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I can't remember what the first bite ever was but most likely it was a rodent because I kept gerbils and mice as a kid. I've had several reptile bites. Two different iguana bites sent me in for stitches. I've had one tegu bite from a 3.5 foot argentine that shook his mouse out of his mouth and then went for the nearest thing that looked like food, which was my foot. A tooth must have come close to a nerve because my big toe was numb for several months after the bite. The actual bite didn't hurt too bad. The most painful bite that I can remember was from a Prehensile tailed skink which bit right thru the nail on my ring finger. Another bad one I got from a young peachthroat monitor that probably should have been stitched but I treated it myself. That lizard raked 3 teeth across the top of my index finger between 2 knuckles and the gashes were DEEP!

<blockquote data-quote="MMRR - jif" data-source="post: 1483" data-attributes="member: 65"><p>I can't remember what the first bite ever was but most likely it was a rodent because I kept gerbils and mice as a kid.&nbsp;&nbsp; I've had several reptile bites.&nbsp; Two different iguana bites sent me in for stitches.&nbsp; I've had one tegu bite from a 3.5 foot argentine that shook his mouse out of his mouth and then went for the nearest thing that looked like food, which was my foot.&nbsp;&nbsp; A tooth must have come close to a nerve because my big toe was numb for several months after the bite.&nbsp; The actual bite didn't hurt too bad.&nbsp;&nbsp; The most painful bite that I can remember was from a Prehensile tailed skink which bit right thru the nail on my ring finger.&nbsp;&nbsp; Another bad one I got from a young peachthroat monitor that probably should have been stitched but I treated it myself.&nbsp; That lizard raked 3 teeth across the top of my index finger between 2 knuckles and the gashes were DEEP!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="MMRR - jif, post: 1483, member: 65"] I can't remember what the first bite ever was but most likely it was a rodent because I kept gerbils and mice as a kid. I've had several reptile bites. Two different iguana bites sent me in for stitches. I've had one tegu bite from a 3.5 foot argentine that shook his mouse out of his mouth and then went for the nearest thing that looked like food, which was my foot. A tooth must have come close to a nerve because my big toe was numb for several months after the bite. The actual bite didn't hurt too bad. The most painful bite that I can remember was from a Prehensile tailed skink which bit right thru the nail on my ring finger. Another bad one I got from a young peachthroat monitor that probably should have been stitched but I treated it myself. That lizard raked 3 teeth across the top of my index finger between 2 knuckles and the gashes were DEEP! [/QUOTE]

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