Bite Club

[coyote]

OMG Sheamus. LMAO!

There is no way I can top your stories.

Of course I have been bitten. Been shat on, slimed, kicked, stepped on and scratched. You can't work with animals and not benefit from this aspect. The scarification on my forearms attests to the iguanas I have "tamed". (Yes, I know I can wear something for this, but sleeves were just rarely in the right place at the right time.)

I do have a different story though. I was taking Xrays of a cat once. The cat was freaked out and trying to get away. It managed to hop like a bunny straight up off the table, with legs splayed, claws out, and hooked the inside of my nose with a front claw. I have the cat by the scruff and am telling everyone around me "don't make the cat move! Don't try to get it off". Everyone stood still, the cat stopped squirming and I was able to extricate it cleanly with my free hand. Nothing else has ever been as scary as that.

 

[South Dixie Dragons]

There is no way I can top your stories.

Of course I have been bitten. Been shat on, slimed, kicked, stepped on and scratched. You can't work with animals and not benefit from this aspect. The scarification on my forearms attests to the iguanas I have "tamed". (Yes, I know I can wear something for this, but sleeves were just rarely in the right place at the right time.)

I do have a different story though. I was taking Xrays of a cat once. The cat was freaked out and trying to get away. It managed to hop like a bunny straight up off the table, with legs splayed, claws out, and hooked the inside of my nose with a front claw. I have the cat by the scruff and am telling everyone around me "don't make the cat move! Don't try to get it off". Everyone stood still, the cat stopped squirming and I was able to extricate it cleanly with my free hand. Nothing else has ever been as scary as that.

You must be a tech or a vet? which one? I am a CVT, LATG .....techs have the best bite stories! I know I have some great ones! Lots of battle scars to show...but I got to play with the big boys (Cougars, Leopards, assorted primates and the dispictible Codamundi! ) I can not wear shorts anymore with out someone pointing and saying "What Happend There!"

 

[crotalusadamanteus]

I do have a different story though. I was taking Xrays of a cat once. The cat was freaked out and trying to get away. It managed to hop like a bunny straight up off the table, with legs splayed, claws out, and hooked the inside of my nose with a front claw. I have the cat by the scruff and am telling everyone around me "don't make the cat move! Don't try to get it off". Everyone stood still, the cat stopped squirming and I was able to extricate it cleanly with my free hand. Nothing else has ever been as scary as that.

Lucky you.
I saw a lady in the vet clinic one day, insisted on hand carrying her cat, and when a dog barked, the cat took off up her shoulder, and this dumb lady held onto the tail.

It shredded up neck, and breast real bad. She left in an ambulance. And of course, she lived, the cat got caught, and put into a CARRIER, (which it should have been in the first place).

Interesting story though. Didi ya get a nose pierce? LOL

Ciao,
Rick

 

[coyote]

Yes, I was a LVTech in California. I moved back home to Montana and could not get a job with a Vet clinic here. I worked in an Emergency Clinic in Santa Monica. Oh the stories!

I too have seen the cat run up the owners face maneuver. Of course pent up frustration causes the vet staff to enjoy that kind of thing, but in the back where clients can't witness our enjoyment.

You know, I have really considered getting a nose pierced. But, I live in conservative Montana. It would interfer with my employment.

 

[Dr Owens]

I had to give myself stitches once after an encounter with the pointy end of a big retic. It was quite the experience...

 

[techgirl]

i don't know if this one will count or not. i was 7 months preg at the time this happened. my bf and his family were in mexico and i had to stay home because of the pregnancy and the flight's limitations on how preg u could be to board their plane.anyway one night i had to get something in the basement and made the mistake of going down there barefoot. i barely had my foot on the ground when all of the sudden a shooting burning pain shot up my big toe on my right foot. never saw what bit me, did see the swelling and bruising though. went upstairs and cleaned and soaked it and thought it was most likely a spider and nothing else. 20 minutes later i was sick as a dog with the shakes and fever and nausea. now i'm worried because i'm alone and going "oh god great" as much as going to the er could have been, there was not much they would be able to do with me being pregnant. after an hour i was back to normal and so was the baby. learned my lesson though. shoes definitely on when i go downstairs for anything!!
if that story doesn't count, here's a vet tech one--got bit by a 6 month old cocker so badly it paralyzed my hand for 6 months and still have problems to this day with some loss of feeling every now and then. that bite happened 12 years ago. the scariest bit was one from a cat we had to put down and somehow got the muzzle off and tagged me 4 times in the neck before i could get it to release and finish killing it. that was fine. everyone heard me scream on that one.

