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IMPOSSIBLE TO HANDLE.

I agree that temps may be part of the problem if the hides are adequate.
I've got a few that have tempers on them, but once they get out and get a few of their wiggles/strikes out of their systems (usually only a couple minutes), they calm down and give up... sort of look at you with that "alright, you win... this time" face, you know? ;)
 
You're not alone in the bite club! Fed my ferocious 12g monster just now, and he bit me 5 times when I was putting him away!
 
My hateling sleeps on the bare glass with no heat under a couple inches of aspen at 65-75 room temps. That hasn't calmed her down, only allowed her to realistically play dead if I don't wait for her to come out on her own. Worse than biting...
 
I had to tame my Texas Ratsnake, these have a major attitude issue.
At first they bite, they hiss and they thrash... but they calm down eventually.

I am actually quite lucky, it didn't take me too long to make him relatively docile.

I am even luckier with my newly arrived GTP, Biak locality- these are notorious biters, especially as babies.

I wasn't bitten even once, I do not hold her... but it is considered a really bad idea to expose any bit of flesh to these guys at night...
So once I had to put my hand in the Terrarium to re-locate the Hydrometer's sensor and it was insanely close to her- she uncoiled and reared back into an S shape... I was positive that I was going to feel my first GTP bite(and these even as babies draw blood, insane teeth) but she actually started climbing on me! It was so cutezzz!!!

Anyways, I suggest slow movements and persistence. If the snake begins to thrash you should release it and try again 30 minutes later. If the snake panics there's little chance for it to calm down or make any sort of link between you and the term "harmless", that's my opinion anyways. Naturally there are tons of ways to go about it.
 
bite it back, and then you two will have a mutual respect for each other.









just for the people that take everything seriously, yes he's kidding




gloves is the way to go
 
Like has been said, time and persistence. Oh, and probably gloves.

None of my snakies has ever attempted to strike at or bite me, and the only one who's not very sedate is my lavender. He just tries to dart away until I can get him out of the viv, and at that point he calms down pretty quickly. Just luck of the draw, I suppose.

You can always try a more hard-hitting route: threaten to break into your corn's bank account and yank all that money out from under his ventral scales. Then, it's personal.
 
WOWOWOWOW....who said you needed to get a snake out and hold it to tame it,
It is scared of YOU, so get a chair and sit next to the tank, it will get use to you,
then after he acts normal(does not strike or anything) open his tank and sit there with the tank open he will learn that you are not a threat so when you pic him up he knows your not going to hurt him,

don't use gloves he's way to small really you will drop him, he will grow out of it just use my advise

THEY ARE INTELLIGENT YOU DON'T NEED TO GRAB THEM TO TAME THEM THAT JUST SCARES THEM TO DEATH LOL
 
Daveo said:
Well i dont put it straight back, i try to let it get used to me before that but no luck. When i do eventually put the snake back it doesn't come out for the rest of the night.
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Ah, dont worry about that, he's sulking.:rofl:
He will get more & more used to you:)
 
but yeah the snakes a really good eater, a pinky every four days no fuss
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I have 2.0 juvie Hypo Lavenders and they are both spazz freaks when I hold them, they don't bite though and only calm down when I hand feed them ( one hand holding them and the other the pinky). They desperately try to escape, but forget all that when there is food to be had. Try hand feeding too, maybe they will associate you with something postitive, not scary???
 
jclif1995 said:
I big heavy meal followed by a comfy place to relax might work. Always calms me down.
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Two points...first, and most importantly, you DO NOT handle snakes after they eat, especially if it's a "big heavy meal". Minimal handling, such as to move the snake from the feeding bin back to it's viv, is fine, but not the type of handling this thread is about. Secondly, this thread is already 4 months old. Luckily, it isn't 4 YEARS old, but still... Please watch the dates of the threads you reply to and, more importantly, if you want to offer advice, please make sure it is helpful and not hurtful. Had the OP followed your advice and handled his snake after a large meal, it would have had a high risk of regurging, which may have started a series of regurges if not properly dealt with and resulted in a very sick snake that might have even died. Sorry to sound harsh, but I care about snakes and don't want to see any get sick because of improper care.
 
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