Hand feeding

[Mellie24]

Today little miss five asked to hand feed Spike, so we pulled out a mealworm and held it in my hand, being gentle missed a few times and then with great force bit my finger, I didn't know they bit with such force. This is the first and last time I hand feed lol

 

[Bushmaster11B]

I think they do it naturally to stun or kill their prey enough to get it down without a fight. Desert animals have strong survival techniques and being how BD's are desert animals, I would say that striking method is a natural born technique. If you ever happen to get bit during hand feeding, it's more or less them missing. No harm should ever come from it but, LOL, it sure will make you jump. Happened a few time when I hand fed my corn snake back in the day.

 

[Germ]

Yes a Beardie Bite can be quite painful, good thing that they rarely bite. The following pic shows the severity a Beardie Bite can have when mishandled & they mean it ...

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The unfortunate gent who is attached to this thumb, was allowing his BD to ride on his shoulder when it leaped for the floor. Trying to avoid it being injured by the 5' or so fall, he attempted to catch the flying dragon, missing it's body, latching onto it's tail. The BD swung around & tagged him a decent one .​

 

[Slave to the Dragon]

That's pretty funny. Not the worst bite I've seen but good enough to get your attention. I wonder who learned the greater lesson the dragon or the keeper.
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[Bushmaster11B]

There are easier ways to get Salmonella,.... LOL

 

[ravenwolf]

ouch that looks sore glad the dragon was caught though i think i'd rather have a sore thumb than an injured dragon