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19-Feb-08, 12:25 PM
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i have a 2 month old childrens python? when can i expect him to stop biting me whenever i pick him up and just cruise like other pet snakes i've met? |
19-Feb-08, 12:28 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23  | | | | Could be tomorrow or it could be never. You just need to keep handling him so he gets used to it. You could try changing your method of removing him from his cage, try using a coat hanger to hook it out instead of your hands. They tend to feel a little less threatened this way.
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19-Feb-08, 01:13 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | my stimmi is occasionally a bit agitated when I pick her up so I always make sure I pick her up from behind os with a hook. Once she is in my hands she isn't a problem no matter what I do with her.
She still doesn't like the hairs on my legs though.
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19-Feb-08, 01:29 PM
|  | instant karma Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: melbourne Age/Gender: 24  | | | LOL everyone seems to think because it's a "childrens" it's a great 1st snake  i had my girl Diva for about 2-3 years and if you left it a few weeks in between handling she'd almost always try to eat my fingers one of the snippiest snakes i've ever owned!
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19-Feb-08, 04:53 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 32 | | | ive jst gt my first snake to a jungle he can b a bit snappy on occasions but the more i handle him the better he gets just takes time for them to get use to u handeling them |
19-Feb-08, 05:22 PM
|  | Punk in Drublic Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Gold Coast Gender: | | | | how often are you handling? and for how long? Did you give the snake time to settle in when you first got it? is it feeding? is it still hungry? have you washed your hands? what are your temperatures like? does it have enough hides?
You will be asked all of these questions if enough people read the thread, so you may as well post that info to start with.
try handling at different intervals for different amounts of time, and not for a few days after a feed. some will bite if handled at night as they are usually hunting for food then. you may be able to work out if your snake is less or more likely to bite you. they don't all tolerate humans touching them.
As mentioned snake hooks work well, as waruikazi said, they sometimes feel less threatened.
I think the key component is time, they usually grow out of it, and you will always cop a few bites here and there.
Sometimes frequent handling works, sometimes not handling as often works, there are a million different tricks that work for some and not for others. You just need to work out what the snake will tolerate, then hopefully it will settle down for you.
I hope that makes sense, good luck.  | |
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