For anyone who's ever wondered how hard a leopard gecko can bite...

[mandypandyjack]

Once upon a time a few weeks ago, my boy Kato and I were hanging out. He decided to crawl onto my back then up my neck under my ponytail and up on to my head, just above my forehead. Well for whatever reason, he lost his grip and fell. Well Kato was quick to take action and chomped onto my nose to break his fall before I could even react. Let's just say, this hurt more than I ever expected. I grabbed him from my nose in my panic, and in his own panic, he chomped onto my thumb as well. I put him back into his terrarium and by this point, there was blood running down my face and down my hand. My thumb quit bleeding rather quickly but I tried to stop the blood coming from my nose for a good 15+ minutes. I was very surprised over how much I bled and how hard he bit. I was in no way mad at him because he didn't bite me out of anger or anything, he just to tried to save himself from falling to the ground. I was just shocked at how bad it hurt, I had no idea they could bite that hard! Here's a picture of Kato and two pictures of the bite I took later on that day.

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It's been a couple weeks and is pretty much healed expect for one part of the bite which is closest to the crease between my nose and my cheek which looks like it'll scar. Anyways, if you've ever been curious about how bad a leopard gecko could bite and what their bite looks like, here you have it! Also Kato is well. He was perfectly fine, just probably more scared than anything. I definitely came out worse than he did! Haha

 

[Ruvik]

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[mandypandyjack]

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[hds1492]

Yikes!! :-/

 

[warhawk77]

That looks like it hurts. I have had mine (Odie) bite my hand while going after a worm before it broke the skin and bleed pretty good also, but not like yours I bet. Sorry to hear it but glad it's healing.