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What herps have bitten you?

Let's see.... hmmmm... ok, been bitten by hognose, cape gopher, boa, & honduran milk .... I think that's it... None of it hurt ... felt like a safety pin stick
 
yeah bunnies that don't want to be held will bite, and draw blood. Unless it thought my hand to be a carrot for some reason.(lol) I didn't know what to do with it I didn't want to drop it but didn't want it in my hands either.
 
I wasn't holding it, I just opened the cage to put a mineral block in and it made some weird evil noise ran up, bit me & ran away. Then while I was crouched there looking at my bloody hand thinking :censored: :censored: it charged me again reared up and started boxing at me. I whacked it back into it's cage and seriously considered eating it in vengeance, but I want it to breed first. He's really pretty.

Three months later, still no baby bunnies :angry:
 
Ah, good times
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lol, Laura!!

I took in a starving foal and she was such a cutey, she would nibble on my bracelet. Her Dam died when she was 2 1/2 months old, so while I was trying to save her life, I spoiled her rotten. I knew I shouldn't let her nibble, but she was so darn cute. One day she missed the bracelet and nibbled my wrist, Ouchy!! she is no longer allowed to nibble.
 
Speaking about bunnies, guess what my daughter convinced me to get her this weekend. Thats right 2 new dwarf bunnies. They are so tiny I could say no. Darn.
 
Reptilian bites, nothing too spectacular.

Green Iguana
Ret Tailed Boa
Ball Pythons (every so often)
Jungle Carpet (about once a month)
A bunch got me over the years; mostly mid-west colubrids.
Black Rats, Racers, Garters
Water Snakes with really big teeth


Non-reptilian bites, only the most memorable.

.. Porcupine; (quilled me, which hurt as bad as a bite).
.. Cat; messed me up pretty bad when I was a kid, a herd of them lived under my Grandmother’s house and I jumped on one to catch it. I never wanted to let go of something so bad in all my life.
… Pony; bit me in the back, I thought it took out a chunk of flesh it hurt so badly. Ponies are pure evil.
… Gerbil; hurt a lot, but not as much as the pony.

I try to only keep Pythons now because colubrid bites get all red and swell up; I’m guessing I’m allergic to the toxins in their saliva. I’m Ok with Pythons and Boas; I just bleed.

Bunnies are more evil than ponies!
 
Ok I guess we can add baby python to the list now. Man i hate adding to this list I'd much rather not add to it. And my daughter got front row seats to this one.
 
I been keeping, chasing and catching herps and things for years so i have a rather extensive list

Herps:
Green Anole
Western Fence Lizard
Southern Alligator Lizard
Many baby water turtles of varius species
Cali King
Gopher Snake
Blotchy Side Lizard
California newt
Leopard Gecko
Flying Gecko
Tokay gecko
Common House Gecko
Med House Gecko
Red Tail Boa
a baby Retic
Gilberts Skink
A baby Nile Monitor
Tiger Salamander species unknown
and many more I have likely forgotten over the years.

Then there is all the bites and stings one gets when out in the field, ants, wasps, bees, hornets, a scorpion, spiders, ticks, etc etc. OW. Every log, rock and old blanket is a surprise.

Non Herps:
Well the thread says what herps have bitten you.
 
As just about everyone here, I have kept herps and such since I was a kid.
Here is my list of bites, including non-herp bites:

Green anole (Put them on my ear lobes for a quick pic)
Blue-tailed skink
Fence lizard
Multiple types of corn snakes
Black rat snake(s) (Catch them all the time here)
Yellow rat snake (Wild caught, but long term captive)
Grey Rat snake
Speckled kingsnake
Northern water snake
Garter snake (YES, I got bit by one, lol)
Green rough snake (It couldn't really "bite" me, but it tried)
Multiple boas BCI (I breed them, so I get bit by them, especially babies)
Bull snake (Long term captive, very "WILD")
California kingsnake (When they were hungry, lol)
Reticulated python juv 4ft (This thing was down right EVIL)
Adult amazon tree boa (I got tagged from about 5ft away, she was 6ft long - this was the most painful bite, OUCH!)
Eastern box turtle (As a kid)
American bull frog
Green iguana, juv
Degu (Mean little creatures)
Dog, many times
Cat. may times
Mouse, many times
Rat. many times
Rabbit ONCE
Many cockatiels (Used to breed them, got bit all the time)
Parakeet (Bred them too)
Savannah Monitor juv
Sugar glider
American Alligator juv (On the stomach)
Mosquito and many other insects
Brown recluse
Many types of fish, including bass, blue gill, alligator gar, Grennel, catfish etc
and I am sure the list will continue.
 
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Been keeping them for 12-13 years now.

Been bit twice by the same red tail. It was my first one and was very tame. He just got me when I was reaching in for hm a few times. I have been beet on my super thick leather gloves a lot though.

Got but by a leopard gecko once also.
 
Been bit by bp's, boas and a beardie, as far as reptiles go; other than that, dogs, cats and birds. The only thing I had that NEVER bit me was my raccoon!
 
aaaahhhh the bite's...

this is always fun...,well as a breeder and keeper ya get bit!!,my list includes,

mice
rats (the worst !!)
cornsnakes
6ft. burm ( very aggressive)
green tree pythons (lots of bite's from these)
turtles (sliders & ally snapper - 4inch,actually took a chunk out & left a hole)
leopard gecko's
nile monitor (this was really bad & included some whipping)
ball pythons
amazon tree boa's

pacman frog

none of these bites were fun(lol)
 
What the hell,

Mangrove(Cat Eyed)
Savannah Monitor
Boas(different species)
King Snakes
Rat Snakes
Desert Tortoise
GTP
Anoles
Fence Lizards
Iguanas
B. Dragons
Milks
Tokay Geckos
Leo. Geckos
Crested Geckos
Panther and Veiled Chameleons
Burmese Python(reason I dont by pythons anymore)
Alligator Lizards
 
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