beardeddragon111
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Ok so explanation time. I brought the my 40" female tegu outside so that she could get some sunlight. I should have been more careful when picking her back up. Anyway, when I picked her up, she acted crazy, and I was only able to hold her by the base of the tail to keep ahold of her, in fear of her getting loose. Well, she whipped back and got me in the arm. Thank god her jaws didn't lock or this could have been much worse. After 30-45 minutes we managed to trick her into getting into a dog cage with no other injurys. The wound was cleaned out and were currently letting the lizard cool down before I pick her up and move her to her cage. I'm fully aware of how much worse this injury could have been, and don't think I plan on taking her outside anymore, as beneficial as it is. I want to reduce these instances as much as is possible. I would like any advice of safely getting her back to her cage with no more trouble, I don't want to be bit again and dont want to harm the lizard, but she clearly is not back to her normal self.
I did learn, however, how smart these lizards really are. She KNEW that the dog cage was a trap. She knew once she got in there we would close the doors and keep her in. She looked all of us directly in the eyes, something I haven't seen reptiles do before. Anyway, thanks to whoever read through this whole thing, and just a tip, be careful when moving animals with questionable temperaments into full sunlight. My girl was only 8 pounds, a 20 pound animal could take off fingers and do a lot more damage than her.
Just a sidenote, yes I cleaned the wound very well after taking these pictures, there were no teeth left in my arm and I only seem to have little puncture marks rather than any actual tears.