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scent conditioning

magnum

magnum

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i read a while back in a K&B Love book that putting a piece of your clothing in the viv with your snake helps them to get used to your scent,does this work at all sounds to me like it would but keeping a my dirty laundry in my diplays isn't all that attractive but hey if it does work I'll try it on my hatchlings to help them get used to handling.
 
magnum said:
i read a while back in a K&B Love book that putting a piece of your clothing in the viv with your snake helps them to get used to your scent,does this work at all sounds to me like it would but keeping a my dirty laundry in my diplays isn't all that attractive but hey if it does work I'll try it on my hatchlings to help them get used to handling.
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If your worried about the cosmetics of it try keeping the piece of clothing under substrate out of sight, little clippings spread out in your viv.
 
I did this with my first corn, but not with the four others I picked up shortly after, and honestly I didn't notice a difference at all. I would take off that days t-shirt and drape it over his viv.

They all pretty much got used to my scent by handling on a consistant basis. I do know that they recognize me by scent because all of them eat while in blue and they tend to be a little jumpier when their eyecaps are cloudy. In that case, I don't just grab them, I place my hand near them and let them calm down and actually make a non-threatening move towards me before I pick them up. Only my Okeetee who I have had the longest will actually move into my hand when I do this. The others just drop out of the strike position and move closer to me gradually.

So I think you need to get more corns and try this experiment yourself. :)
 
magnum said:
i read a while back in a K&B Love book that putting a piece of your clothing in the viv with your snake helps them to get used to your scent,does this work at all sounds to me like it would but keeping a my dirty laundry in my diplays isn't all that attractive but hey if it does work I'll try it on my hatchlings to help them get used to handling.
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Thats a good idea - I will try that with my corn that I am getting soon.
 
Personally, I don't think it would make much of a difference. When you think about it, your home is pretty well saturated with your scent anyway. What gets your snake used to handling is handling. As long as you are handling every day or two, your snake will calm down quickly--or as we say here in the South, it'll calm down right fine.
 
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