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Ouch

I was cleaning the tank out and she bit me! little walrus... this is the baby only 1.5" shes very exitable and i didnt feed her yesterday. Still it hurt quite a lot! she drew blood! as soon as she realised she let go mind........

little bugger

Oh wow. Thank goodness he isn't full grown yet, hopefully he will realize you are his friend and not a meal.

I once narrowly escaped losing a finger when stupidly at feeding time I pused a floating plant out the way and Clooney thought oooh prawn. I squealed like a girl I can tell you, much to my my wife amusement. Clooney looked rather confused over the whole thing

I'm glad yours is too small to do any real damage though, PHEEEEEEEEEEW!!!!!!

my big boy is so laid back hes lying down he will eat from my hand ive heen doing this with the baby but i dont think she realises the difference between figer + prawn yet i think she thinks when the lids off she gets fed

You may have a terminal biter so be careful!

I got bit by my Fahaka a while back. I used to think it was fun feeding him by hand. Boy did I learn a lesson quick. Instead of biting the krill it bit my finger tip!
Good thing it was small. You wouldn't catch me doing that again.

Funny how shocking it is when you get bit by a puffer.

yunachin wrote:Oh wow. Thank goodness he isn't full grown yet, hopefully he will realize you are his friend and not a meal.

If it was full grown, then he wouldn't be posting this

Unless he can type with his elbows.

she is only young i dont think ill have a problem at the moment i think she thinks everytime the ld opens th next thing to drop in is food shell grow out of it. shes a fighter though really agressive eater. shes soo peaceful with other fish though.

give her time shell pickup the difference btween rawns and my fingers ( i hope )

bignose wrote: Funny how shocking it is when you get bit by a puffer.

Yes. I've only been bitten once, and Hufflepuff was the one to blame. He is my second largest puffer, which isn't large compared to a mbu. I always knew that if I would get bitten, Hufflepuff would be the guilty one. He has tried to bite me through the glass several times. But always when I do tank work, and have to put my hands into the water, he's tried to escape from me. Except this one time. I have no idea what made him bite that time, but I know I wasn't prepared for it. Luckily he only hit my nail, otherwise he would have drawn blood - because he did take a chunk out of my nail! After that incident, I always keep a close eye on Hufflepuff when I have to put my hands into his tank. Puffer bites make you learn to be careful!