n3xia
Active Member
I bought an 8 month old male Bredli/Centralian Carpet python last Saturday and he has been pretty aggressive. I regret it a little now, but I was pushed for time when the breeder came around to let me handle the snake so I rushed the buying process a little and didn't spend as much time handling as I probably should have.
He seemed fairly friendly, inquisitive etc when I handled him. The seller mentioned he was a bit 'territorial' about his enclosure but that once he was out, he was fairly friendly. He was the last of the batch to be sold, apparently because he and another snake from the batch were hard to get feeding regularly, but I'm starting to think maybe it was because of his temperament. He didn't bite the seller when she got him out of his enclosure and he didn't bite me until about half an hour after the seller left.
I put a pair of rigger's gloves and a long sleeve shirt on tonight to handle him. He bit my gloves about 10-12 times in the space of about 5 minutes. I didn't handle him for long because he was very active and I didn't want him to get inside the short and roomy gloves and bite me. He was fed about 4 days ago.
I'm not sure if this is normal or not though, because I've only handled carpet pythons a few times in the past. I've read that juveniles can be snappy until they are used to being handled, and I've also heard about the reputation carpets have for being aggressive. I have a 2 year old children's python too, so this is a bit of a jump for me.
Is it wise to handle him this way every day or two until he settles down a bit? I really don't want a 3m aggressive snake. I'm concerned about him losing teeth in the gloves too :/
He seemed fairly friendly, inquisitive etc when I handled him. The seller mentioned he was a bit 'territorial' about his enclosure but that once he was out, he was fairly friendly. He was the last of the batch to be sold, apparently because he and another snake from the batch were hard to get feeding regularly, but I'm starting to think maybe it was because of his temperament. He didn't bite the seller when she got him out of his enclosure and he didn't bite me until about half an hour after the seller left.
I put a pair of rigger's gloves and a long sleeve shirt on tonight to handle him. He bit my gloves about 10-12 times in the space of about 5 minutes. I didn't handle him for long because he was very active and I didn't want him to get inside the short and roomy gloves and bite me. He was fed about 4 days ago.
I'm not sure if this is normal or not though, because I've only handled carpet pythons a few times in the past. I've read that juveniles can be snappy until they are used to being handled, and I've also heard about the reputation carpets have for being aggressive. I have a 2 year old children's python too, so this is a bit of a jump for me.
Is it wise to handle him this way every day or two until he settles down a bit? I really don't want a 3m aggressive snake. I'm concerned about him losing teeth in the gloves too :/