 

[KevColubrid]

More bites

Heh, heh...this is a fun thread.

I've had some interesting bites in my day. I took a bite in the face from a six foot black rat that I had pulled out of the road, that was a fun one. Once, when pulling eggs from my tokay's cage, I took a bite on the knuckle from my big male, that didn't feel good. But the funniest bite I ever took I probably got while fishing, of all things. I was camping with some friends, and got up early to fish. I'm just sitting there, tossing the lure in, when all of a sudden, I feel this huge jerk, like I've just hit a snag. I pull the line in, and on the other end, chewing down on my lure, is a five foot diamond back water snake. He's got the lure in his mouth, just chowing down, hooks in and everything. I was already thinking to myself "S---", because, having caught water snakes before, I knew that I was probably going to get bit, defecated on, etc. But anyway, I pulled this snake up onto the shoreline, and very spent about a half hour trying to remove this lure, gently. Finally, I get it out, and as a sign of gratitude, the big boy whips around, and starts chewing on my hand. I had to laugh at that one. But he swam away, and seemed ok.

Interesting side note...I worked at a pet store for a summer, got bit by just about everything, but the worst bite I ever took was from, of all things...a rabbit. Little bastard just layed into my thumb and wouldn't let go.

Kevin

 

[chondroqueen]

Rabbits and parrots hurt way, way more than most reptilian chomp downs. I have been bit by a rabbit, a 5 foot boa, a 4 foot ball python, a yorkie, a hamster, and numerous big birds. Worst bite yet? A cockatoo who insisted on latching onto my wrist and grating....even through a FLEECE jacket he still managed to put a cut on me that bruised purple for two weeks and bled like crazy.....and the best part is I STILL HAVE AN UGLY SCAR. I will reach into any nonvenomous reptile cage and handle the reptile anyday, no second thoughts, but I really watch what Im doing around rodents and parrots, their bites hurt a lot worse!

 

[crotalusadamanteus]

Yeah, i can see that. The bird part anyway. I got tagged by an African Grey once that hurt like the dickins. Funny story there...........
I go to visit a friend, He has a new african grey that just flew in and adopted his house as home. It was friendly enough, and He held it, so He keeps it for a while to try to find it's parents. Anyway, no answer to the ads, so He keeps it for good.
Here I come, and this little guy is talkative, and kept reaching out trying to grab My arm with his little foot. I figure, "what the hell" He wants to be held right? So I stick My arm out to Him on the perch, and He reaches out farther like to step on to My arm, and He grabs My forearm with one foot, and then just latched onto to it with his mouth (bill, beak, I don't know what's what) and man it hurt really bad, even through the flanel shirt. So I instinctively jerk My arm away. He's got such a grip on My arm, the perch, and bird and all come crashing to the ground, the bird goes for a little tumble on the floor, gets back on His feet and proceeds to LAUGH at Me. It was so much like a human laugh, I forgot all about the pain, and the little hole in My arm, and soon everyone was laughing with Him. Including Me.
Crazy frickin bird! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA...............................

Rick

 

[Southwick Herps]

I dont have too much to brag about here...
Just a pretty decent bite from a carpet python.. Didn't hurt, but the little guy left the perfect ring of teeth.
Other than that, just hit by my king, few gecks, balls, and a kenyan.

