "the dang snake is still stuck on me" one yet!

Funny enough I've only been bitten once and it was barely a bite really. I was gloved, handling a big female rescue who was nutsy at the time and she got a couple of teeth through the thinner webbing of the glove right at the juncture of my thumb and forefinger. I was grabbing her, I hestitated, she schooled me on either grab the snake or don't...hesitation isn't a smart thing LOL. Heck I've been bit worse by my own children!

I'm not sure why I never get bitten really. I just seem to have good instincts about when they are going to try for a tag and get out of their reach or redirect the snake's attention elsewhere or they try and I'm fast for an old broad LOL. Who knows. I just know I don't get bit for some reason.

Of course, now that I've posted this....I'll get bit today won't I.

[extensive]

a lot... the majority have been my fault though.

[Royal_Rodents]

been keeping for a year and a half now, never been bit or struck at, my bp is a sweetheart, not head shy, really friendly, almost like a puppy! worse bite i have ever gotten is by my 2 year old son, evil nasty bite!!!

of course the worst was by my 4yr old little brother i swear he could have been the spawn of the devil. serated teeth, fingernails that resemble claws, and a atitude that would match a african rock python

[gncz73]

hi Scott was that from the girl you got from me. if it was she bite me once. but i have been bite a few times. even my oldest son has be bite twice once when he was 4 by a spotted python the other when he was 5 by a bp and he still love to hold them and watch them.

Jo was that little bite from Brannagh.

Funny enough I've only been bitten once and it was barely a bite really. I was gloved, handling a big female rescue who was nutsy at the time

[Freakie_frog]

I love how Macgyver you were about it with the spatula and all..Props for that.

As for me I get bit at least once a week. Same girl every week same thing tub cleaning and pop.