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What herps have bitten you?

being bit by your herps?

here's our list:::

pacman frog lol
rosy boa
brooksii kingsnake (2x)
corn snake
rainbow boa
carpet python
leopard gecko
crested gecko

nothing huge has ever tried to really take a bite, but last month our 3yo Brooksii tried to knaw and chew off my thumb :(
 
I have a new one! Last night I was helping a shield-tail agama remove some stuck shed, and she grabbed me and would not let go. All of 2 inches long, yet a respectable amount of blood. It was almost cute. Gotta watch the little ones.


Noelle
 
well let see i'll go by common names then

tokay gecko
white line Gecko
crested gecko
leopard gecko
Burmese python
Ball python
California King snake
Everglades Rat snake

probably a couple other things but cant remember them, also the tokay is the one with the worst bite as even the Burmese was under the 3 foot mark
 
Western Fence Lizard, about a dozen or so.
Green Iguana (baby one, didn't hurt :p)
Dumerill's Boa....that one hurt....a lot.
 
Cornsnake
Monitors of all kinds
Blue tongue skink (they bite like a vice grip for how big they are!)
Water Python
Blood Python
Ball Python
Burmese Python
Kingsnakes
Gartersnakes
Tokay gecko
Bibrons Gecko
Amazon tree boa
Green Tree python
im sure ive been bitten by other things just cant remember them all
 
a western plains garter snake and a ball python (one time each, stupid feeding errors on my part), and I used to have an absolutely BEAUTIFUL coral albino red tail boa that was a demon incarnate!! I couldn't open the cage without bleeding, but when I sold her (as quickly as I could find a buyer) the person who bought her had her cuddling and happy in his arms in under a minute .... so I think she just hated me :)
 
Baby common snapping turtle
Green and brown anol
Emerald swift
Eastern painted turtle
Bullfrog
American toad
And last but not least, aquatic bugs.
I had over one hundred bites on one arm.
They itched a lot. I got them while catching crayfish.
 
redfoot tort (while hand feeding)
leopard tort (bit my toe!)
red ear sliders
pacman frog
carpet, ball, burmese, rock, green, spotted, woma and ringed pythons
kenyan sand, amazon and madagascar tree boas
Western hognose
cal kings
tokay geckos
iguanas
nile and savannah monitors
alligator lizards
veiled chameleon
all kinds of other random lizards, I cannot remember all the specifics
axolotl
numerous cichlids (they have sharp little teeth)
african lungfish (bit through my thumbnail, hurt A LOT)

I worked at a petshop from 1996-2007, so lots of direct contact with all kinds of things, most were babies
 
As for as herps only got bit once and that was my box turtle when I was a kid. Been bitten by dogs, cats, pigs, goats, a bull calf, horses, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters(worst critter bite ever), gerbils, mice, rats, sugar glider, owl, African grey parrot, parakeets, parrotlets, various fish, ferrets, short tailed macaque, various spiders, house centipede, grasshoppers, been pinched by hermit crabs, accidentally kicked a sea urchin in the ocean, and I've been bitten by several children.


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My 6ft Argentine boa.
Jaguar carpet python
Baby jag carpet python
Savannah monitor
All feeding related bites except the Savannah that probably thought he was eating
 
carpet python
Got an adult pair years ago. Both super nice fresh out of the shipping box. Once they heated up in their cage, both were bitters:ack2:

albino boa
Me too, adult female, smack on the hand!

And a tiger salamander lol
:D

I have a breeder loan male with me right now, 1st and only bite by a ball python. He is an adult male, and I could kind of see it coming, zap, got me on the hand, blast you Randy and your snake!
 
ball python
cornsnake, several of these
jungle carpet python
bearded dragon
blue tongue skink
tegu(youngster)
childrens python
great plains skinks
bull frog

worst bites ever were from a rats, down to the bone bites. Give me a snake anyday
 
i dont own any snakes... most of the bites seem to be from them

but i have been bitten by
-Giant day gecko. (cutest bite mark ever)
-pac man frog (during feeding, found my finger)
-the rats.. because they are rats
-bearded dragons have threatened to bite but they wouldn't do that!
-and a few garden snakes when i was younger and messing with them outside
 
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