Python Teeth?

[ydnic]

Anyone have any pictures of ball python teeth....I can`t seem to find any

[HeatherRose]

I scanned this from "Snakes: A fun and informative guide for 8-12 year olds" (which I noticed after I bought it.)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1288Snake-teeth-med.jpg

Hope it helps :)

[ydnic]

thanx a lot - i was very curious

that was very nice of you

[HeatherRose]

Well, Matt_K decided to be a grump and tell me that that's NOT a ball python. Regardless, it's still a python that is around the same size, so that is and accurate representation of what a ball pythons' teeth would look like.

Python teeth are all the same size (in relation to the other teeth, I mean) curving backward to help the snake grip prey. The teeth are attatched to the inner edges of the jawbones rather than on top of them.

[Linds]

Python teeth are not all the same size. Some species have much larger teeth in relation to their size than others do.

[Matt_K]

Originally posted by HeatherRose
Well, Matt_K decided to be a grump and tell me that that's NOT a ball python. Regardless, it's still a python that is around the same size, so that is and accurate representation of what a ball pythons' teeth would look like.

I wasn't being a grump :p I simply said, 'that's not a BP'.. I was actually very nice about it and YOU KNOW IT.. LOL.. Jerk.. I still stick to my original thought and say that's not a BP.. Perhaps other's will post their opinions :p

[HeatherRose]

It friggin looks like one :p

Python teeth are not all the same size

Sorry if I was unclear Linds, I meant one pythons' teeth would be pretty much the same size in relation to it's other teeth, i.e, no large front fangs. :)

[Artemis]

Yikes, my thought was it doesnt quite look like a BP to me, either. Afrock? Burm?

Anyways I guess the reason there arent a lot of pics of BP teeth is that they are really hard to see normally, unless you force the snakes mouth open to take a gander, as such.

My BP is 5 months old or so, and I have only had a glimpse of them enough to know they are barely even a millimeter long at this time, and as thin as eyelashes, and you have to be really really looking to see them when he is eating in order to take a look.

If a bite is what you are fearing, I can totally relate cause I was the same way, and I realized that while the idea of a snakebite is scary, the bites i have recieved from my feline company probably hurt MUCH worse.

I have yet to test out this theory though, as the snake has yet to bite me. Not that it wont ever happen, or that im not still a little paranoid when I take him out to handle him, but we are gradually learning to trust each other, and I dont worry about it like I used to.

Artemis

[Darren179]

lol I wouldnt be worried about a BP bite as much as an ETB bite... Have you seen the teeth on Emeralds they could do nerve damage.

[HeatherRose]

Yikes, my thought was it doesnt quite look like a BP to me, either. Afrock? Burm?

I love the 'yikes' :rolleyes:

Yes, we've etablished this. :thumbsup: It's some kind of African Python, but it's 1. A python and 2. Small, like a ball so you can see the size comparion.

Jerks :p

[robitza]

That isn't a BP but close probably afrock. However, I understand what you are trying to relate regarding the teeth.

Onto the matter of getting bit. I have owned 4 BP in the past 10 years and have only been bitten twice. The first time was 10 years ago, 1 hour after I got my little girl Elvira. She struck out and bit my finger. It didn't really hurt but she did draw a little blood.

The second bite came at a pet store a week ago. I was looking at the spurs of the small snakes to see if I could determine sex for the clerk. I touched the snakes tail and it struck. It didn't hurt and there was no blood. Funny thing about it was that it struck the same finger as 10 years ago, almost in the same spot.

If you are fearing a bite from a bp, the best thing to compare it to, I believe would be pricking yourself with a needle a couple of times.