ouch!

[Stefan-A]

the only problem i can see with that theory is that the animal had no problem before with hands. The reason i immediately think addreniline is because its the bodies preparation for defence and attack so if an animal "smells" adreniline then it assumes either attack or defence is likely to occur.

I was trying to describe the development.

This would be the original association:
Blood = danger

This would have been the observation the animal made during the incident:
Blood + hand = danger
Since blood is instinctively associated with danger, the new observation is the hand.

Like ringing a bell made Pavlov's dogs start salivating, the effect would have been much the same here:
hand = blood = danger

And finally the shortened version of the previous step:
hand = danger

[drache]

you guys
this is getting too complicated
I am happy to say that Henner does not associate hands with danger
and to remind you that he was fine with my not bleeding hand even right after the traumatic event, and even with the bleeding one, once the bleeding had stopped
I have to assume that it was the blood he was responding to
whether there was adrenaline involved is again up for speculation
but given that some people faint at the sight of blood, I am willing to conclude that my beardie had a reaction to it
at this point I'm willing to wager that he"s completely forgotten the entire affair and I'll update you on that next time I offer him apricot