toddjconklin
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Hey all, first time poster.
I was wondering if anybody on here lived near me, cause I would love some face to face help/advice. I've done sooo much research, poured over this forum, the ball pythons forum (I know not relevant by species but kept coming up in google searches, and watched endless Youtube clips (really like the Snake Discovery channel), so I'm feeling about as informed as I can be at this stage. So we purchased a Children's python yearling (about 70 grams) a month ago. It's actually for my 13 year old son. There's nothing specifically I have questions about, but just feel like I don't know what I'm doing. There also seems to be conflicting views on many topics - especially around feeding, how, how often etc. I did have a few incidents of him biting me early on, but it hasn't happened again. It wasn't aggressive behaviour - he was trying to eat my fingers each time - latched on and started constricting, and didn't let go), which made me think I was not feeding enough but I think I have that sorted. The second time, he actually got around to the tip of my finger (which I must say looks remarkably like the pinky rats he's eating), and started to try and consume the tip of finger, so I had to force him to let go or I think he may have tried getting my whole finger down the hatch!
Anyway, it would just be nice to have someone with some experience who's willing to share their knowledge. Even little things like, am I holding him right? is he behaving normal or does he look stressed? is the tank set up OK? am I feeding him enough, or too often? We have other pets in the house - a dog, and yes, rats (the pet variety). Is it enough to just wash hands/arms to get rid of the smell, or full clean clothes etc (FYI, if anyone is wondering, I had no rat smell on me when I was bitten - just showered, fresh clothes, nowhere near them etc.)?
Just small stuff like that, which would be so much easier to just be able to chat to someone, and have them demonstrate how to properly handle and treat the snake. Please PM me if you're near to me and willing to help out. I tried to search members by location but couldn't figure out how...
Thanks!
I was wondering if anybody on here lived near me, cause I would love some face to face help/advice. I've done sooo much research, poured over this forum, the ball pythons forum (I know not relevant by species but kept coming up in google searches, and watched endless Youtube clips (really like the Snake Discovery channel), so I'm feeling about as informed as I can be at this stage. So we purchased a Children's python yearling (about 70 grams) a month ago. It's actually for my 13 year old son. There's nothing specifically I have questions about, but just feel like I don't know what I'm doing. There also seems to be conflicting views on many topics - especially around feeding, how, how often etc. I did have a few incidents of him biting me early on, but it hasn't happened again. It wasn't aggressive behaviour - he was trying to eat my fingers each time - latched on and started constricting, and didn't let go), which made me think I was not feeding enough but I think I have that sorted. The second time, he actually got around to the tip of my finger (which I must say looks remarkably like the pinky rats he's eating), and started to try and consume the tip of finger, so I had to force him to let go or I think he may have tried getting my whole finger down the hatch!
Anyway, it would just be nice to have someone with some experience who's willing to share their knowledge. Even little things like, am I holding him right? is he behaving normal or does he look stressed? is the tank set up OK? am I feeding him enough, or too often? We have other pets in the house - a dog, and yes, rats (the pet variety). Is it enough to just wash hands/arms to get rid of the smell, or full clean clothes etc (FYI, if anyone is wondering, I had no rat smell on me when I was bitten - just showered, fresh clothes, nowhere near them etc.)?
Just small stuff like that, which would be so much easier to just be able to chat to someone, and have them demonstrate how to properly handle and treat the snake. Please PM me if you're near to me and willing to help out. I tried to search members by location but couldn't figure out how...
Thanks!