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29-Mar-08, 05:46 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Sydney | | | | lol i dont really care about handeling snakes no matter what size lol.. but i have been bitten and constricted.. dont want that happening again lol!
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29-Mar-08, 06:12 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: central coast. nsw Gender:  | | | Think the thread was on BIG snakes, not bootlaces.
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29-Mar-08, 06:23 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Sydney | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Oenpelli-Girl Spary it with a bit of water (from a spary bottle) if it's little big won't really work, it works the same fro bitting i don't have a snake thats just what a snake hadler that lives near me does, don't know if it will work on yours. the reson the spray work is becasue it goes 'Oh whats that it gets distrated loseness up them you can un wind it.. | Or you could not stress it even more than it already is by:
-sticking your hand in its enclosure and waiting for him to uncoil himself
-gently unwrap him starting for the tail
-don't hold him for that long if that is when he starts to get irritated
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30-Mar-08, 09:44 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Melbourne Gender:  | | | | all very good points
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30-Mar-08, 09:54 AM
|  | Mr Knee Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Wollongong Age/Gender: 36  | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mightymike really? dont know if i could bring myself to never handle such a beautiful animal, its a decent handler but because it was bought from a shop it wasnt handled much, i think it just constricts when its had enough after about 20-30 mins...
i just want to know the safest way to untangle myself | Put the snake away after 10 minutes and you should be fine if it only does it after 20 mins , it may have just had enough / feeling stressed .... |  | | |