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05-Mar-07, 04:45 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Adelaide Gender:  | | | | Be persistant, I had a male jungle that scared the life out of me when I first got him, but now due to constant handling he's an angel, and last night I quite comfortabley handed him to my 6yr old step daughter.
Tell your brother to stop acting like a tree, because how is his snake supposed to get used to movement and being handled if he remains still the whole time.
Take the advice of people saying try not to touch them around their head, because it is threatening.
Snakes are pets and a part of the family just like dogs, I wouldn't have a pet I couldn't interact with, ornaments are supposed to stay behind glass and never be touched, not our beloved animals.
So, be brave keep up the handling, just be gentle and respect the snake.
Good Luck |
05-Mar-07, 04:45 PM
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the thing i do is just think what it would be like to be held by a giant and see what your soing and see if you would like it
but thats just what i do |
05-Mar-07, 04:48 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23  | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Chimera  IMO only the most placid of python should be given to a 4yo to hold and care should be taken to disinfect their hands afterward to remove the risk of zoonosis. Anything above the size of a full grown mac should not be handed to the child to hold at all (again very much IMO, I know opinions vary)  | Even a big maccy could choke a small child with a feeding reaction, one of my most placid snakes has done this to me a few times, he is a bit under 1.5m.
Here are some pics i have posted them a few times before probably, but i think ppl should be aware of what they can do especially when little kids are involved.
check how happy he was after, look at that smile  my hand isnt normally purple either. |
05-Mar-07, 04:56 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: Noosa, Queensland Age/Gender: 21 | | | | yep My maccie had a feeding response on my girlfriends hand lucky she felt the tension buidling and i could stop it from bitting her. Her fingers also went purple not a plesant feeling for a young chlid im sure |
05-Mar-07, 04:57 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: brisbasics Age: 21 | | | | haha wow to that childrens python, my atherton jungle is perfect to handle and i let anyone have a hold as she is really very placid, i know that athertons can sometimes be aggressive so i have tested my little girl just to see what my boundries are before she gets to 8 ft long and cranky, so far she has bitten me once and that was my own stupid fault for cleanin a frozen mouse before hand feeding her "why are you lookin at my hand like that?" and one time she yawned and slipped off her perch and dug her top jaw into my thumb - but swiftly removed it when she decided i didnt taste so great,
in saying that though she will get very angry at the cologne "ralph lauren - polo sport for men" and also she gets agetated if someone timmid tries to pic her up so for this reason i always remove her from her enclosure. i think its all really pre loaded though, as i have a friend who had a beautiful golden jungle delivered from NT as a hatchling and it will strike at the side of the tank as you walk passed and when you pick it up it will bite your hand all day everyday, so its purely a look but dont touch addition.
oh and as a rule, never restrict a snake from moving, just coax it round to where you want it to venture. but im sure thats pretty obviouse. |
05-Mar-07, 05:02 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Toowoomba-ish | | | | I'm with Jones on this one
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05-Mar-07, 07:54 PM
|  | Necker Cube Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: NSW | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cris Even a big maccy could choke a small child with a feeding reaction, one of my most placid snakes has done this to me a few times, he is a bit under 1.5m.
Here are some pics i have posted them a few times before probably, but i think ppl should be aware of what they can do especially when little kids are involved.
check how happy he was after, look at that smile my hand isnt normally purple either. | I was being generous, my 4&6yo nephews are only allowed to hold our 2yo childreni and even then I am VERY alert and watchful. |
06-Mar-07, 02:44 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: Hornsby Age/Gender: 33 | | | my year old bredli gets handled alot and i'm so sure he wont bite i handed him to my friends over excited 9 year old niece who threw him around like a ribbon dancer with him being the ribbon,...he never lashed out bitey wise but tried to get away from her @ any opportunity he could find,..poor boy, but she really enjoyed him. | | |
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