Bite Club

i get bit every time i open my one cal kings tank but even thou it's a 4ft snake it's a king snake so small teeth i don't even feel it any more but it bleeds so that works write i don't care if they bite but i hate when they musk you or just crap on you
after all what love doesn't hert here and there
kevin

My son has a 4 foot Mexican black king that bites constantly, pretty much every time I take him out of the cage. Usually not but if he gets a grip he tends to grind it in. I've been bitten a lot, mostly colubrids but one bite from an 8' rtb. That was tough, I was reaching in a open top cage and he nailed me on my inner forearm and did not release. Had quite a time with that and am very careful with him now. Lessons learned...

i want to join, no wait i did, thrice!

well ive been bit by my 8-9ft boa on my hand but she was fairly new at the time and yada yada no biggie. it hurt but she let go on her own with no broken teeth.

but at local pet store i was just standing around ans someone pulled a 12 ft or so burmese out of a box and just as i looked down at my shoe laces...BAM!!! i got hit right on my head.

i froze up cuz i didnt want broken teeth (already had one exp. that went ok and my uncle had broken some teeth off in his hand) but the jerk that was holding him literally ripped it off my head, breaking the skin more than necesary and i instantly began pulling teeth out. the docter spent like an hour digging for more teeth and now ive got some scarring from my temple to past my hair line. nothing too bad but you can see those holes.

i think about how my boa hit and let go while the python hung there like a pit bull sometimes.

also got bit by a gopher snake while out herping. my buddy chad got footage and beleive my there was plenty of cursing. hes been talking about posting it for a while but after some editing (language)

ive had some of my new born boas hit me but i doubt it counts.

Originally Posted by Clay Davenport

How many have taken facial bites? We should have a group within the club for those of us that have taken a hit to the face.

im in.

Ok, I was bit twice now. My escaped varanus melinus (yellow monitor) bit me good when I recaptured him. It was the neck twist that got the blood going.

Originally Posted by romad119

Ok, I was bit twice now. My escaped varanus melinus (yellow monitor) bit me good when I recaptured him. It was the neck twist that got the blood going.

ahh just as i would expect it too. heard about a tegu that took a finger that way.

All my incidents have been pretty minor. The worst bite I've had was from my Retic & it was completely my fault. He only has one eye and I reached down and touched him on the blind side without letting him know I was there first. So I startled him. Normally he's an awesome guy with no handling prob's and I've never been bitten from him since then.


The other incidents were from my boa's and baby Blood Python. One bite had me digging teeth out for 3 weeks lol a tooth a week.

u here

I've been bitten by four or five types of kings, and 2 types of baby boas. Nothing too bad, only lost a tiny bit of blood.

I've been nailed by my 4' iguana, which didn't bleed for more than about an hour. It did however feel like I got my finger shut in a car door twice. I also took a little tiny nibble from my 2' iggy that has since passed on. Also got redecorated by a hairless rat that is no longer with me. -Joe