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amel corn snake always shake its tailed

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This snake is about 70cm and I got it last week.
I haven't disturbed it on the first few days.
On Friday when I feed it, it keep shaking it's tail since it saw me.
Today I try to take it out from the cage, but...still it keep shaking it's tail.
I am sure I will be bite if I force to touch it.
That's the first time I meet this kind of snake....
What can I do?
Please help....thanks a lot:crying:
 
She's just trying to say that she's afraid and would prefer that you leave her alone. If you need to take her out, such as for feeding, just ignore it and confidently scoop her up and take her out. Since she's so new to you, I would keep other handling to a minimum, but when you do take her out, don't let the tail shaking worry you. She should calm down once you have her out for a minute. As long as she is eating fine, you can handle her for a little bit her and there for short periods and then work your way up to longer handling. For the first bit, don't push her too much though.
 
Also, corn snake bites are not all that bad. Its more of a surprise when they make t he move to strike out at you than anything else. Especially at that size of a snake. I have an adult that went through the tail rattle phase and I did exactly what is mentioned above and he grew out of it. Just follow what Sweetseraph mentioned and you should be fine.
 
Tail rattling is very, very common. Especially in babies. To me, it means that the snake is saying "I'm afraid- but I can scare you away if I make this noise that makes me sound dangerous!" And it's working, isn't it??

The snake is probably not going to bite. If the snake does bite, if it's a baby, it won't hurt. It will really surprise you! If it's an adult, you'll get a couple pinpricks of blood, and it still won't hurt. It will really really surprise you! No matter what, continue to pick the snake up. When you get it out, cuddle it up to you in your closed hand and let it relax.

Snakes also rattle a _lot_ when they are in their feeding containers. They do not want to be disturbed when they are feeding, and rattling is their way of warning you to stay away.
 
Rattler noises

Hi there,

My 3 year old corn does the same thing when we feed him. He used to do it as a baby when he was nervous but he's grown out of it now and only does it if he notices us moving nearby while he's eating.

Don't worry, just be firm and gentle when you pick your snake up and once she calms down and starts enjoying wrapping herself round your hand and exploring she'll stop doing it.

As for biting, I'm sure there are agressive corn snakes out there but I haven't met one yet. Usually they just strike at you to scare you off and the only time I've been really bitten in 10 years of owning corns was when I dropped a mouse I was putting in the cage and my snake thought my hand was food. Totally my fault for feeding her wrong. It doesn't hurt, it's just a suprise!

Good luck getting to know your new friend!
 
thanks for all your help ! I will try harder.....
I put the corn's cage next to a boa, will the boa scared the corn?
 
Nanci said:
Tail rattling is very, very common. Especially in babies. To me, it means that the snake is saying "I'm afraid- but I can scare you away if I make this noise that makes me sound dangerous!" And it's working, isn't it??

Snakes also rattle a _lot_ when they are in their feeding containers. They do not want to be disturbed when they are feeding, and rattling is their way of warning you to stay away.
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Heh, I've had my corn for a little more than 2.5 years now and today is the first time he ever shook his tail at me! Wish I'd had my camera, it was very cool/surprising. I had no idea corns did that.
 
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