About a month ago my adult beardie bite the tip of my finger off. I had no idea they could bite so hard but he easily tore a chunk off me in just a split second. It is still slowly growing back.
Since the bite, I've been using gloves to put his food in but he will hunt my fingers down if he can see them at all. Even in gloves.
I'm not sure how this association formed so strongly. I haven't hand fed him since he was very very young bc I didn't want him to associate my hand with food but here we are. He used to be handled fairly frequently without issue prior to the bite, but at the moment it is almost impossible to handle him when needed.
Any advice on how i can proceed or how i can retame him and break this association?
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