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[ConcinusMan]

Oh heck, it's not all that bad. Being in a tight and dark space like they are during shipping, actually helps them feel safe, and calms them. They're not like us. I do not believe that one unpleasant experience stays with them forever. They've likely completely forgotten about the shipping. Even if they haven't, they wouldn't blame the hand. They would become less trusting if they associated the hand with unpleasant experience. It takes more than once for that association to take hold. I don't really handle my snakes very much but when I do, they usually get fed too, and so, they associate the hand with feeding time, a pleasant experience. So, in spite of not much handling, most of them don't mind it one bit but it took time to develop the trust.

However, they are in a new environment with new smells. That can change their behavior until they grow accustom to the new surroundings and begin to feel comfortable. There is always an oddball or two that just don't like interacting with people and you can't force them to like it, they can only learn to tolerate it better. Still, snap is a female. I'm betting that she will become much calmer and tolerate handling better when she gets some more size on her. Concinnus' do that. Once they are big enough so that they are no longer on so many creatures' menu, they tend to be more confident and less flighty/nervous. My biggest girl (over 3.2 feet now) isn't scared of anything. She acts like she owns the world and is entitled to respect. I left the top of the tank open on purpose and she came out to explore. My pomeranians were in the room and she was curious of them and came right up to them to investigate!

[mustang]

ya snap learned quick....checker wont or ever has bit or musked me but he pooped a few times on my hand and never comes to my hand when i try to pick him up out of his cage...but hes stopped sprinting to get away....if he does get away its slowly and quietly...when im on the phone and he see's a window of oportunity.iv had him for about a year and 5 months now...i wish hed come to my hand but i doubt he ever will.....i think he accepts that when i pick him up, he's caught. and he has to wait a while before going back into the cage...but since i got a bed warmer i put him on a sheet of cage carpet on my bed and put a pillow (that has allready been warmed by matress) and he'll stay there for a long long time (i think he goes to sleep since his head was on the carpet and and he didnt bolt up when i removed the pillow....he came up all sluggish like i woke him up.)

[kibakiba]

Yeah, right. If you saw then when the box opened you wouldn't saw it made them feel safe. Just sayin'. Snap is most likely that oddball, or maybe she doesn't like Runt. Her and Runt get skittish around each other and they just recently started acting like that and now Runt freaks out when she sees or smells food. She's going to be moved into her own tank so she can feel safe. Maybe everyone will act better.

Robert, I didn't know that snakes had legs and could sprint... Mama likes sleeping on my bed also, my bed isnt warm but my whole bedroom stays around 70-88 degrees.

[ConcinusMan]

When you opened the box, all of the sudden, there was light from complete darkness. That frightens any snake, in shipping container or not.

[kibakiba]

It looked like they were freaking out before that and my room wasn't bright, I had been sleeping then they arrived and opened the box in my room... which had the lights OFF.

[mustang]

Yeah, right. If you saw then when the box opened you wouldn't saw it made them feel safe. Just sayin'. Snap is most likely that oddball, or maybe she doesn't like Runt. Her and Runt get skittish around each other and they just recently started acting like that and now Runt freaks out when she sees or smells food. She's going to be moved into her own tank so she can feel safe. Maybe everyone will act better.

Robert, I didn't know that snakes had legs and could sprint... Mama likes sleeping on my bed also, my bed isnt warm but my whole bedroom stays around 70-88 degrees.

sprints, leaps , goes very fast in a short elapse of time, you know what i mean

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, Amy (iowa albino) is all but blind. I think that all she sees is light/dark. Once, I was carrying him and walked into the kitchen which has bright overhead florescent light. He literally leaped out of my hand when we reached the light. That was long ago, but he just hates light.

If he's out and about (at night of course) in his tank and I flip on the overhead light, he leaps nearly straight up in the air. Pretty cool trick, being how he doesn't have legs. And when he lands, he gives his most impressive viper impression. Tramatizing for him, but so dang cool to see for me. I try not to do it to him but for some strange reason, when it does happen, seeing him leap and freak out always makes my day.

[kibakiba]

Lol, sounds like Snap when you wake her up. I simply touched her tail on accident when I was typing and she flew off my hand and onto my desk. Scared the poo out of me, it was unexpected and I thought she was going to hit the ground. Which could hurt her and it'd be a big risk if she did and moved because my chair wheel could easily smash her.

[mustang]

Yeah, Amy (iowa albino) is all but blind. I think that all she sees is light/dark. Once, I was carrying him and walked into the kitchen which has bright overhead florescent light. He literally leaped out of my hand when we reached the light. That was long ago, but he just hates light.

If he's out and about (at night of course) in his tank and I flip on the overhead light, he leaps nearly straight up in the air. Pretty cool trick, being how he doesn't have legs. And when he lands, he gives his most impressive viper impression. Tramatizing for him, but so dang cool to see for me. I try not to do it to him but for some strange reason, when it does happen, seeing him leap and freak out always makes my day.

parents love to screw with their kids

[kibakiba]

Not my mom. She likes to gross me out. Telling me about her friend who took her to a bar, kissing him and everything ... who she has "no" interest in. I really could care less what she does, I don't need to know about it.