Can't tame my snake

[RedSidedSPR]

He is wild caught so that could part of it but Im not sure. He dosnt run from me any more, he comes up to me, he'll touch me, and he'll eat out of my hand but HATES being handled. I caught him two months ago.

[jamromhem]

Yes after a year my wild caught checkered is still a little finiky.. She will run through my hands a while before calming down.. then I can pull her close and she relaxes..

It might just me a while for them to relax. but who knows it might be a, "wild horses" moment where they never completely tame.

[RedSidedSPR]

Thanks, He has tamed up considerably just not with handling.

[jamromhem]

that is the case with my checkered as well. She doesnt care for handling much and preferes to hide if the area around her is too active.

[guidofatherof5]

If it's a male it may never settle to the point of holding.
My male radixes will let me touch them but don't want to be held.
The females love/tolerate all my intrusions into their lives and I think look forward to them.

[RedSidedSPR]

Im pretty sure he's a male, so that might be it.

[infernalis]

Steve summed it up nicely, Most all of my males are squirmy and dislike being touched.

I can hand feed them, they will follow my finger around, but as soon as I pick them up, they freak out.

Personally I prefer to observe my snakes rather than handle them anyways.

[RedSidedSPR]

Me too, but still, just moving him is hard.

[mustang]

some snakes dont like to be held at all.....and like checker (which took a long time) hell run but once hes in my hand he acts like hes been caught and dosnt try the old suicide leap out of my hand like he used to for the 1st few months i had him

[infernalis]

Me too, but still, just moving him is hard.

When I take my males out at feeding time, I just put up with them, I often get musked in the process.

When I return them to the enclosure, I set the feed box in the cage and let them crawl out on their own.

One of the things I miss the most about my male Infernalis' was that they would coil up and strike at me in tandem if I even reached into the cage for anything.

My male Puget, I have to give him a pinkie just before I take him out, then swiftly remove him while he is still busy eating, or he will bite virtually every time.