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Make her be nice!

NinaCaliente

NinaCaliente

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So, my little 08 bloodred is a little feisty. I will admit that I have not handled her a whole lot in the couple months since I got her. But everytime I DO take her out, she strikes at me and makes a break for it, rattles her tail nonstop, and spends most of the time I am holding her thrashing around with everything she's got.

What is the best route to getting her tamed down? I have been more focused on getting a solid feeding routine established, but we've got that now and she's had a couple of perfect sheds. Now I think it's time for her to learn manners! ;) Should I just increase the frequency of handling? Try keeping her out for longer periods? WWYD?
 
Hi, Welcome to BR's :) My Hades is not as feisty as my Passion. Yet, Hades is a yearling too and was handled before I got him. Passion was a little fireball and I think she just to see how I reacted when she did her little pip strike :laugh: I think it's cute though ;) They think they are so big :laugh:

But I would say handle more often maybe for 10 mins each day for a week and gradually increase it. After a week you can also just lay on the bed or something with a little log or something it like and let it climb around and look at you. Carry around with it wrapped around your hand and wrist :) or just veg while watching T.v
careful though they sneak away quickly ;)
They don't like their tails touched.

She's still real young and you did the right by letting her settle in, eat and shed. The tail rattle is a warning, but for corns it doesn't really work lol.. Remember how big we are to them ;) Now is the time to start to handle and it shouldn't take long :)

Hope this helps some :)

~Good Luck!~
 
I've got a fiesty bloodred, Ruby. She's the best to handle if I take her out when she is already out and about. When I take her out for feeding, if I am lucky, I pick up her hide and there she is and I scoop her out before she can react. She will then hang on to me with a death grip, and strike repeatedly. If I can't find her right away, and have to hunt her down, then she is REALLY angry, and she will whip around so that I am afraid she will injure herself. I hadn't handled her at all except for feeding and photography, but now that she is bigger, I will take her out if I find her already out and cruising- that is the best chance of her having a decent attitude. I don't keep her out for a very long time, maybe ten or 15 minutes, because I think it's still stressful for her.
 
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