Bitten By My Suvattii

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flash.dan
Green Spotted Puffer
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My Puffers: 8 years of FW puffer care!
currently have 1x mbu
Bubba 17" gentle giant... loves a belly tickle.
2x Suvatti Pair
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Location: Coventry, UK

Re: Bitten By My Suvattii

Post by flash.dan »

blondenblue wrote:my husband got bitten by my mbu the other night, i warned him she was coming but he didn't listen lol, she bit his hand and didn't let go. No bloody drawn tho so i guess she didn't really mean it! gonna deffinately be more careful as she gets bigger

ouch luckily my two are softies and just copme close to watch me
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blondenblue
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Re: Bitten By My Suvattii

Post by blondenblue »

my mbu is about 8" now im glad she is still small! :D
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flash.dan
Green Spotted Puffer
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Joined: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:50 am
My Puffers: 8 years of FW puffer care!
currently have 1x mbu
Bubba 17" gentle giant... loves a belly tickle.
2x Suvatti Pair
1x Carinotetraodon borneensis
Location: Coventry, UK

Re: Bitten By My Suvattii

Post by flash.dan »

still at that size they can tackle mussels with no problem.... my two will just come close and watch me when im cleaning just hover near my hand bubba will even rub himself on me until i tickle him and hell swim off and come back its like playing tag.... makes cleaning his take take 30 mins longer
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pufferpuggirl
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Re: Bitten By My Suvattii

Post by pufferpuggirl »

Wow, that's excellent flash.dan, I wish mine would do something like that, but I don't dare try playing games with them. The first time I got bitten I was only placing a coconut shell with moss on it in the tank. I didn't even see it coming. Now I don't trust them at all. It seems like the lurkers are the ones that try getting me, whereas I can put my hand in my Redeye tank and I've got some big males in there, but they just hang out and don't try biting me.
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Homer
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Re: Bitten By My Suvattii

Post by Homer »

flash.dan wrote:still at that size they can tackle mussels with no problem.... my two will just come close and watch me when im cleaning just hover near my hand bubba will even rub himself on me until i tickle him and hell swim off and come back its like playing tag.... makes cleaning his take take 30 mins longer
Thats pretty cool that your puffers will play with you like that... i don't know if i'd trust doing that with some of my puffer... sometimes when i put my hand in i swear hes eyeing it, like hes wondering weather or not it tastes good...
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RichGSR
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Re: Bitten By My Suvattii

Post by RichGSR »

My Suvattii chomped on my pinky today. I was placing some new plants in his tank and totally lost track of him. I found him. Not till after he tried to take a big chunk out of my hand!

Lol, my fault really. He hasn't been fed this week yet so he was starving. And I was being a bit too careless.

Here's a pic of the bite:

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More pics of him feeding here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/richgsr/se ... 048736928/
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pufferpuggirl
Mbu Puffer
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1 x M Turgidus
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1 x T Schoutedeni
1 x T Leiurus
1 x T Miurus
Rainbow crab
crayfish
Location (country): Yorkshire, GB
Location: South Yorkshire, UK

Re: Bitten By My Suvattii

Post by pufferpuggirl »

Wow Rich, that's some bite! Mine never did anything that severe. How big is yours, is it an adult? Mine are still juveniles.
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