I got my coastal

[Alexahnder]

I got my coastal yesterday. He is about 55 cm long and has really great colours. He has Only bitten me 6 times and my mum twice.

Anyway i was wondering if anyone with coastals has any that bite at every opportunity, even trying to bite me as i walk past the cage. I thought that they were pretty placid snakes.

I guess i still love him and she likes "kissing " me.

Alexahnder

[poppets]

our monty is a big one and he dosent bite us ever at all from moppet

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Hi Alexahder,
Ive found them to be the most placid snakes, even wild ones.
I had one hatchling though that sounds very similar to yours and he never settled.
Regurlarly handle him is your best option - before he gets to 8 foot anyway!
Cheers
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[africancichlidau]

Yeah, hatchies can be a bit snappy cos everything is a threat to them. The more you handle the little bugga, (once he has settled in), the more likely it is that he will become moe confident and placid Good luck and congrats, Coastals are a great snake

[Stevethepom]

AHHHHHH! Finally someone is turning over to the right side, coastals rule supreme, IMO though i guess most have figured that out by now, mine have all had a tendancy to have a nip when they were juvies, but as long as you leave em alone to settle in (ie two weeks or so), then begin handling on a regular basis, he/she should tame down. but as someone said, no guarantees it will tame down :S.

ps : before afric tells you about my head bite again, i will.....dont handle rats then open the door to you snake cage and sit eye level with the snake...they bite ya on the forehead

[python_guy44]

lol, a bit off topic but, my dads freind had a 7 ft diamond, and he pulled her out and put her on my shoulders, he then left the room, i went to stroke the diamond and it whipped around and snapped its mouth open the shut about 2 cm away from my face, i stood dead still until the guy came back in. Very scarey , it was my first time holding a large snake so i wonder why i didnt get a fear of them.

sorry bout it but i have to share it hehehe

[Stevethepom]

dont you have a 6ft bredli jeremy?

[python_guy44]

yeah but if you read it properly

lol, a bit of topic but, my dads freind had a 7ft diamond,

it was my dads friends diamond ok steve and any other lost ppl

[Stevethepom]

"it was my first time holding a large snake so "

lol jeremy, i was refering to that, if your bredli is bigger than my coastal then its bigger than this diamond

[python_guy44]

hey i only said my bredli looked fatter then your coastal steve. And that diamond python was the first snake i handled larger than a 3 ft. That was 5 years ago!!!

[moses]

So Steve how bad was the bite? And did your snake prefer your taste to that of the rats?

[Stevethepom]

wasnt too bad moses, i was crouchin down infront of the encloser and she got me basically right between the eyes, few spots of blood, scared the crappers out of me, i fell over backwards...lmao!

ah well...i found the whole incident funny afterwards...as no doubt did afric

cheers
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[Gregory]

Coastals? YAAAWWWWNNN. Coastals are boring. Almost as boring as Diamonds. They're totally overrated.

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[Nicole]

Congrats on your Coastal Alex!
Coastals are fantastic - I'm with Gloves on that.
Post a pic soon!
:-)