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If it bite me once will it do it again.
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Lennycorn
Just see the truth
It might? ...Why? ....Did it hurt.
You just have to go in with a blind eye and pick it up, don't hesitate.
You have to let it know that you're going to pick it up if it bites you or not.
You don't want to condition it (or you) to bite every you but you hand in.
You could also wear rubber gloves for a while, until it stops.
Good Luck :cheers:
You just have to go in with a blind eye and pick it up, don't hesitate.
You have to let it know that you're going to pick it up if it bites you or not.
You don't want to condition it (or you) to bite every you but you hand in.
You could also wear rubber gloves for a while, until it stops.
Good Luck :cheers:
Nagini_snow
im a parselmouth
snake bite
No it would be safe to handel
i would also leavce the snake alone for a while as this could mean
it was testing out its suroundings
it is infact hungery
u smell like pray/acted like pray or something was other wise attracting the snake
or u may have been holding it to tight with out realising it
iv done it my self by with out meanding to my big dog had gotten in to the house when i had my little snake out and my dog jumped up on me wanting to playwith me not wanting to get knocked over with ismost offten the case with my dog drop the snake i insticktivly tighten my grip and got bitten by the snake im always very gental with the little snake leting her rome freely in my hands no grip at all
but other wise it should be safe to handel the snake after a day or so and it should not bite unless something cases it like your sent or something
by the way did u handel a bird, touched meat or any thing that might have trigerd that
No it would be safe to handel
i would also leavce the snake alone for a while as this could mean
it was testing out its suroundings
it is infact hungery
u smell like pray/acted like pray or something was other wise attracting the snake
or u may have been holding it to tight with out realising it
iv done it my self by with out meanding to my big dog had gotten in to the house when i had my little snake out and my dog jumped up on me wanting to playwith me not wanting to get knocked over with ismost offten the case with my dog drop the snake i insticktivly tighten my grip and got bitten by the snake im always very gental with the little snake leting her rome freely in my hands no grip at all
but other wise it should be safe to handel the snake after a day or so and it should not bite unless something cases it like your sent or something
by the way did u handel a bird, touched meat or any thing that might have trigerd that
lefty_mussolini
Start Wearing Purple
It might. Is it a young snake? The little ones are more prone to bite than the adults. The past couple of weeks I've been getting bit at least 10 times a day by all of the babies. I know that even if it didn't really hurt, encountering an aggressive snake can make you a little nervous. Lennycorn is right on both accounts. If you just go for it and take the bites, it doesn't condition the snake as much as it conditions you. You get used to the little bites and realize that it's no big deal. But if the snake is making you too nervous to handle it, I'd just use a glove until it calms down a bit more. If it's a new snake, give it a little more time to get comfortable in it's new home (5-7 days.) After it settles in (or if it's already settled in) start handling it every 1-2 days (with glove or without.)
:-offtopic Nagini_snow- spellcheck is your friend
:-offtopic Nagini_snow- spellcheck is your friend
Nagini_snow
im a parselmouth
lol ya i just hope my advice was ok
Quick Strike
Future Snake Owner
Chances are you're going to be bit again in your lifetime. Just remember not to put it back in its viv after it bites you because then it will learn that if it bites you it can go back.
ickle_moose
Unashamedly Addicted
Due to various circumstances, I've not had time recently to spend handling my corns (apart from quick pick-ups at feeding/cleaning time), with the result that a couple have got pretty nippy again. Now that I have time again I'm working on a 're-conditioning' program with them, which is basically handling them everyday with gloves on. Bite frequency is going down every day, but it takes quite a while as I don't put them back in their vivs until we've had some calm handling time.
Note: Make sure to get close-fitting gloves, especially if we're talking little baby corns. If your gloves are too thick/big, it's hard to get the pressure right when you handle them, so they might either zip out of your grasp or you could squish them too hard.
Note: Make sure to get close-fitting gloves, especially if we're talking little baby corns. If your gloves are too thick/big, it's hard to get the pressure right when you handle them, so they might either zip out of your grasp or you could squish them too hard.
Hanuki said:
As a very wise person once told me when I asked a similiar question the conversation went like this:
Me: Does it bite?
Wise Person: Does it have a mouth?
Me: Yes.
Wise Person: Then it has the ability to bite!!!
O.K. so he was more like a wise guy, but you get the point.
:..becca..:
New member
He could be "stressed" from being handled to much. Mt snake was once "stressesd" from being handled alot. So what i would recogmend is leave the snake alone for awhile maybe an hour or two. that try holding it.
~becca
~becca
Roy Munson
New member
This is NOT good advice. Do you really think that bothering a snake every two hours is going to REDUCE stress? It is apparent from other threads that you and your sister do not have a clue what you are doing. Why would you feel qualified to dispense advice?:..becca..: said:
lefty_mussolini
Start Wearing Purple
And then I got this :grin01:Roy Munson said:This is NOT good advice. Do you really think that bothering a snake every two hours is going to REDUCE stress? It is apparent from other threads that you and your sister do not have a clue what you are doing. Why would you feel qualified to dispense advice?
Plissken
Crazy Snail Lady
I got that, too!
I'm sorry, but Dean is right, that was NOT decent advice at all.
Becca said:
Becca, how can you tell if your snake is stressed or not? Exactly how much experience do you have with snakes?
All I can say is, I feel sorry for your snake if you seriously think that holding it every hour is acceptable. And I'm sorry, but I have to ask - if your snake WAS handled a lot, and now you think every hour is fine, how often were you holding it before?? Every ten minutes?? I can only assume you got this 'advice' from your adventures with your own corn...
Mrs InsaneOne
I See Snakes...
I was just bit the other day by one of my older corns, he'd just shed not more then 24 hrs before I tried to pick him up and he was still a bit grumpy and irritated. I waited for him to back off and then picked him up anyway just to look him over and let him know that I wasn't going to hurt him and that I wasn't scared of him. Turns out he was also hungry at the time.
The best thing is not to be nervous when you go to pick him up again. They tend to know when you are scared of them. The rest of the advice that was given, with the exception of handling every 2 hrs, was pretty good. Just keep in mind that the snake is just trying to protect itself or let you know he doesn't want to be disturbed.
Oh, and BTW...
I tried! lol.
Jenn
The best thing is not to be nervous when you go to pick him up again. They tend to know when you are scared of them. The rest of the advice that was given, with the exception of handling every 2 hrs, was pretty good. Just keep in mind that the snake is just trying to protect itself or let you know he doesn't want to be disturbed.
Oh, and BTW...
I tried! lol.
Jenn