little shy

[Snakers]

well ive been trying to work on fully taming my snake rose she is still kind of scared whenever i try to hold her, i hand feed her when she accepts it from my hand, i put my hand in their and she is curios of it but she still is to weary of me. Steve how do you do it? you walk in and your snakes are like ALL HALE DADDY!:D;)so what im trying to say is how can get rose to greet me and crawl up on my hand without her so skirmish?

[guidofatherof5]

well ive been trying to work on fully taming my snake rose she is still kind of scared whenever i try to hold her, i hand feed her when she accepts it from my hand, i put my hand in their and she is curios of it but she still is to weary of me. Steve how do you do it? you walk in and your snakes are like ALL HALE DADDY!:D;)so what im trying to say is how can get rose to greet me and crawl up on my hand without her so skirmish?


I have a few advantages. One, front opening enclosures. I never come down on my snakes. They can always see me coming and when I do get into their enclosures I am at eye level.
I also spend a lot of time with them. Sometimes it's just open and say hello then close. This way they get used to me opening and closing. Sometimes I just rest my head on their door and let them come and check me out. They crawl up to my face, smell my hair and skin. If it's a real skittish snake I won't talk. Otherwise I carry on a conversation towards them. They get used to my mouth moving and can feel the vibrations of my voice.
I understand the taming has to be done at their speed and under their rules. You can't force the issue. I've had snakes take months to get over certain things.
This requires patients. Being a father of 5 kids, I have plenty of that.:D