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| pretty_bunny |
Posted - 12/12/2010 : 22:03:26
Everytime I go for my snake she strikes at me. It's not fun at all. I then use a ruler to lift her body; she is fine to let me hold her after that.Should I quit the ruler and use gloves instead, and then graduate to my bare hands? I knew they were nippy but mine just seems evil :P |
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| IncurableFlirt |
Posted - 15/12/2010 : 22:02:25
LOL! I have a Corn snake just like that. The "tunneling, grabbing, running" thing, that is. Erytheia, my female Hypo is very anti-social. One time when I was holding her, she thought the back of my head was food and clamped on.  It took me several minutes to get her dislocated without hurting her.
It really is funny how different the personalities on animals (snakes included!) can be. |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 15/12/2010 : 17:06:28
They're all so different it's amazing. My biggest "worriwart" is Agate, a 2008 female who will do *anything* to get away from people -- tunneling, grabbing, running, you name it. Her half sister Onyx is much more chillaxed about life. |
| IncurableFlirt |
Posted - 15/12/2010 : 01:13:43
LOL! Marius is so laid back, he just stays in a cute little ball when I first pick him up. He flicks his tongue a few times....considers un-balling. Then when he finally realizes he is out for a slither-about, he uncurls and begins to search EVERYWHERE. That pic of your BRB wrapped around the wiring is hilarious. I wouldn't even know where or how to begin to unwrap. I have seen Marius do the "Frantic tunnel into moss" thing a couple of times, but that was usually when I startle him. Once I pick him up, he's like: Oh, it's you. Thought you was a monster come to eat me.  |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 14/12/2010 : 22:25:37
Haha, mine have done that too -- and BTW nice pict! |
| oakleyman18 |
Posted - 14/12/2010 : 21:44:27
Haha already beginning to see those emerging - Seen a few self-burials, vine wraps, but mostly stretching out to as long as she can like a stick so that I can't physically get her out the Viv!! She even tried to make a grab at any of the nearby wires from the digital thermometers, and if she can she won't budge! Try moving this------>
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| Snakesitter |
Posted - 13/12/2010 : 23:58:31
> seek other means of getting away from you
LOL, you mean like the "frantic tunnel into moss" or "tail-grab the nearest decor" tricks? |
| IncurableFlirt |
Posted - 13/12/2010 : 22:58:41
I definitely agree. I've never been bitten by Marius (he's so way laid back it is funny), but I have been bitten by my BCI red tail boa, who was much bigger at the time. Though it might be a little scary at first, it really doesn't hurt much at all and is just more surprising than anything. Heck, I'd MUCH rather get bitten by one of my snakes than one of my rats, cats or dogs any day.
It is very important to break your snake of this early, and sometimes you have to take the hits in order to move forward. Once your RB learns that you are not going to put it down...even if it bites you...it will stop doing that and seek other means of getting away from you. Eventually, with gentle, continued handling your snake will learn that you are not a threat, but also that you will not take no for an answer. Best of luck! |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 13/12/2010 : 20:10:48
I agree with Ash. However, I would skip even the gloves: you need to break her to bare human hands while she is still young. It won't hurt too much, and once she learns that biting will not mean she is left in her cage, she will stop doing it. If you don't move her past this stage...well, a 2200-gram adult can do a lot more dmaage than a 30-gram baby. |
| hiper2009 |
Posted - 13/12/2010 : 09:52:47
Yours seems to be home defensive , I would stop with the ruler and if it makes you feel better put on some glovers and try to pick her up and if she bites you don't put it back down or she thinks when she bites she will be let go so after she has bit you just carry on as normall and she will get used to this and should tame down. |
