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flickerfriend
08-17-2010, 05:11 PM
I was bitten twice by a wc possible gravid garter, Does being gravid affect the personality of a snake?



Heres a piccy!http://lh4.ggpht.com/_AbF-07hNvSk/TGrgoEvV2_I/AAAAAAAACVA/lg8YQ-Pbrc4/s400/HPIM3913.JPG
guidofatherof5
08-17-2010, 05:14 PM
Gravid or not, until they trust you they will be defensive.
I do think being gravid might make her more uncomfortable/wary than normal.
Be patience:)
ssssnakeluvr
08-17-2010, 05:25 PM
just a defense....doesn't mean gravid or not
Snakers
08-17-2010, 07:27 PM
Idk, sometimes pregnant garters can be a little cranky.
i_heart_sneakie_snakes
08-17-2010, 11:03 PM
I was cranky late in my 2 pregnancies. I wish I could have gotten away with biting, LOL :)~
Holly
08-18-2010, 01:29 AM
I was cranky late in my 2 pregnancies. I wish I could have gotten away with biting, LOL :)~


Lol, yeah, I'm pretty cranky right now too! Eating helps with the urge to bite/yell/etc.
gregmonsta
08-18-2010, 01:55 AM
The only time I heard a garter hiss was when my last Florida Blue girl was gravid, she was an absolute softie at all other times. They definately want to be left alone and I could see how they would be a lot more defensive.
flickerfriend
08-18-2010, 06:22 AM
Thanks all. :)
Mommy2many
08-18-2010, 05:32 PM
Sometimes I want to bite and I'm not even pregnant anymore! One of my WC females tags me everytime. She did it again last night when I cleaned their home.
ConcinusMan
08-19-2010, 04:58 PM
LoL. and there are a few people here I'd like to musk...:p

I'm not a violent person, so I'll try to restrain myself and skip the biting much like all the concinnus I've ever owned:D

BTW, you might be unwittingly encouraging this behavior from your snake by giving her what she wants after she bites (letting go and leaving her alone?)

I found that most biters will stop doing it if you just continue to hold them and let them bite. After a few times, they learn it doesn't work and stop bothering to try.
guidofatherof5
08-19-2010, 09:00 PM
Sometimes I want to bite and I'm not even pregnant anymore! One of my WC females tags me everytime. She did it again last night when I cleaned their home.

Somehow, yelling "cat fight" just doesn't seem to fit.:D
Maybe she's showing you who the dominant female is:rolleyes:
flickerfriend
08-20-2010, 01:43 PM
BTW, you might be unwittingly encouraging this behavior from your snake by giving her what she wants after she bites (letting go and leaving her alone?)

I found that most biters will stop doing it if you just continue to hold them and let them bite. After a few times, they learn it doesn't work and stop bothering to try.

Nope. when i cought it she bit me. i didnt let go. she bit me again. i still didnt let go and by then i had a good hold on her. she musked. and musked. when she was in a cage she was still trying to bite us, Go figure :P
ConcinusMan
08-20-2010, 04:46 PM
Wow. Spirited snake you got there.
flickerfriend
08-21-2010, 05:40 PM
Wow. Spirited snake you had there.
i edited it to make it true. she's Gone. i let her go quite a few days ago.