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Corn Bite

I honestly can't say from personal experience but I have read multiple times that it really doesn't hurt. hatchlings you can't feel, and adults MAY draw a bit of blood.. but nothing horrible! I think a hamster or mouse would inflict a far wise bite than a corn snake..

just my honest opinion, but I'm sure that some of the breeders and people that own more then one snake will be by to answer your question with some experience point behind their belts! ;)
 
I have also read that it doesn't really hurt, more of a pinch than anything. The reason I brought this up is because the other day my corn tried to strike at me and although it missed, it got me wondering what it would be like should it actually happen.
 
LOL. I have always wondered it myself being pretty new to snakes, but my hatchling is also really flippen calm so I haven't had him strike or rattle at me and I honestly don't think he ever will, he's a pretty loving little Guy. :)

I do have friend that has been biten by her large ball, and she said that even that didn't hurt. so I would imagine a corn would be nothing!

I'm sure we'll find out for our selves one day! ;) weather that's a good thing or not I don't know.. aha :p
 
It hurts when an adult bites, latches on and won't let go - a misplaced feeding response. It doesn't hurt more than, say, a hard pinch, but that sensation is sustained until they can be persuaded to let go (I usually run their heads under a slow-running cold tap). It does draw blood but very little. Even an adult's teeth are only a couple of millimetres long and can really do very little more than break the skin. There won't be much in the way of injury - maybe a slight bruise and some tiny scratches immediately afterwards. The next day, there won't be any evidence left at all if my experiences are anything to go by.
 
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Adult bites...
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I have no experience in getting bit, but my 7 year old son helps me once a week when I'm cleaning the snake containers, (he holds the snakes while I rinse everything out) but he has gotten bit twice by my bloodred baby and my son would be like mommy he is biting me and I freaked out the first time and my son was like it didn't hurt, he also was not bleeding, and he said he didn't even know it bit him till he looked at his finger. But the snakes I have are 7 months or younger. I love my little boys!
 
I only got bit once and he was pretty young when he did it, admittedly it was my fault {hands smelled like meat AND I sort of restricted his head/neck 'cuz I answered the phone as he was going thru the "tunnel" of my hand}. At first I was like "did he just bite me??", it felt sort of like velcro and was just a tiny bit tingly. Didn't hurt at all. I've never been bitten by an adult, nor my two larger ones who are about a year old and a year and a half old. I was glad actually when it happened, because before that I was sort of worried about getting bit and now I'm not at all.
 
I think the best thing that can happen to new keepers is to be bitten. From that point on, you will cease to fear your corn at all! Even a bite from a 5 footer doesn't really hurt. If you don't see it with your own eyes, you'd never know a baby bit you by feel alone. Defensive strikes are nothing at all, sometimes a food latch on can be a little alarming, but not as serious as a cat scratch.
 
Thanks! This has made me feel a little better, but I guess the only way to really know is to get bit. Now, i'm not going to go off and intentionally get bit, but now I know that there is nothing to really stress over.

Thanks again.
-Damian
 
Hatchling bites don't hurt at all, and if you get a rapid-fire repeat biter it's like being attacked by velcro. Adult bites sting a bit, like needle pricks, but much less than being bit by a puppy or a kitten. Some people do have a reaction to the saliva and the bites itch afterwards (I do!) I had a tooth from an adult left in a bite a while back, it worked back out after a couple of days, like a small splinter would. No harm to me, I was more worried about the snake possibly getting mouthrot, but he was ok too.
 

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It is really quite daunting the prospect of any snake biting you until it happens really. I mean, of course, there are some snakes you definitely don't want biting you if you can avoid it, but Corns are really not that bad at all.

Like others said, it's like a pinch that can feel a bit sharp at times. I still avoid getting bit whenever I can, but if I do get bit then it's no biggy.

Most people I know that have been bitten are the ones afraid of getting bitten and are tentative about going in and picking it up. If you go in with confidence then it's pretty much not going to bite you once it's in your hands, unless you sit there waving your hand a foot away from its face.
 
I'm new to snake ownership and this (other than the temperture being right) is the only thing that I am still nervous about. I have a baby and after reading this thread feel so much better. I've been bitten hard by cats, dogs, rats, geese, even a horse. I'm sure I can handle a baby snake (I hope). It's all in my head :)
 
I hope I don't offend anyone. But it really makes me laugh when people are terrified of a tiny little shoestring of a baby corn snake. When they are babies you can not even feel it. If you didn't see them do it you would never know.

So I would not worry about any bites until they get bigger.

By 1 year of age it feels like velcro. Still not much to bat an eyelash at.

Once they are adults it's a little more prickly but not bad at all. If they decide to latch on it can be a little worrying for a new owner. But it's important not to panic. You are much bigger and stronger than a corn snake. If you just yank them off you can actually injure the snake.
 
While I haven't been bitten by an adult corn snake, I have been bitten by several babies at work. You can't even feel if honestly.

I've been bitten by a ball python which have bigger teeth and that was just a pin prick. A corn can't be much worse.
 
I have been bitten by babies, juvies and adults. It doesn't really hurt but I still jump if they strike. Not sure why because I know its not going to hurt. I have even gotten tagged by a spotted python and a ball python whose bites hurt a bit more.

My 13 yr old daughter joined the bite club a few weeks ago. Our adult bloodred wasn't in the best of moods LOL
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Here is Banshee after my son got her to let go of Haley
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my 4mo has bitten me 3 times (consecutively) and literally i did not feel anything if i hadn't watched him put his mouth around my fingers i would not have even know it was happening it was funny to watch it seemed like each time he realized it wasn't possible to swallow so he moved on to the next finger
 
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