does it hurt if a ball python bites you???

Question

please only serious answers.

Answer 1

It won't kill you but yes, it will be painful and will need to be cleaned and dressed to prevent infection.

Answer 2

depends on the size actually, it is usually quick and startles you more than anything. Pythons and boas except for the tree variety have thousands of tiny little teeth. The tree variety have 2 large non-venomous fangs for catching birds and bats. Remember the teeth curve inward so if they bite and get stuck you must push into the mouth to release it. I have been bit by several boas not balls but they are the same as far as biting. The largest was 8 feet long. It will bleed alot if the bite is near veins or arteries. It will more than likely have a burning sensation more than pain. Take care of the wound clean it well and use antibiotic ointment.

Answer 3

It depends on where you are bit, the size of the Ball and the type of bite. A small Ball doesn't hurt very much, especially if it's a defensive strike. Quite often I didn't even know I was bit until I saw a couple of very tiny pin pricks on my finger. The feeding strikes are usually worse. I had a 5 foot female bite my thumb and wrap around my arm constricing me. She eventually let go and I bled a little. It hurt for a couple of days, but the pain was like a little bruise. It would probably hurt more if it were to bite a fleshy part like your thigh or upper arm. Their teeth are very thin and their jaws aren't extremely strong. I think a playful bite from a puppy is probably worse.

Answer 4

Depending on the size of the snake. It may hurt a little, or a lot. It's painful, but nothing a little hydrogen peroxide, and neosporin can handle. Generally ball pythons will curl into a ball rather than bite you. Just avoid handling them if you smell like food, or dangling your hand where it can see the rest of your body.

Answer 5

yes, it depends on its size, the bigger the snake, the more harm it will do, a baby python can bite you, and leave little puncture holes that can bleed, not a big deal, but a six foot long python can cause a very painful bite, resulting in a trip to the hospital for sutures, and or causing an infection.

Answer 6

This is TRUE. And I tell it because I now have one thing ALL constrictor owners should have in their arsenal:

I, too, have been bitten. My bp is a very large male & packs a hug. This was a feeding bite & hurt like the devil, because he kept sawing, constricting, inching more 'food' into his mouth, you know the drill........

Did it hurt? Yeah, but that's not the thing. The THING is........ how do you get him to let go??? I do NOT taste like a rat -- stop it.

I walked around the house, Merlin coiled & writhing about my forearm, trying not to drip blood in the grout (quit laughing), trying to calm down my precious little daughter (Don't hurt the snake! Mommy, don't hurt the snake!!!), while searching madly for something, anything, that'd make this durned thing let go of me. I said stop laughing.

Plowing through the medicine cabinet, I spied....CHLORASEPTIC!!!!! I sprayed chloraseptic straight down its mouth -- OK, as straight down as I could get between the gaps in my flesh -- and it recoiled in apparent horror. Kinda like we all look when we spray Chloraseptic down our throats, right?

Anyway, back he went into his den, eventually stumbling over the now-cooling rat in his path, that I'd dropped in surprise. I washed my arm & called my doc for advice. Oddly, I began my story and was put on hold for a few moments, then, when his nurse returned, it sounded like I was talking into a well... Couldn't be a speaker phone, could it?

When his office staff recovered their breathing (can't imagine what could've caused all the upset after I told them the story) and checked my chart to see if my tetanus shot was up-to-date, I was assured that everything was fine.

They also told me to call back with ANY other questions like this -- they'd be happy to help. What a wonderfully caring staff.

The only thing I'll never know -- did the Chloraseptic make the rat taste funny?

Answer 7

To answer the question directly, it feels like a bunch of paper cuts. Obviously the size of the snake makes a difference on how big the teeth and how much area gets bitten. I saw one guy get honked on the arm, and it was a big Boa Constrictor, and it looked like a big scrape from falling on concrete with a bunch of little cuts.

Answer 8

I used to work with snakes a lot, and have gotten bit a few times. It feels like slicing yourself with a razor. As far as painful things I'd rate it fairly low. Being bitten by a rat or large parrot is much more painful.

Answer 9

Usually anything that bites hurts, even if it's a pinch, it's still a form of pain.

Answer 10

Yes...pythons dont have teeth but they cut like a razor. Careful.

Answer 11

If there's any alcohol in it, that's probably what made him let go. I've had people tell me that the surest way to get a snake to let go is to put a tiny amount of drinking alcohol in their mouth.