I've only been bitten a couple of times by chameleons, both times I was asking for it, both times I got PLENTY of warning, both times it was completely my fault. It was of a surprise than a pain thing the first time. The second time I was explaining to a future chameleon owner about how docile they normally are and how they give you plenty warning before they bite:

Me: Now, notice how this lil guy here quickly changed his colorations to almost black and how he's puffing himself up? He's not too happy. Oh! Look how he has his mouth open? That means he's not at all happy and wants.... YIKES!

*showing smallish bite impression to future chameleon owner*

And that's EXACTLY what you don't want to do if you want to avoid being bitten by your chameleon....



>>The only problem is I have cat quick reflexes. My normal reaction when he bites is to pull away really fast. I don't want to injure him! The first time he bit me he came with my hand when I pulled away!
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• Heres a new shot from today. - pepperonihead, Sun Jun 19 18:34:07 2005
• RE: Heres a new shot from today. - chamcham505, Mon Jun 20 09:00:14 2005
• Thanks, heres one of him fired up - pepperonihead, Mon Jun 20 09:48:54 2005
• RE: Thanks, heres one of him fired up - chamcham505, Mon Jun 20 11:11:07 2005
• RE: Hey John, thats a BIG glove for such a NICE looking boy, hehehehe - PHEve, Mon Jun 20 23:54:22 2005
• I know, I know... - pepperonihead, Tue Jun 21 10:17:21 2005
• RE: I think I would BITE you too, if you were those big gloves - PHEve, Tue Jun 21 17:24:30 2005
• Not that quick if he bit ya! LOL - gomezvi, Wed Jun 22 11:54:31 2005
• Guess I should not have said "the first time he bit me" - pepperonihead, Wed Jun 22 23:07:30 2005