I was already in the bit group. The only snake I own who has never bit me is Rayne, my Snow corn. She is around 8 years old now and she has yet to give me a nip. The ball pythons and boa, they bite when inclined. lol It is normally my fault though, so there are no hard feelings.

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Ain't that the truth - they really don't hurt that bad, but dang, do they startle!

My munchkin boa has yet to bite me, but most days, I can't even get him to bite a mouse either. My Brazilian Rainbow Boa has yet to bite me, but she gives me that look. you know there one, where you know they are thinking about trying it.

The worst I have ever experienced is an outline, with very mild bruising.

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I got bitten by my 8.5 foot burmese python about 2 weeks ago and she didn't strike at me - she just crawled over to my hand, opened her mouth and bit it. It left approximately 65 tooth marks in my hand and I bled like a stuck hog. I know it was my fault. The only reason I can think of is -1) It was 9:00 pm (possible hunting mode) 2) I was going to clean her enclosure and 3) She was just going blue- her eyes were starting to cloud over, but I did not notice. In spite of all that, she was returned to her enclosure after I got 1st aid and I cleaned her home up. I healed nicely- no bruising- but I think I have a tooth in one of my knuckles as it is very tender when I hit it on something or when I close my hand.

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1.1 100% Het Pied Ball Python
2.2.1 Normal Ball Pythons
0.1 Blood Python (rescued)
1.0 Normal Burmese Python
0.1 Albino Burmese Python
1.2 Common Red-Tailed Boa
1.0 Creamsicle Corn Snake
0.1 Snow Corn Snake
0.1 BloodRed Corn Snake
0.1 Leucistic Texas Rat Snake
1.0 Phillipine Mangrove Snake
1.0 White-Lipped Python
1.0 Mali Uromastyx
0.1 Gray Tabby Cat
1.2 Mixed Breed Dogs

I was bitten last week my my sisters ball python, my fault( I blame my sis and her hubby!), as I spent the previous day helping him get rid of some old shed, they hadn't handled him in almost a yr. as they said he had gone blind and mean,come to find out he hadn't shed his eye caps the entire time! I wanted to take him out of there, but being family decided not to cross that bridge, just gave them proper husbandry lecture etc.
I went over the next day, to check in on him and bring him the proper size water dish, heating pad etc. I took him out, had him wrapped around my hand, checking him for any shed /eye caps etc. he was crawling up my arm and I didn't think anything of it, when I looked down at him and he had his mouth WIDE open, and before I could pull him away he latched on... of course he wouldn't let go and kept working those teeth into me, I told my sis to get me any kind of alchohol,( she being blonde put it in a glass with ice) by the time I finished my drink,he let go LOL. Not a great pic, but it shows the bruising that occurred immediately. Now they are completely afraid to hold him, so I go over every day and handle him and make sure they are caring for him properly

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1.0.0 Viper Boa
1.0.0 Yellow throat Plated Lizard
0.0.1 Fire Belly Newt
0.1.0 Columbian Red Tail Boa
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon
0.1.0 Hypo Northern Blue Tounge Skink
0.0.1 Blue Tail Skink
0.1.0 Lavender Albino Kingsnake
0.0.4 Emperor Scorpion
1.0.0 Ambilobe Panther Chameleon
0.1.0 Leopard Gecko
0.1.0 Corn Snake
1.1.0 Teenagers
0.0.3 Goldfishies
0.3.0 Grandbabies
2.6.0 breeding rats
4.24.0 dubia roaches

Some people, all it takes is one strike, or one bite, and it's no longer a good pet for them.

I think that's how so many end up in rescues + Everglades.

I have lost track of how many times I have been bitten, and by how many creatures.

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Only when the last tree has been cut down
Only after the last river has been poisoned
Only after the last fish has been caught
Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.

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We haven't handled ours for several weeks now, but we've moved and they've been hiding for the whole time we've been at the new place. We haven't tried to feed them yet, either. Keeping the enclosures clean and water fresh is all we've done. They have come out the last two days and seem to be looking around, so I'm sure they are ready to be fed. The red tail boa is the one that was hiding and didn't come out, not even at night, because I watched. I worried about him, because he never even came out to get in or drink out of his water, but last night he came out, and now he's out and moving around his enclosure, too. I can tell he's been in his water, as well.

Hubby tipped the bps enclosure over and it cracked completely in the front panel, so first night in our new place, we had to switch their enclosure. It is strange that even after that, they came around a little quicker and are more curious as of yet than the red tail boa. We definitely have to invest in a better enclosure for them now, because we have them in the older one we kept for feedings and it will be too small in a matter of months.

None of us have been bitten yet, and the red tail boa only struck at us the one time I had previously posted. I think we will handle them a couple of days after the first feedings. If they are good enough to eat and don't regurge, then it'll be time, I'm sure after enough time passes for digestion. I think after they get used to it here, they will be far less stressed than at the other place because we are in the woods and the air is different, I think it would matter, but perhaps I'm a loon... =)

Sometimes, snakes have tantrums, at least mine do.

Our larger boa gets mad if you don't let her climb on the furniture.

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Only when the last tree has been cut down
Only after the last river has been poisoned
Only after the last fish has been caught
Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.

Cree Indian Prophecy.

Dragoness - I'm thinking more that our red tail boa is far more touchy. The others, you can do just about anythign, it seems, and they don't do anything more than get still. The male hissed at hubby the first time he handled him, but it wasn't bad, he just left him alone for a few minutes. So happy with all three! I really couldn't imagine having better tempered snakes, howeversobeit, we are still yet quite inexperienced. =)

all of my snakes are okay with being handled on a regular basis - half luck, half stubbornness on my part. I don't mind a few bites in the process of helping them to understand I am not a threat. Most of the bites I have received have been completely at random, for no apparent reason, and with no warning. My kingsnake once went after my hand in a feeding response, and latched onto the finger, and actually tried to start swallowing it. Talk about ambition - he was the size of a pencil when he tried that!

Both of our boas are very handleable, and only one of them has ever bitten. yet.

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Only when the last tree has been cut down
Only after the last river has been poisoned
Only after the last fish has been caught
Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.

Cree Indian Prophecy.