 

[Denisebme]

Memorable bites

I grew herping in the deserts of southern California, and I been bit more times than I can count, mostly by kings. Got tagged on the SHOE once by a sidewinder, after that experience, I stopped chasing hots.
The worst bite was from my big burm, and that was my fault, I startled him. It was a quick bite and release though, it could have been a lot worse.
Funniest one had to be the beardie bite, I was hand feeding supers and my big female just got a bit excited and munched the tip of my thumb with her worm, a little extra protein in her diet that day.
I have a male red tail that has been trying to get me for two years, he hasn't managed it yet, so maybe I've finally learned how to stay out of the way.

 

[Art Klass]

Many people are afraid of snakes, but i'm afraid of those little dwarf hamsters. Those things will bite the fire out of you. When I was dating my wife she had a dwarf hamster and I had a boa. The hamster bit her clean through her finger. She was so mad she wanted to give it to her cat. I told her that was inhumane and "lets feed it to the boa". She agreed, I married her!

 

[Denisebme]

LOL!! I can not STAND hamsters. Rodents to me are just snake food.

 

[redknee]

hamsters are satan spawn! : i get bitten on a daily basis by the little ********! as i work in a petstore , as for snake bites the worse one was from a 9ft Argentine boa i used to have , she escaped from her enclosure and i spooked her when i found her up inside my wardrobe she nailed me on my shoulder jeezus she packs a punch

 

[A_Kendergirl]

I finally have something to contribute here! I'll show the pic first...

This was from one of my largest male leopard geckos! He wanted down, and apparently I wasn't going fast enough for him, so he turned around and gave me a good bite!

Actually...you can see him in my avatar! Just goes to prove...if it has a mouth, it can bite.

 

[Melle]

I agree about the rodent thing. Working at various pet stores, ive been bit by all kinds of hamsters, gerbils, etc., ball pythons, kingsnakes, tokays, and a baby monitor once.

The worst ever was a guinea pig, lol. The two boys were fighting, i had to seperate them. Opened the cage, stuck my hand in to grab one of them (they were on opposite ends of the cage at this point.) and BAM. The second he got me i started bleeding like crazy everywhere. and it wouldnt stop. it was on the base of my thumb and swelled up huge within minutes. didnt help i am allergic to guineas. so for the next week I could barely move half my hand, let alone write or anything.

 

[liquidleaf]

LOL! I have to share my latest bite story. Seems like all the girls in the household have to tag me at least once! I checked on my '05 hypo BCI female the other evening - she had shed earlier in the day. Well, at some point, she decided to wear the end of a shed (from vent to tail tip) ON HER HEAD like a ski mask/dunce cap. The "point" from her tail shed was sticking straight up in the air! Well, I normally feed them in the evenings, and it was getting fairly close to feeding day... I reached in to remove her fashion statement and BLAMMO. Should've seen it coming, since her shed hat covered her head over her eyes so she probably had no clue as to what that huge warm thing heading towards her was and probably couldn't smell me either. 'Twas just a flesh wound! I should've snapped a photo before I took that off of her though- too funny-looking!

 

[Melle]

I should've snapped a photo before I took that off of her though- too funny-looking!

LOL! I was thinking the same thing

 

[josco79]

I just saw this thread and wanted to share my most memorable bites. I have been bitten a number of times (always my fault BTW), but 2 stand out. The 1st was by my 12 foot Burmese that I was feeding in an open area. I got sloppy and moved my hand which the snake of course tracked. I managed to move my hand out of the way, but unfortunately my leg was behind it. It hit and then tried to unlatch, but was having difficulty. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed my 9 year old son's wide eyes, as he turned very calmly and then started yelling "Mom I think Dad needs some help"... A new brain would be good. The 2nd was almost as stupid. I was feeding my 7 foot IJ Carpet python, and I assumed I knew where his head was as I lifted the food item into his enclosure. He left a perfect set of double row impressions on my wrist. We took pictures they were so distinct. I should really take pictures of his head as well, so I can remember which end is which .

 

[PJ FF]

bit by a burm while at a reptile store but not to painfull, still hurt tho