has anyone been bit by a tokay gecko?

[Homegrownscales]

Never Been bitten and I have going on 20 toks. They bark and I back off although ive hand raised many of my hatchlings and I can pick them right up. Parents its a different story. The thing with tokays is when they're in their space... Theyll bite you if you stick your finger in their mouths. More over if you try and restrain them. Mostly theyre all bark. Here's a few pics of mine.

Yes I get pooped on alot 




See there not all bite....

[mark and marley]

awwwwwww theyre so adorable.
and sorry if i posted this thread in the wrong area thanks whoever moved it

[gman8585]

THis thread is funny

[Ga_herps]

I have what is called my unlucky finger. I have been bitten on my left index finger about 20 plus times, and unfortunately more then one of those bites should've had stitches, but I am too stubborn for that. Most of my bites though were from when I used to keep tokays before high school when restraining was the only way I handled them. Now I just try and let them walk up on me. I still get bit every now and then, but honestly it is few and far between even with W/C's

[aldebono]

Tokay's tails do grow back.

The trick to getting a "friendly" Tokay is to get a hatchling or juvi. When they bite, it doesn't hurt and they kinda realize that that trick doesn't work.

[Homegrownscales]

Even a hatchling grows up. Really they just need to not be restrained. A hatchling that's had zero human contact will be really flighty but will still be able to be free handled. A hatchling that's had human contact will be 1999x less flighty and be able to be free handled. Any tokay that's being restrained will bite to get away. Its all about how you- the handler is interacting with the animal.


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[Hypnotic Exotic]

I've got a friend that had one go up his shorts and latch on to one of the family jewels. He dropped to the ground.

[Homegrownscales]

Oh dear. Ya. Don't let toks in your pants. Lol. Omg that sucks. I bet he about died trying to get that bugger off.


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[Ezekiel285]

I've got a friend that had one go up his shorts and latch on to one of the family jewels. He dropped to the ground.

[yeahnoah]

I had one, his name was lucipher, haha good name for a tokay, id say 5 he didnt latch on but he did bark the barking is pretty awesome, i would say no matter how much you want one get a crested, i wanted one real bad got it and i wasnt happy, then i got a crestie and hes great! i gave the tokay to my friend and he had him tame like in the videos within a week though. My suggestion would be a crestie.