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Post feed: returning corn to enclosure help!

Baller99k

Baller99k

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I probably don't handle my year old corn enough, I will from now on. But, she still gives me some problems when I try and get her out of the tank to handle, and now that she's getting bigger she can actually get away from me (since I obv dont forcefully grab her).

I dangle a f/t fuzzie/hopper to feed her, and after, in the past, ive either carefully grabbed her and put her back in the tank, or even lowered her bin at the time back into the tank and let her leave herself.

Now her bin is too large, and when I have tried to get her after her feed, she has been extremely rattled and aggressive. She hasn't struck me, but her tail has rattled several times, and her head jerky.

So what do I do, stop dangling the feed? Go for it and she if she bites? what are my options!??!?!
 
Just keep feeding the way you are and go for it when it is time to pick her up. Don't worry so much about the possible "bite". It may or may not happen.

She is an animal of instinct and when she feels threatened or territorial she will try to be "big and tough". If you continue to shy away and be worried about a bite, she will sense it and continue to "scare you away" as she feels she is being successful at scaring her possible predator.

As well if you want her to become more friendly, handle her more often and with enough force to contain but not injure her. As soon as you have got a hold of her take her out and away from her tank/viv ASAP as she may be territorial of it and once away from it will be more likely to calm down.

Keep doing this regularly, every couple days for 10-15 min at first and build up from there and eventually she will learn that your smell and hand are not a predator but just someone/something that will hold her and not harm her. And if you get a bite then you just became a member of the bite club but don't let it scare you from handling her. It's just like the old adage about falling off a horse...you have to get right back on!!
 
Thanks. I know it's not going to hurt, and worst case a tiny cut, but just the quickness of it, I am afraid I may flinch and hurt her. Also, should I initially approach her with my fist, instead of fingers open? And if she does latch onto me, do I just wait for her to let go?
 
Personally, I would go in quick with your hand open and ready to grab her just a small way behind her head, if you can. If she bites, do not pull back, she has rear facing teeth and you could hurt her, just wait for her to let go. After the feed, just tip her feeding bucket and once her head is sliding toward the edge of it, that is when I would grab her, and just remember that when you actually do lift her out of the feeding bucket, support the food lump.
 
My Akasha is a bit aggressive after feeding when I try to get her out of the tub. Both times I've been bit by her is post feeding tub extraction. She is calm once she is in my hands, but it's the reaching in she doesn't like. So what I do with her is I take the lid of the feeding tub and set it vertically a couple inches behind her head, and a couple cm's above her body so as not to crush her. This acts as a kind of shield so she can't sense my hand moving in and swing around and bite me. I then reach in, pick her up, lift up sheild, and she is fine as can be.
 
_Maybe_ try putting the mouse in first and not teasing her. Then when you want to get her out (my Ruby is a little pissy when I go to get her out) you can just lower your flattened hand down on to her instead of reaching in with tasty fingers. It's very hard to sink teeth into a flattened hand. Which isn't to say she won't strike for sure, but if it works for Ruby, it should work on your girl.
 
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