KrystalBallz
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Hi,
I've taken on a 6 ft, 5 year old coastal carpet python who has not been handled since he was tiny and is very, very aggressive.
As much as I've always loved reptiles and handled friends snakes and lizards, this gorgeous monster is the first I've been able to have as my own.
Maybe I bit off a bit more than I could chew, but his previous owners just wanted to 'get rid of him'.
I've had him about a year now. For a while I thought I'd just make his tank interesting and feed him up well and let him get used to me, and maybe he'd love me as much as I love him.
He was fed twice a year apparently and his tank was just two shelves and a water bowl.
But alas, no. It's unrequited love.
I'm not worried about getting bitten. He's bitten me quite a few time and although it bleeds like a bitch, it doesn't hurt.
I just don't want to make him so scared he feels he needs to bite me.
I need some tactics on dealing with an emotionally stunted old boy.
I've tried so hard with him I'm feeling like I just want to stick my arm in his cage and let him go at it. Let him get it out of his system?
Thats probably a crap idea. I'm not sure what to do.
I've taken on a 6 ft, 5 year old coastal carpet python who has not been handled since he was tiny and is very, very aggressive.
As much as I've always loved reptiles and handled friends snakes and lizards, this gorgeous monster is the first I've been able to have as my own.
Maybe I bit off a bit more than I could chew, but his previous owners just wanted to 'get rid of him'.
I've had him about a year now. For a while I thought I'd just make his tank interesting and feed him up well and let him get used to me, and maybe he'd love me as much as I love him.
He was fed twice a year apparently and his tank was just two shelves and a water bowl.
But alas, no. It's unrequited love.
I'm not worried about getting bitten. He's bitten me quite a few time and although it bleeds like a bitch, it doesn't hurt.
I just don't want to make him so scared he feels he needs to bite me.
I need some tactics on dealing with an emotionally stunted old boy.
I've tried so hard with him I'm feeling like I just want to stick my arm in his cage and let him go at it. Let him get it out of his system?
Thats probably a crap idea. I'm not sure what to do.