hi, i have had a childrens python for 10 years, just putting that in here so you dont think im a total newb. my wife and i adopted a coastal carpet snake from the rspca and all my past experience with snakes i ahvent seen behavior like this new snake is presenting, im not sure if she is just easily startled or she just has a bad history with people.
we got her home and a few days later she was due to feed, we fed her 2 large rats, a day later she shed, then yesterday she defecated so we assumed today might be ok to see if we can handle her. we opened the enclosure, (she hides in a box 90% of the time) and she kind of came out for a look and then kind of curled up like she was going to strike at us, i havent ever handled a snake her size so i thought maybe i should move a bit slower and i went to lift the box off her she very quickly turned to where my hand was and curled up again.
now ive come on here to ask if this is normal coastal behavior. any help is appreciated, we would like her to be handlable as it would make cleaning the enclosure alot easier, we just dont know where to start as we have always had young snakes and she is a few years old.
thank you
we got her home and a few days later she was due to feed, we fed her 2 large rats, a day later she shed, then yesterday she defecated so we assumed today might be ok to see if we can handle her. we opened the enclosure, (she hides in a box 90% of the time) and she kind of came out for a look and then kind of curled up like she was going to strike at us, i havent ever handled a snake her size so i thought maybe i should move a bit slower and i went to lift the box off her she very quickly turned to where my hand was and curled up again.
now ive come on here to ask if this is normal coastal behavior. any help is appreciated, we would like her to be handlable as it would make cleaning the enclosure alot easier, we just dont know where to start as we have always had young snakes and she is a few years old.
thank you