cheeky wee sod bit me!!!

[lesleyanndunn]

i was cleaning out Abe this morning (3" fahaka)
follows me and the syphon all over tank as usual
i usually feed him something before i do a wc
today i forgot, and he bit my finger

thats me told!!
i couldnt continue with the wc until i had thrown a couple snails up the other end of the tank to get rid of him!
i think hes becoming too tame!!
hand feeding was a bad idea me thinks
it felt like a hamster bite!

wouldnt fancy getting bitten by a fully grown fahaka!

[JoseDepacos]

Forgive me but...

[Ohyouknow]

LOLOL ohhh my, oh my....

I often wonder what those little nippers would feel like. I've also pondered the idea of a full grown puffer taking off a finger if they had the chance... I suppose he was just puttin you in your place - he wanted his snack!

Too cute Can definitely handle a hamster bite, but I'd be afraid that was a playful warning bite - not a real one!

[L!$A]

Can't say I've been bitten yet (imagine a mbu bite!! ) but my congo did try to bite me once.
I was fixing the spray bar on his filter, and he bit my finger nail (I have very long nails) made me jump thats for sure!

[Ohyouknow]

I bet that would make me jump too, even if it was just my nail!

[lesleyanndunn]

lol my gsp has often tried to get me when im fiddling with the filter!
my fahaka has no fear whatsoever of anything!
i stroked him and he wasnt frightened at all
i will need to keep an eye on the wee so and so in future
hes soo different from the last one, who hid everytime a person approached the tank
certainly makes you respect them!

[Ohyouknow]

LOL at least I know that if i have to make my puffer back off, I just need to go get my ugly pajama top. Maybe I won't throw it out (because he thinks it's hideous and zips away to hide if I have it on) I'll use it when I need to dig in the tank! Toro! Toro!

And here comes one moment in which I begin thinking of renaming my puffer LOL... Hmm... Toro! nah, I like Vicious better LOL

[J-P]

Kevlar gloves from now on? haha

[lilacamy931]

Oh no! LOL, vicious little hamster Least it shows a bonding! Certainly makes me think about Nooki biting (gives nervous glance)..least you have him in a routine

[lesleyanndunn]

I have to feed him amy before doing any tank work
or i dont get nothing done lmao

dont know if hes got me trained or otherway round!

[Flutter]

[pufferpuggirl]

Ah come on now, I think every puffer-keeper needs to be bitten at one time or another. My husband has yet to be bitten, but I've been gotten several times by some of my puffers: twice by the suvattii, twice by the miurus, once by the Ceylon, but thank goodness so far, not by either my Fahaka or Mbu. I can't imagine my Mbu biting me, but I could see Obie biting me, if he got the chance. I try to watch them now when my hands are in the tank, but to be truthful, I've not been bitten in about a year, so maybe their past the biting stage.

[LD50]

Kevlar gloves from now on? haha

You say that jokeingly but one of my buddys who owns a LFS has a 2 foot porcupine puffer and when he cleans the tank he puts on a chainmail sleeve, apparently a while back when he kept the big guy at the store somone lost a good bit of finger.

[J-P]

Actually, I do have Kevlar gloves I also know they make them in full length sleeves. I got mine from my old work place "just in case" I got a fish that was tough enough to bite me

[Ohyouknow]

I would definitely like to invest in something a bit bite proof. I've thought about it often; what my fahaka may do once full grown...