Handling Confidence

[Nix]

I've been reading over this forum and heard of baby snakes in pockets, snakes in hoods (still looking at those great photos of the boom family) and generally just handling them as one would handle a small mammal.

This got me wondering, how do you go about handling you're little ones?
I’ve only had the confidence to take Lennie out of my hands once, and he immediately dashed behind a mug and took up an S position (so I promptly picked him up and placed him back in his vivi).

Just looking for tips and weather it's just experience or knowing the nature of your snakes.

[guidofatherof5]

It's both.
My large radixes have been with me from birth so they know me also.
I find the more I handle them the calmer they are but my experience is with T.radix mostly.

Photos of the boom family? Do you mean my Bommerang?

[Nix]

aye i do =3, your boomerang always looks so calm and seems to pose for the camera.

guess i'll just have to keep at it then, give my lennie a bit more freedom each time

[guidofatherof5]

aye i do =3, your boomerang always looks so calm and seems to pose for the camera.

guess i'll just have to keep at it then, give my lennie a bit more freedom each time

Here's a link to the outcome of her breeding.
Start at post #33.

[guidofatherof5]

aye i do =3, your boomerang always looks so calm and seems to pose for the camera.

guess i'll just have to keep at it then, give my lennie a bit more freedom each time

Here's a link to the outcome of her breeding.
Start at post #33.

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gene...go-girl-4.html

[Jeff B]

I think handling confidence and trust come with time spent with a snake over an extended period of time as well, so that both you get to know the mannerisms of the snake and trust it as well as the snake gets comfortable with your mannerisms and movements and trusts you to not do them harm. We are after all about 500 times there mass. It would be the equivalent to a 90,000 pound alien picking me up, I would be a little unsure of the situation at first to say the least, I might even crap myself the way garters sometimes do, lol. This is just my oppinion and every snake and snake keeper is an individual, with a different set of variables and different learning curve and hense a different amount of time needed to get to the goal of the relative term "tame" or "handleable". Just keep working with and studying and learning about your snake. Some people say that you can't build a bond with a snake like you can a cat or dog, I believe they are wrong.

[guidofatherof5]

[QUOTE=Jeff B;160936] We are after all about 500 times there mass. It would be the equivalent to a 90,000 pound alien picking me up, I would be a little unsure of the situation at first to say the least, I might even crap myself the way garters sometimes do, lol.QUOTE]

Now that is funny. Thanks Jeff.
I'm still laughing, can't catch my brea...............________(flatline)

[d_virginiana]

You and your snake will eventually get used to each other Even though Houdini is very comfortable being handled, I've never been able to let him out of my hands... He's just so energetic and quick!
Have fun getting to know your little one better!

We are after all about 500 times there mass. It would be the equivalent to a 90,000 pound alien picking me up, I would be a little unsure of the situation at first to say the least, I might even crap myself the way garters sometimes do,

Hahaha.... Great comparison

[RedSidedSPR]

It took four months before my self-caught garter tamed up like that, but now he's cool with it.

Just work with him. Handle him often, but not everyday or he'll get stressed.

Hand feeding mine helped. It connected something good to my hands. When he is willing to come up to you and eat out of your hand, it kinda shows he's not scared of you.

Touching him without actually picking him up helps too. Stroking his side or whatever so he gets used to your hand.

Holding him just off the ground of his cage keeps him from freaking out.

Just doing anything to get him used to you is key. Interact with him everyday you can, but don't pick him up everyday unless he likes it or he'll get stressed and will temporarily "fear" you. Or at least be very nervous.

Lots more things to try, but those are some that helped me let my snake know I was friend.

Good luck

We are after all about 500 times there mass. It would be the equivalent to a 90,000 pound alien picking me up, I would be a little unsure of the situation at first to say the least, I might even crap myself the way garters sometimes do, lol.

Good comparison Love it.

[ConcinusMan]

I would be a little unsure of the situation at first to say the least, I might even crap myself

I think I just did. Shot beer out of my nose too.