The Herp Bite List

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i work at a pet store i have been biten by tons of things

california king
albino california king
ball python
kenyan sand boa
corn snakes many of these bad boys
knight anole
anoles
lepard gekos
lemon gekos
white lined gekos
crested gekos
blue tounged skink
pine snake
pacman frog
and final a bugetts frog
 
i had a couple. Worse was when the 5 foot black snake got me between my nose and eye,. Me and my dad had to lie to my mother bvout that one. She made us a deal when we caught it if it bites me she choping the head off it. So that was dads and mine little secret. I got nailed in the thumb by a 3 and a half foot garder snake i caught . The black snake didnt realy hurt but did break the skin and was bleeding alittle. The garder just left a whole bunch of little droplets of blood. Iguana bit me cant remember where but it got me i think it was on my hand between thumb and for finger.
 
I have a baby ig named Gunit.. the other day i was tring to socilize him round my brother and he freaked out when my bro go his face close to him so i was like aight ill stick my face next to his liek i do somtimes to show him theree is no danger i am not gonna eat him, well just as i was liek see jordan hes jsut scared i placed a little swak right between his eyes, and he grabbed my lip! i guess he really wanted to kiss me back!! but it flippin hurt, so i was thought hmmmmmmm now what do i do? he's was hanging off my face and randomly grited his teeeh and jsut tore right in, damn it was liek a razor blade :eek: , i was gonna let him let go alone so i sat for 10 minets while he randomly tightened his bite on my lipp and it was bleeding like nuts, eventually i was liek f this is redic and i grabed his jaw and forced it open. i looked and him and he had my blood runnign all over and he looks at me and licks his lips. that ungreatful bioch. i wanted to smak him but what good whould that do itd just make him worse, so i gave him a bath and moved on.
 
Damn you guys may have just ruined any chance of me getting a herp. My dogs bite me enough as it is and I really dont fell like adding snakes and lizards to the things that like to bite me list.
 
Yeah you get bit/ whipped/ stung but its all worth it, you gotta give a little pain to gain alot of fun. :D my fish bite me too lol a pirranah took the tip of my pinky (OW!) but i still love my fish it adds a little excitement to the hobby anyways!
 
Although I have only been bitten by 2 pets, a 10" tokay gecko and an 8" soft shell turtle, I have been bitten by some herps in the wild. They include , a 6' indigo snake, an 8' boa, gopher snake, kingsnakes, bullsnake. terrapins of various kinds, an eastern box turtle, a 4' caiman, and a water moccasin, a 18"black taegue, and a couplle of green iguanas. It was always my fault. The soft shell took stitches as did the taegue and one iguana bite. The caiman took only a couple of stitches bot the deeper punctures got infected and cost me a week in the hospital ward. I got lucky with the moccasin as it's fangs went THROUGH the web of my thumb and envenomation was minimal. There was a lot of pain but not much tissue destruction. I used to teach survival foods and shelter class in Panama so it was only fair for the critters to try and bite me as I at most of them.Caiman is quite tasty.
 
Tho boa bite bled pretty good but since I pulled the teeth out of my arm without yanking away it did not slice, sulfa and dry dressings took care of it. Big turtles like river terrapins are dangerous and can take fingers easily, some can take chunks the size of baseballs. The only ones I was bitten by were small and while I was cut I did not lose flesh. Also watchout for thier claws.
 
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