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Any body been bit? tell me about it

got bit by my male veild 5 years ago or so...he was a little guy, about 12-13" long, and he drew blood-broke the skin on my arm, and on the top of my head--through my hair!

My deremensis bite me once when I was moving him, he was oly a few months old, but he made me bleed too.

My current veild is about twice the size of the last one...I have goten really good at not being bitten by him. He could crush a fingernail.

They can do that, you know.

Well, I've been bitten by many chams for very different reasons. Biggest was a 25" melleri that blackened my thumbnail. Smallest was a juvenile deremensis that barely scratched the skin. Most bites are from a VERY stressed or frightened cham. They almost always try bluffing first. Bites were not serious, just startling and if there was a skin break (not all that often) easily treated with basic first aid (clean, dry, Neosporin and a band aid if wanted). Mostly bite and release, not chewing or hanging on. I don't really worry about it much.

Been bitten many times... but mostly by 2 offenders - they are wc panthers. The tamatave tore up my finger pretty good - have the scars. Most times it is just a hard pinch.

We have a couple of 4 month panther males that are just panicky and always nip when we pick them up - hopefully they will calm down in time. Thank goodness it doesn't hurt much.

One needs to understand why they are biting. Sometimes we can correct our methods and they stop. Most do not bite unless they are panicked or hurt. Some bite and run.
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