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06-Mar-08, 11:38 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney Age/Gender: 30  | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Eylandt  notechistiger, you are right RE: Snaked having VERY limited hearing but what you must realise is that their "sound" is what we would relative to as vibrations. What I mean to say is that Snakes will not "hear you talk but they will most certainly "feel" you talk. | Yeah, that's what I was referring to when I said "avoid loud noises" - they may not be able to hear, but from lots of other posts on this topic, it appears some snakes and lizards can get distressed when they are exposed to loud music or noises (ie lots of vibrations)
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06-Mar-08, 11:49 AM
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I would be feeding a snake that size a fuzzy rat every about every week or so. As far as handling it goes, just leave it to settle for a bit and get it out with your bare hands, it may bite but it wont cause any real damage(keep away from your eyes lol). In time it will calm down and/or you will learn how to pick it up without being bitten. Move steady and confident and dont worry about it biting.
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06-Mar-08, 01:34 PM
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Oh, and before I forget. Never use a glove to handle a snake. It makes your hands much less sensitive to the snake, and therefore more likely to squeeze it and injure it (and make it much more likely to bite you).
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06-Mar-08, 06:09 PM
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Mr Mikk mentioned hand washing which I think is a big help. Snakes are very sensitive to smell, so we use the same antibacterial hand wash before and after handling our snakes. One aspect is hygeine, but another is getting them used to that smell which means handling, not food. When we feed them we don't use that wash. This way they don't associate your smell with food.
I once worked in a US science museum where we got a really huge reticulated python. You could handle it easily when we got it. After being on exhibit with people banging on the cage, it got really aggressive and snappy (of course!). Sounds like that may be what your little fellow went through. Hopefully he will settle down with your good care.
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