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Another Question about handling...

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Ethrin

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I held Ilharess for the first time yesterday and she did not like it at all . Lots of wriggling around, so much so that I was afraid she was going to hurt herself. I know I have to handle her early on so that she won't be too timid as an adult, but I also don't want to stress her out so much that she gets sick. So should I wait for a while before handling her again, or should I just bite the bullet and keep handling her each night to get her used to being held? Thanks in advance for any responses.
 
I'd handle her every day for 5 minutes for like a week or whatever, until it seems to be getting more confortable. My youngest corn still does, she used to try to literally lunge out of my hands, now I get her out, and after I hold her for a little bit she gets calmer. Dont worry, your corn will become more docile, and will be easily handled.
 
let her settle for about 3-5 days the gradualy handle her for about 5mins theafter about 2days you handle 5mins twice a day, and so on. hope i helped and good luck.
 
Start off by gently holding her just behind the head with your thumb and index finger and support her body she should calm down pretty quickly
 
Don't worry Ethrin. They do calm down eventually. I have one hatchling that was really, REALLY, jumpy. She tail-rattled, musked, struck and did jumping jacks every time you took her out. I tried to handle her every day (except the 2-3 days after feeding) and she's now calmed down a lot. She still sometimes tail rattles or musks when she's in blue (like now), but she no longer strikes. When she's not in blue, she's actually gotten to the point where she sits in your hand and hangs out.
 
MegF. said:
Don't worry Ethrin. They do calm down eventually. I have one hatchling that was really, REALLY, jumpy. She tail-rattled, musked, struck
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lol when i first got my snake (eastern milk) it rattled its tail i was so scared, i though they sold me a pigmy rattler or some baby snake that rattles its tail an dis venomous.
 
My Ollie was like this when I first got him. He'd go into 'snake attack mode' as soon as I opened his viv and basically scared the crap outta me. Anyway, I wore gloves and handled him everyday for about 5 minutes and slowly but surely he became more and more docile. Anyway, over a period of about 3 weeks he became much easier to handle.

The other thing I did was take the top of his viv and sit there with my hand in it. I'd sit there for about 15 minutes and let my scent waft around his home. I'd also talk to him (yes, I know he's deaf but it made me feel calmer, which I believe made him feel calmer). Ocassionally he'd sliver over and investigate. Other times he'd go and hide. Either way I believe it helped get him used to me and my hands in his viv, hopefully realising my hands are not a threat to him.

Anyway, I no longer wear the gloves and he no longer rattles his tail or strikes (he only managed to tag me once, it didn't hurt). One thing I did do was make sure I handled him in his viv so that if he did manage to wriggle free he'd only end up back in his home. Also, I made sure I held him very close to the floor so he'd not have far to drop. Fortunately, I never managed to drop him :)

Good luck.
 
EvilRix said:
The other thing I did was take the top of his viv and sit there with my hand in it. I'd sit there for about 15 minutes and let my scent waft around his home. I'd also talk to him (yes, I know he's deaf but it made me feel calmer, which I believe made him feel calmer). Ocassionally he'd sliver over and investigate. Other times he'd go and hide. Either way I believe it helped get him used to me and my hands in his viv, hopefully realising my hands are not a threat to him.
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i did the same thing with my geckos. Worked really well.
 
Thanks for all the replies. I've been handling her each night, and she still isn't too calm, but she isn't nearly as scared as the first time I held her, I thought for sure she'd give herself a concussion with all that swinging! But she is begining to calm. Again, thanks.
 
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