monitor bite problems

[hotrodrob]

As a newbie i am trying to soak up as much info as possible. I have come across quite a few threads concerning python bites, yet I have not found any to do with monitors. Is this because monitor bites are less common, less serious than python bites?

 

[ace#74]

probably because more people have pythons than monitors i think monitor bites would be worse than most python bites thankfully i dont no by first hand experience lol

 

[markars]

cause no body wants to get done by a monitor! a small bite from something like an accie is extremely uncomfortable- a bite from a lacey is a disaster that requires lots of medical attention usually. Generally a python bite is over before you know it has happened- a monitor generally hangs on, sometimes for ages.
I got done by an adult accie- he was very large(for an accie) and he held on for over ten minutes before i tried to remove him and it took 10 minutes to get him off.

 

[Retic]

I'm not sure exactly what you need to know ? Monitor bites can be extremely painful and far more damaging than a python bite, of course depending on the size of the lizard. A bite from a large monitor can leave scars and cause muscle and nerve damage. I guess we don't hear about them often as monitors generally aren't handled in the same way pythons are, they are more of a look but don't touch type of animal

 

[morgs202]

Agreed. A python will either bite and let go, or bite and hang on, but a monitor will bite, hang on and usually do its fair share of ripping and tearing in the process. I think only crocodiles and elapids deliver nastier bites...

 

[andy23]

i have been done by one of my lacies not a good experiance was put in hospital for 2 days not something you really wana go hapen to you

 

[Just_Joshin]

I got nicked by a 1.5m lacie today, had to catch up a female to check her out......Bloody hot day = bloody fast lacies. When you have a pit with 5 of them in their, and the run at you if you step in then it get's interesting. While distracting 2 of them to let the other bloke catch up the female, i got a little complacent and had a lacie jump up for some food. I spotted him at the last minute and pulles away but 3 teeth caught me.

Thankfully it wasn't a clamp down or i'd be at the hospital about now and only caught a few teeth but it still bleed like a stuck pig and left a nearly 1/2 centimetre deep gash across the fleshy part of my thumb. Mucho clarat was had, i'm now hoping for it not to get infected.

Python bites = not bad..............Monitor bites = something you don't wanna experience.

 

[scorps]

yeh def dont get bitten lol

 

[TWENTY B]

dirty monitors and thier bacteria riddled mouthes..lol

i would rather a bite from a big python anyday

 

[cris]

I got bitten by a yellow spotted monitor once, it was only about 15cm(sv) at the time though it still drew some blood though.

They also have venom which is supposed to make the wound worse too.