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What herps have bitten you?

Snakes:
Cornsnake
Milksnake
Kingsnake
Ratsnake
Jungle Carpet Python
Lizards:
Fence
Whiptail (checkered and six lined)
Blue tongued skink
Great Plains skink
Mediterranean gecko
Other:
Box turtle (yowch....)
 
I'm a kid so I can't really get bit as much or she'd take me to a hospital. But I have been bitten by
Black racer baby (tried to pick it up)
Gargoyle gecko
Garter snake
Western fence lizard
Brown anole (a million times; favorite thing in Florida catching lizards; its a sport okay)
 
I've been bitten more times by lizards than snakes. My Leopard Gecko and Crested Gecko individually have nailed me more times than all my 4 snakes combined. In the crestie's defense I've had her the longest of them all. Needless to say I have found snakes to be less moody, less prone to biting right away (rather scare away a predator by another method), and easier to handle train. As a plus many species only need care once a week so their care is easier to keep up with on a busy schedule.
 
polasian said:
Worst bite was from this crazy Thai chic when I was in Pattaya (at least I think she was a chic). Although your asking about "herp" bites, I'm pretty sure she had herpes...so it does count.

Just like any other bite, this one was my fault...actually I had to pay an extra $50 for it ;)
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Man, that sounds like the worst bite ever.
 
Let's see, I've been bitten by a few:

My animals:
Anery BCI --she was mean; abused by a former owner, didn't trust people at all
Ball Python--had just arrived, was putting him in his tub
Golden Tegu
Leucistic Texas Ratsnake
Albino striped Gopher snake
Savanna Monitor
Cuban knight anole
Tokay Gecko
Trans-Pecos Ratsnake
Speckled Rattlesnake --dry bite

Other pepole's pets:
ATB
Retic
Baby Burmese Python
False Water cobra

Also have been tagged by numerous scorpions, a couple black widows, hamsters, horses, dogs, cats, and probably a few I've forgotten about. Just goes with the territory, I guess.
 
T-RAY said:
I got bit by my Two-Headed Black Pine Snake the other day…..check out the photo on my page….I was trying to feed it a mouse and both heads decided to strike at the same time….they missed the mouse and got me pretty good….Once in a LIFETIME!

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Totally worth it to say you were bitten by a two headed snake. The craziest weird thing I have is a paradox.
 
magicboa said:
Let's see, I've been bitten by a few:

My animals:
Anery BCI --she was mean; abused by a former owner, didn't trust people at all
Ball Python--had just arrived, was putting him in his tub
Golden Tegu
Leucistic Texas Ratsnake
Albino striped Gopher snake
Savanna Monitor
Cuban knight anole
Tokay Gecko
Trans-Pecos Ratsnake
Speckled Rattlesnake --dry bite

Other pepole's pets:
ATB
Retic
Baby Burmese Python
False Water cobra

Also have been tagged by numerous scorpions, a couple black widows, hamsters, horses, dogs, cats, and probably a few I've forgotten about. Just goes with the territory, I guess.
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Wow dude that's a lot. So far only my baby rat snake is the only one of mine to tagged me because I forgot I had touched his mouse with my bare hands rather than tongs like I usually do. Totally my fault and I make a point of saying that every time a non-snake lover asks if I've been bite because over all snakes aren't mean, nasty creatures like people think. I've been nomed on pretty good by a few rosy boas when I was checking at that species to get one. Either all the ones I found were mistreated (and the one breeder confessed to not feeding them in a month due to having so many reptile shows that month to take them too, then they tried to say they're sure the snake won't be like that all the time but they didn't even know if it was CB or WC, and I was like not for $150 I'm not chancing that bye so get this thing off my arm) or the species is just bite happy. I know Rosy boas have a strong food response but I wasn't near mice those days and they were perfectly calm snakes up until the point they randomly laid into me. My python took 1 strike at me through the glass once. He was in deep in shed and changing hides so I think me suddenly walking into the room with his blurry vision just startled him too much. His siblings though when I got him were very riled up and some took a strike but none landed it. Gotta say I'm good at finding tame snakes and keeping them tame. My 2 geckos have bitten me more times each than ANY snake, which is why the 1 gecko is getting sold and I'm getting more snakes but not lizards.
 
