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11-Jul-07, 05:08 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: near brisbane Gender:  | | |
when i go to handle my young bredlie and he tags me should i proceed to pick him up to show whos boss or should i just leave him and try again later. He seems to be alot snappier than my coastal was |
11-Jul-07, 05:11 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 33 | | | | Hook the snake out and then place it on the palm of your hand. They can be intimidated by a hand/arm reaching towards them.
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11-Jul-07, 05:40 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Age: 34 | | | | You can't compare one to another. They are all different. Using a hook is best for timid snakes. You said he was only young. He may very well grow out of it. I don't know a lot about the bredli but I have a friend who has a young bredli who is very snappy. If he's gonna show anybody a snappy snake its the little bredli he gets out.
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11-Jul-07, 08:51 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: May-06 Location: Somewhat Ashamed To Say On This Site Now! Age/Gender: 24 | | | must be a bredli thing...  mines the same.... grumpy bugger!
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11-Jul-07, 09:09 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Brisbane | | | Put a small cardboard globe box in his house for him to hide in and when you want to get him out pick up the box and gently slide the little guy out onto your hand and dont wiggle your thumb around always try to be calm when doing this
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11-Jul-07, 09:31 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: | | | You've got to consider their brain size  I don't think they are fast learners IMO  |
12-Jul-07, 06:32 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-03 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 52  | | | | Just put your hand in (back first works sometimes) and pick him up. Feed him as usual even a bit more - I have found sometimes snappy snakes can be a bit hungry. Most settle with regualr handling, once you have him out never go straight towards his face always bring your hand up under his head.
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12-Jul-07, 07:48 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: near brisbane Gender: | | | | cheers all i will use all advice posted to see what works best, thanks again |
12-Jul-07, 08:01 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Age: 34 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosemary  Just put your hand in (back first works sometimes) and pick him up. ...... once you have him out never go straight towards his face always bring your hand up under his head. | Snakes can sense your nervousness too so try to be calm. If you jerk your hand back everytime you think he's gonna strike this will cause him to do it more. You might provide yourself with more confidence if you start with a hook, until you learn to read his "emotions" - dunno the word to use there but you know what I mean.
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12-Jul-07, 08:17 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: ferntree gully Age/Gender: 25 | | | | they get over it after a while when they realise your no threat and dont associate your hand with danger, it doesnt hurt anyway,and hooks are for elapids |
13-Jul-07, 12:41 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: Hornsby Age/Gender: 33 | | | my bredli was horribly snappy as a baby,...whenever i'd approach his tank he'd attack the glass he was so keen to kill me, so i started taking him out and handling him for a few mins, then putting him back, as soon as he was back he'd turn around and have another go @ me, so i'd pull him out again, he got over it pretty quickly and became the nicest boy around.
be calm and gentle, little bredlis barely break teh skin.
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13-Jul-07, 12:43 PM
|  | slimin about! Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Cairns | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by moosenoose You've got to consider their brain size I don't think they are fast learners IMO | The same can be said of some members!
A brain the size of a large dust grain doesn't hold the cognative ability to consider action and reaction - but they do have some wonderous wiring to insitinct! And something big, possible danger must attack is what gets wired there!
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