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What herps have bitten you?

Dragoness said:
Cockatoo

None of those have been serious, though the cockatoo was the worst (broke a fingernail out at the cuticle. Ouch.) Snake bites are nothing compared to parrots.
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Yeah, screw that! I've been nabbed by conures (green cheeks, suns, jendays, etc) and even just play bites they hurt. Heck, even parakeets hurt like hell sometimes! I know I would NOT wanna take even a play bite from a cockatoo or similar hookbill. Yikes!

People must think we're crazy being more afraid of a pretty bird instead of the big, mean snake.
 
I had a blue and gold macaw that I gave to my brother so I can agree, parrots are nothing to take lightly. Mine has rarely bitten hard, but at times I was surprised to find my finger intact. I have seen him shred 2x4's so if he gets really mad we give him space.

For the record the only animals Steve Irwin ever admitted being afraid of were birds....that oughta say something....
 
Drew Zaun said:
I had a blue and gold macaw that I gave to my brother so I can agree, parrots are nothing to take lightly. Mine has rarely bitten hard, but at times I was surprised to find my finger intact. I have seen him shred 2x4's so if he gets really mad we give him space.

For the record the only animals Steve Irwin ever admitted being afraid of were birds....that oughta say something....
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Haha, Steve was my hero growing up. You could tell he truly cared about animals. He was the real deal! I think we all knew an animal would kill him, I just expected something a little scarier than a stingray.
 
just the oppisite i have never ben bit. I work @ Out Of Afirca Wild life park in AZ and deal w cobras,burms,retics,anacondas,tegus,monitors,ect,sm mammals, birds, all kinds of stuff!! And i own 2 burms 3 balls 1 jungle crpt 1 dumeril and a savannah mon. I have ben mesing w animals my whole life. ur right some get bit others dont knock on wood..... I know a guy that got bit by a sloth how duz that happen lol
 
Amethystine python
Amazon Tree boa
Asian Water monitor
Bearded Dragon
Black racer
Black Rat snake
Brazilian rainbow boa
Borneo Blood python
Bull snake
Burmese python
California Kingsnake
Coastal Carpet python
Corn snake
Common boa
Copper head
Crocodile gecko
Day gecko
Diamond x Jungle carpet python
Dumerills Boa
Dumerills monitor
Emerald Tree Boa
Five line skink
Garden Tree boa
Garter snakes
Iguana (Green and dessert)
Jungle Carpet python
Leopard Gecko
Mangrove monitor
Mexican Boa
Nile monitor
Peruvian Red-tail boa
Savannah Monitor
Savu python
Tokay Gecko (Who hasn't been that has handled one?)
White lip python

Non-reptile:
Black lab (As a child, was rabid)
Small mutt
Parakeet
Cockatoo
Rats
Mice
Wolf Spider
Conure
Ferret
Cat (feral)
Horse
Hamster
 
well i havnt been bitten alot but my pop has hes been bitten by
a gator on the foot it was a bite and let go thankGod and the gator was only about 2ft
black widow that was a nice day
brown recluses about 3o times cuz once they bite you they leave a scent in yah so they can find you ...little stalkers
water moccasins
a pygmy once
a few dogs
and few cell mates also
now ive only been bitten by dogs never by a snake oh i have been bitten by a very evil veiled chameleon lol im pretty lucky
 
I've been bitten by a spider on the back of my elbow that I never saw so I have no idea what kind it was. It made my entire arm swell up down to my fingers. I'm a vet tech so I've been bitten by so many cats and dogs I've lost track. The last cat that bit me didn't have a rabies shot so I had to wait a few days before I found out I was fine. Left a faint scar for me to brag about. Snakes, I have been attacked by velcro, translation:a Florida blue garter hatchling. That thing came out of the box evil as sin and stayed that way until the day it died 3 months later! My hubby brought me an adult wild garter he found that was sweet as could be the day he found it, ate like a champ and then I tried a few months later to get pics of it and it went nuts on me. Well, take a look. This is the best pic I was able to get. It latched onto my finger and stayed that way for about 10 minutes. I had to give him a cold shower to get him to let go. I don't know who was laughing harder, my hubby or me!

I prefer snakes who don't like the way I taste!

Devon
 

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ok well
garter snake
anoles lol fun when they bite
tokay gecko
gold gecko
jewled curlytails
crested gecko
marbled gecko
skunk gecko
baby iggy
bearded dragon (they hurt)
Savannah monitor
Nile monitor
Carpet pythons (jungle and central so far)
Pacman frog
Ball python
Oh a cranky rainbow boa
so far thats all i can think of
cant wait to get tagged by a gtp know its going to happen eventually
oh yeah forgot
cornsnake
yellow rat snake
kingsnake
 
1). Corn snake.
2). Eastern King and Cal king.
3). Garter snake.
4). Red tail boa.
5). Ball python.
6). Irian jaya, Coastal Carpet and Coastal Jag carpet.
7). Anoles... sooo painful. lol.
8). Veild Cham.
9). Spotted python.

I think that is it??
 
I've been bitten by lots of herps, but I have parrots, too. They put the silly little snakes and lizards to shame! I was babysitting a cockatoo, holding/cuddling him, something invisible startled him and he tore a sizable hole in my face. Fun!

Noelle
 
Kieth Wins!, i wont even list mine. All rat snakes morphs, and mostly Texas rat snakes, i love them, but they seem to think i taste good. Go figure?
 
Id much rather be bit by a snake(not a huge one) then a cat.I got bit on the thumb by a feral cat and its teeth sunk right through the thumbnail and I had pry his mouth off...It hurt really bad.Also rats, rats hurt, bit right to the bone, got a scar from that one.
But Ive been bit by
ball python
young jungle carpet
cornsnake of course
a friends beardie that he convinced me to hand feed..LOL
a young tegu, serrated teeth hurt but mostly just a graze.
and multiple little fence lizards and wc garters etc.
Mice too.Also a couple rabbits(used to raise them).
Oh yea and a nasty little chihuahua that got me on the lip good.
 
I'm a bite n00b, but here's my hopefully NOT growing list (oh who am I kidding, as long as your involved with animals, the lists will always grow)

B&W Cal King
Western Hognose
Corn Snake
Leopard Gecko
Bearded Dragon
Brazilian Rainbow Boa
Black Racer
Ball Python

Too many dogs to list, I work as a groomer, but never a serious bite

Cockatiel
Lovebird

Rat
Chinchilla
Mice
Hedgehog
 
Ball pythons, dumerils boa, rainbow boa, Green tree python (ow), bearded dragon, juvi iguana, juvi savnnah monitor, a few kings, adult corns, leopard gecko... I'm sure there is others. :)

Also, my bird, african grey parrot. And a Cockatoo that I was working with at a pet store (she was startled)... And my boyfriends dog... who is very possessive of him, a pit/lab mix.
 
1) Ball Pythons
2) Reticulated Pythons

Let me tell you, once you get bit by a Retic, those little ball python/boa bites are nothing.
 
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