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04-Sep-06, 09:23 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: south Gippsland | | |
just a quick one... how soon after a shed can I handle my bredli?? |
04-Sep-06, 09:37 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: south Gippsland | | | | RE: when to handle?
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04-Sep-06, 10:12 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: NSW | | | | RE: when to handle?
Damn Occalot, another victim of too much schoolyard bickering.
You will probably get a dozen different answere, but I actually help my pythons to shed, then begin to handle them the next day.
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04-Sep-06, 10:15 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: In A Realm Of My Own | | | | RE: when to handle?
i give mine at least 24 hours
but thats just me
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04-Sep-06, 10:28 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-05 Location: Nowra Age/Gender: 24  | | | | RE: when to handle?
yeah i usually give my snakes a day or so
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04-Sep-06, 10:46 PM
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indeed occalot.....at least a day, i think it helps them recover from the stress of being lost for the last coupla weeks and lets their new tender hides get a bit more......touchable......post some piccies of your Bredli we would all love to see them....... |
04-Sep-06, 11:08 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Toowoomba-ish | | | | RE: when to handle?
I just open the top of my enclosure if they come out they are happy to be handled, if they don't I leave them alone. Works for me but as willow said sometimes they come out mid shed because they need some help.
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05-Sep-06, 12:41 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Sydney | | | | Re: RE: when to handle?
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Originally Posted by alienpunk indeed occalot.....at least a day, i think it helps them recover from the stress of being lost for the last coupla weeks and lets their new tender hides get a bit more......touchable......post some piccies of your Bredli we would all love to see them....... | is their skin sensitive after the shed?
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05-Sep-06, 12:51 AM
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yeah tats.....kinda like peeling of sunburn it takes a while to go nice again..... |
05-Sep-06, 06:24 AM
|  | Yes, that Hix Moderator | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Sydney | | | | Re: RE: Re: RE: when to handle?
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Originally Posted by alienpunk yeah tats.....kinda like peeling of sunburn it takes a while to go nice again..... | Where did you get that from? I've never heard that before. And I've never had a problem handling snakes immediately after a shed or during a shed. 
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05-Sep-06, 06:30 AM
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Handling a python after a shed is fine, wont hurt them; so dont panic....
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05-Sep-06, 07:42 AM
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You can handle them before during and after, shedding their skin does NOT make them sensitive to touch.
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05-Sep-06, 08:39 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: Canberra | | | | RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: when to handle?
I tend to handle them straight after a shed - for the sole reason of inspecting for mites !
Damm mites I hate them |
05-Sep-06, 08:53 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: QLD | | | | RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: when to handle?
well i recon you should just leave the poor buggers alone at all times. :wink: |
05-Sep-06, 04:34 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: south Gippsland | | | | RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: when to handle?
ahhh! so many ideas!! Well he shed very well on his own and is now super active!! I got him out this afternoon but he was alittle tense and snappy which was new for him so back in his tank he goes for a few days and Ill try again. I do want to be able to handle him and he did have a great temprement when I got him. I guess its all new to us both!! Ill try and get a few pics in the next day or two. Hes a new lad with his new skin!!
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