Impressive list there, Megan. I only own 2 Ball Pythons, and an anery Gopher (Bull) snake that I caught here in my neighborhood (rural northern AZ). All the bites I received were totally my fault, and being a little too slow. So far, no more tags with my current animals, I want to keep it that way.
 
I have been bit by my normal adult BCI female (left 3 teeth in my finger, had to get those removed), my male adult normal BCI, Florida male kingsnake, and Coastal/Jungle Carpet python (All of those were feeding response bites). They aren't the sharpest tools in the shed and constantly miss the feeding tongs/prey and head straight to the hand that feeds lol. Still love them all too death.
 
serpentgirl23 said:
I have been bit by my normal adult BCI female (left 3 teeth in my finger, had to get those removed), my male adult normal BCI, Florida male kingsnake, and Coastal/Jungle Carpet python (All of those were feeding response bites). They aren't the sharpest tools in the shed and constantly miss the feeding tongs/prey and head straight to the hand that feeds lol. Still love them all too death.
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No problems with any of mine missing their mark. Though I have to hold my boa's food off to the side so I'm not in firing range, LOL. He grabs those suckers like lightening so if he would happen to strike a little too far to the left or something one day my leg or arm would get it. The python keeps eying up my hand so I kinda tend to just drop his food in rather quick. However, his feeding response is usually pretty slow. He's got to poke it in every spot with his nose first before he decides which is the right end to grab. My corn snake doesn't care. He'll try to swallow it leg first if that's what he happens to grab. Funny watching him try to shove it down then looking frustrating it isn't working and ultimately realizing he's gotta down it head first.
 
Luckily I haven't been bitten by too many animals. My bf seems to be the one more prone to getting bitten lol no matter how careful he is.

Ball Python
Amazon Tree Boa
Green Tree Python
Argus Monitor
Also, not a herp but feeder rats too.
 
magicboa said:
Impressive list there, Megan. I only own 2 Ball Pythons, and an anery Gopher (Bull) snake that I caught here in my neighborhood (rural northern AZ). All the bites I received were totally my fault, and being a little too slow. So far, no more tags with my current animals, I want to keep it that way.
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Thanks. It's not quite up to date anymore. Lost some of the inverts but I've had them for awhile. The boa has since been named Xepher. A guinea pig and 2 sizable tanks of fish have since been brought home.
 
Water monitor
B/W argentine tegu
B/W columbian tegu
Savanna monitor
Garter snake (various)
Milk snake
Leopard gecko
Fence lizard
Anole
Rose hair tarantula
Toad
Bearded dragon
Blue tongued skink
African bullfrog
Tiger salamander
Newt (various)
 
my list is short.
A baby chacoan b/w tegu
A juvenile dumerils boa
A black roughneck monitor
And a Crested gecko.

Some birds as well
By my two Jenday Conures.
A Macaw.
And a cockatoo...

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Worked at a pet store for a bit, here goes.
Rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils, ferret, schnauzer, german shepherd (he was going after a kid in the street, it was bonkers), tabby cat (at the animal shelter, it got all infected and gross), various horses, alpacas, goats, a cow, ball pythons, hogg island boa, burmese python, bearded dragon (9th grade science class, he got lucky and hit a superficial vein in my ring finger. Blood everywhere.), corn snake, and various geckos (because I like to tease them.)
Overall, I don't do rodents because they will invariably bite me. Dogs are usually okay unless they're crazy. Reptiles usually treat me well, the few exceptions were babies or just me not realizing the herp was having a bad day. Cat mouths are gross and full of bacteria.
Cheers,
MDG
 
also about 1000 times by a lovebird that was a total dick (I sold her for someone interested in breeding, not playing). If she was out of her cage the room was her cage. I couldnt even be in the room without being attacked.
 
Not been bitten by too many of my snakes which is not bad considering I own 61 of them and some mean devils amongst them too!
Probably the worst was by my normally placid Brazillian Rainbow Boa, he has a LOT of teeth and bit down hard! Blood everywhere and marks left for weeks.
Thinking back I would have to say additionaly, a sonoran gopher , a ball python, various baby ratsnakes, a false water cobra( just a warning nip fortunately), Blackhead Python and Chinese King rat snake.

Remember old man say ..."anything with teeth can bite!"
 
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