Ever injured by livestock?

barry cuda

barry cuda

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I'm wondering if anyone who's ever received an injury from your livestock could post a quick description of what happened? I'm very curious because it seems that some of the most popular critters are the ones that are venomous or just plain sharp & pointy...not to mention the occasional unpleasant hitchhiker. Anyone with a story to share?
 
bencc

bencc

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I was cleaning my 55 one day. I had my hand in the tank and felt a sting pulled out my hand and It was bleeding. No idea what did it.
 
mattiej

mattiej

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While I was working at the aquarium, I was helping to subdue a very large female sand tiger shark. Well she didn't like that and whipped her tail around to thank me, I ended up with thirty stitches and quite a few bruises.
 
kittykitty

kittykitty

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Reached my hand into a tank and a lion was hiding behind a rock that I was attempting to pull out. My fingers bled forever and swelled up really big.
Not to mention the PAIN!!!
 
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royalshrimp

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i got nipped by my half inch percula:eek: :scared: :nervous:
j/k... sounds bad kitty, my friends dad was stung by a foot long lion too:scared: :eek:
 
gdamador

gdamador

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:hilarious I have a Niger Trigger, about 4-5" long and the other day I was cleaning in the tank and he came up to me and bit me right on the tip of my pinky. Yikes, he's never done that before but I guess he was trying to tell me he's the boss of the tank! I was only a very small puncture but now I know those little teeth are for real, and really sharp!
 
kittykitty

kittykitty

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He probably thought your finger was a peice of krill :yes:
royalshrimp - i've gotten nipped by a pissed off little percula too.
not to mention countless little brackish spotted puffers. those guys think anything is food...
and ive had my share of countless snake, gecko, monitor, iguana, and chameleon bites.
 
kittykitty

kittykitty

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those things ARE mean, and their little claws are sharp!
I remember now, a brittle star tried to eat my finger once...
 
steel

steel

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umm my SF eel he was only about A foot but his little teeth are sharp and i bled for ever disnt know i should go to the doc. but lucky it didnt get infected. lol o well good times
Travis
 
logen32

logen32

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when i was cleanning my tank that had a 2 inch cowfish and he came up and took a little cunk from my finger.
 
evilss

evilss

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i was at a lfs here a couple weeks ago and the store manager was showing me and a friend some live rock. he forgot that he put a urchin in there and got a inch long spike broke off in his finger.
a couple of months ago my gf was had feeding my sfe. he bit onto her finger. luckly he let go before he done any damage.
 
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royalshrimp

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Originally posted by KittyKitty

and ive had my share of countless snake, gecko, monitor, iguana, and chameleon bites.

yeah my ball python bit me, a lepard gecko bit me, and my iguana whip me
 
moraym

moraym

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Bit by my 15-inch moray. Quick bite, two teeth broke skin. I immediately soaked the wound (on a finger) in hydrogen peroxide for like ten minutes, then used neosporin. Hydrogen peroxided it four times a day for the next couple days, also kepy neosporin and bandaid on it. Never got an infection.
 
barry cuda

barry cuda

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Sheesh, I bet the peroxide hurt more than the bite did. Still, it beats the hell out of the alternative.
My wife and I keep red-eared sliders (turtles) and while a baby RES is about as harmless as animals get in and of itself, the bacterial population that comes with them is not to be underestimated. Twice I've put a hand with broken skin into their tank without thinking about it, and both times I've gotten a nasty little infection. I hate to think how much fun it would be if I got that water in anything more than a little scratch.
 
gasguzzler

gasguzzler

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I was moving the Lion out of the QT tank one day... trying to move him in to a cut off gallon jug, and I felt a spine hit my wrist... twice. Talk about lucky, it wasnt hard enough to get through my skin!
 
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