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Handling

MariaOrrom

MariaOrrom

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Hi
I haven't got my snake yet, doing lots of homework first. Can anyone tell me how much you should handle your snake? Can you handle it and annoy it by too too much handling? I have kids and I want them to be able to handle it too. What is the best way to handle it, by the tail, head, or doesn't it matter? :confused:
I have read lots but they never seem to say exactly. The snakes we buy here are almost always adults.
I shall probably be back with more questions!! Want to do it right.
Thanks a mill.
Maria:D
 
ALways handle the snakes by supporting the middle of the snake. The time you spend handling the snake will determine how comfortable the snake is with you. Corns are very docile and have an easy going temperment, therefore they are great around kids. An adult may be better suited if you have kids around than a more delicate hatchling. Young corns tend to be snappy until they get used to being handled.

Hope this helps answer some of your questions. :)
 
We have two 2002 corn snakes that belong to my 7 1/2 year old daughter. She loves reptiles She is content to hold them for about 5 minutes at a time with supervision, the more docile one is happy to crawl on her folded arms and up onto her shoulder and if we let him, onto her glasses and into her hair (he likes it, who knows why). Another fun thing for my daughter is to put him in the empty tub (drain firmly stoppered and overflow taped shut) and make an obstacle course for him, we do this for 15 minutes tops so it doesn't stress him too much. Then we sterilize the tub before bathing in it. However, the most fun we all have is watching, them burrow through their Aspen bedding, poke their heads out when we walk by and their amazing ability to crawl up glass and scrunch around the lip of the aquarium. Feeding is pretty exciting too, we feed frozen/thawed but wiggle the mouse a bit and encourage a strike and constrict.
 
Ta heaps

Thanks a million, I can hardly wait to get one but want to get all the knowledge I can on how to care for for him/her first. Hey come to think of it, how can you tell a male from female? :confused: Is one quieter than the other?
Mega thanks,
Maria:)
 
my kids (the snakes) are pretty good at letting me know when enough is enough... dont handle them within a minimum of 24 hours after feeding.. i usually go for 48 hours... i pick mine up from the middle... but the bigger one i support in two places... one back fron the head and the other up from the tail...

also if picking up your snake.. if you have a top loading tank try bringing your hand in from the side.. from above it can startle the animal... especially youngsters, whos natural predators come in from above...

Good luck and enjoy..

P.s. nice to see someone doing homework now.. not once they have the snake... double thumbs up
 
My snake is my first and he's still a baby. He'll let me handle him all I want and when he get's tired or think I had enough fun he'll start getting aggitated and try to move away. Then I put him back and handle him later.

The snake has to get use to you, and the best way is by handling.
 
Thanks a million folks!

:D
Hi there,
Thanks a million for all the information, yous are great. Don't get much information over here so like to pick your brains!! In Ireland snakes are quite new and not a lot of people know much about them. (Remember St. Patrick got rid of them all!!!) So thanks heaps you guys!
Maria;)
 
I guess cornsnakes can be our repayment for you guys sending us Guinness!:D

What part of Ireland are you from?? Welcome to the forum.
 
hi

I'm from the South of Ireland, right down the bottom in a place called Cork. And you like Guinness!!!!! Yuk..... you can have all of it.
Thanks for the welcome, I really need to get all the information I can get on Cornsnakes, its great to be able to ask questions and get a reply so promptly. Bit by bit my aquirium is coming along and I'm not allowed to get my snake until closer to my birthday. My kids would have a fit if I did! However....... if I see one I like then I may get away with it!!:D
Slan
Maria
 
Hi
I think that as long as the snakes handler is confident in what he/she is doing then the snake itself should be as happy as its psyche will allow...
meaning take note of how other ppl hold their snakes and do the same.. the all important thing is to support the snake without restricting it. Make sure you hands are underneath and taking the weight, dont try to stop it exploring, dont make sudden moves and dont try to grasp it at all. The snake itself will get as comfy as it can so as long as your relaxed and confident then the snake will be relaxed and confident. Having said that some snakes are naturally psychotic but thankfully that trait is apparantly rare in corn snakes. (If you want to see a psycho-snake do a google for Emerald Tree Boa - those things look fantastic but the majority of them are satanistic to hold!)

Corns are great little creatures.. cute as snakes can be, fascinating to watch and rewarding to own.. and mines so tame my not-yet-3-year-old daughter is able to hand feed it!
I must get a photo taken of meal time... Chione taking a fuzzy out of Ambers hands is quite something!
 
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