For those who don't think geckos can bite...

[your gecko guy]

ouch!

 

[Baoh]

My Giant Mack Snow got me once on the ring finger. A wee slice like yours on the fingertip and grooves from the teeth well into the nail. I didn't realize it was even my own blood at first because none had broken the skin before. I kept checking the gecko for wounds around or in his mouth.

 

[Nigel4less]

Was this before or after you called him a wittle wee?

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Was this before or after you called him a wittle wee?

I didn't call her a 'wittle wee'. I told her she was 'vewy pwetty', and then I said 'hold still'. I think it was the second part that made her mad...

 

[LizMarie]

Ouch! Sadly enough my gecko has no interest in my hand even if is to bite. She walks right around it.

 

[Gecko Euphoria]

I know how you feel I've had blood drawen from a bite its more scarey than painful, i mean more startling, If I ever have one that needs help with shed I use my feeding tongs and peel carefully I just dont like the thrill of all of the sudden type stuff, Take care.

I didn't call her a 'wittle wee'. I told her she was 'vewy pwetty', and then I said 'hold still'. I think it was the second part that made her mad...

 

[SFgeckos]

ouchh!!

ouchh! that looks painful...i hope it heals up well marcia.
you'll just carry the "scars of a true gecko lover" the rest of your life =) maybe i need to get some permanent scars too LOL

i always use tweezers or a wet cotton swap to get any toes/eyelid skins. A few months back, i had a wheeleri female clamp on my finger but she was lunging at the cricket when i was spot cleaning her cage! haha

 

[nats]

I havent been REALLY bitten yet (knocking on wood!!) but I have been niped many times.

There is a prevailing myth that leos not only do not bite, but have no teeth!! :main_rolleyes:

I always get a good laugh when I read folks say that on YouTube, and they actually think they know what they are talking about :main_laugh:

 

[acpart]

I've had 2 bites this season. The most recent was on the fleshy part of my index finger when one of my geckos missed the cricket I was handing him. The first one was worse: I had put my very large, very calm Tremper albino (the one I bring to the shows for all the kids to hold) in a separate cage to re-interest him in the ladies. Probably because I had had a different male in there before, when I opened the cage the next day, he went charging out of the cage and running across the living room. I was on the phone at the time and when I went to catch him I got the phone cord tangled up on a chair. Then I lunged for him and he sank both jaws into my hand. I had a double-jaw heart shaped cut that was bleeding like you wouldn't believe. So I"m tangled up in the phone cord, holding the gecko, trying to stop the bleeding. I hung up pretty quickly.

Aliza

 

[727geckokid]

I have a group of MS Blizz Het DB and all 5 of them are biters, Right down to the 15 gram. lol The bigger Boy Packs a punch but i havent bled that bad yet. I am hoping for speedy recovery Marcia:main_thumbsup: All Jokes aside i hate getting bit by geckos, theyre just like snakes, quick lil strikers. The worst is when they hold on and shake. At least Snakes Let go. lol

 

[Baoh]

The worst is when they hold on and shake.

Indeed. Sucks when they confuse my pinky for a pinky.

 

[DoubleZ]

My youngest use to snap when she just a tiny little thing. Never drew blood though.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

The worst is when they hold on and shake.

The worst bite I ever sustained required 5 sutures! I had an adult male patternless get shipped to me in a very small deli cup and no paper towel in it. He was covered in poo! So, before I put him in his tub, I ran some lukewarm water so I could rinse him off first. I took him out of the deli cup, held him under the water trickle, and he latched on to the fleshy, webbed part of my hand between my thumb and finger. He chomped down so hard, and then shook before he went into a alligator death roll. He didn't let go for a l-o-n-g time! When he was done, I could see my knuckle bone at the base of my thumb!

 

[Halley]

That’s ridiculous!

Did that male ever show aggression again?

 

[Untide]

That must have been one seriously p'd off gecko...

 

[nats]

Wow Marcia, thats insane!

I better stop reading this thread, I'm going to be afraid to touch my leos now!

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Did that male ever show aggression again?

Nope! He's as sweet as they come. Getting bitten like that was totally my own fault. I should have known better than to take a 70 gram gecko out of a tiny deli cup covered in his own poo, after being shipped, and holding him under running water. I honestly don't blame the guy for biting me!

 

[Baoh]

The worst bite I ever sustained required 5 sutures! I had an adult male patternless get shipped to me in a very small deli cup and no paper towel in it. He was covered in poo! So, before I put him in his tub, I ran some lukewarm water so I could rinse him off first. I took him out of the deli cup, held him under the water trickle, and he latched on to the fleshy, webbed part of my hand between my thumb and finger. He chomped down so hard, and then shook before he went into a alligator death roll. He didn't let go for a l-o-n-g time! When he was done, I could see my knuckle bone at the base of my thumb!

This tops all I have heard of with leos. Wow.

 

[Albey]

Got this trying to remove a piece of shed from a Sunglow's eyelid:

This gecko is one of my sweetest Sunglow females... adult, around 75 grams. I was trying to remove unshed skin from her eyelid, and was holding her in my left hand while picking the skin with my right forefinger and thumb. I had my pinkly finger in front of her face, and she simply had enough! So... she chomped my finger.

The worst bite I ever sustained required 5 sutures! I had an adult male patternless get shipped to me in a very small deli cup and no paper towel in it. He was covered in poo! So, before I put him in his tub, I ran some lukewarm water so I could rinse him off first. I took him out of the deli cup, held him under the water trickle, and he latched on to the fleshy, webbed part of my hand between my thumb and finger. He chomped down so hard, and then shook before he went into a alligator death roll. He didn't let go for a l-o-n-g time! When he was done, I could see my knuckle bone at the base of my thumb!

The funny thing is I know that Marcia was apologizing to the Geckos after they bit her. I can even here her voice in my head.:main_laugh:

I didn't call her a 'wittle wee'. I told her she was 'vewy pwetty', and then I said 'hold still'. I think it was the second part that made her mad...

Those of you who have met Marcia and know her at all know exactly what I mean. Too Funny!

You Go Girl:main_thumbsup:

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

The funny thing is I know that Marcia was apologizing to the Geckos after they bit her. I can even here her voice in my head.:main_laugh:

OMG, Albey! You are soooo right! LOL!!! (You know me too well...)

"Ohhh, I'm sowwy sweet pea! Did I upset you wittle one? Look what you did to mommy!"