Well when he bit me that night when he was harassing Mama while she was eating my hand swelled up again and was sore for a few days. I didnt think he even broke the skin that time but, you know. The first time when it was swollen it hurt to move and was slightly purple and took a week to go away, the second time I got minor swelling and a little redness on my hand and it was sore, it lasted for 5 days at the most. I wouldn't care if I did get bit again. It's just part of my job as a pet to my garter snakes, you know.