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lyle26smith
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 17/05/2011 : 20:49:51
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| Hi everyone im a newbie kingsnake owner,recently got a baby grey banded and wondered how often and how long to handle him? currently handle 5 mins everyday,too much? too little? |
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Kehhlyr
The Resident Loon
United Kingdom
511 Posts |
Posted - 20/05/2011 : 00:06:27
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Sounds fine to me, you can gradually increase it as well or a couple times a day until the snake and you are more comfy with it.
Generally I find that mine get irritated with handling at variable times and it's easy to tell they just totally change how they are, in which case it's back into viv time. |
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Gmac
TKS Grumpy Scots Admin
United Kingdom
754 Posts |
Posted - 20/05/2011 : 08:43:37
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| Thats how we started out handling our young ones 5 mins at a time, ad from there just work it up gradually. |
9.6 Corns, 1.0 Bci, 2.1 Royals, 1.1 king snakes, 0.0.1 milksnake, 1.1 black rat snakes, 1.2 Beardies, 1.0 shovelface
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account deleted on request
United Kingdom
214 Posts |
Posted - 20/05/2011 : 11:39:10
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Hi, I did the same. Everytime I did a spot clean or water change I would hold the snake for a few mins so they got used to me.
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lyle26smith
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
6 Posts |
Posted - 20/05/2011 : 14:54:27
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thanks, |
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Pumpkin
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
41 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2011 : 12:00:22
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| Yeah iam having trouble handling my Tangerine milk snake every time a try to pick him up he is away.Iam going to ask my local reptile shop to comeround and give me some tips and advice on handling my snake caus at the moment i can't handle my snake he has never tried to bite me but he is so fast.Does any body have any tips or advice? |
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Kehhlyr
The Resident Loon
United Kingdom
511 Posts |
Posted - 28/05/2011 : 10:41:10
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Just keep carrying on.
My little hondo is the same, like greased lightening. He'll calm down with regular handling and become more tolerant of it. |
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Pumpkin
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
41 Posts |
Posted - 28/05/2011 : 17:26:47
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| Thanx Kehhlyr for the tip it's nice to hear that some one is the same boat.I think my problem is that i get so nervus becaus i don't wan't to hurt him, i have been told they don't get hurt easy there are quite hardy but i still worry. |
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account deleted on request
United Kingdom
214 Posts |
Posted - 28/05/2011 : 17:57:33
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Originally posted by Pumpkin
Thanx Kehhlyr for the tip it's nice to hear that some one is the same boat.I think my problem is that i get so nervus becaus i don't wan't to hurt him, i have been told they don't get hurt easy there are quite hardy but i still worry.
My hondo is the same, so fast and very skitish when being handled but Im just trying a few mins each day with him and already he's starting to calme down.
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Pumpkin
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
41 Posts |
Posted - 29/05/2011 : 20:34:57
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| I started running my finger tips down my hondo's back and just let him run trough my fingers at first he was very skitish after about 2mins he stopped bolting away everytime a touched him and he started to rap is tail around my wrist.I hope with in a couple of weeks he will start trusting me a bit more. |
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Katkin
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
30 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2011 : 22:52:30
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I bought one of those stone reptile hides that fits on the inside of the glass and has a cover on the outside of the glass held by magnets. Wasn't sure if Ssssid would use it but she snuck in on the first day and it is one of her fave hides.
It means I can view her without stressing her out but also is very handy when I want to pick her up because she doesn't shoot off when I turn the inner hide on it's side and she's got used to me gently picking her out of it.
I hold her inside the viv (mine is a top opening terrainium) for a few seconds and if she is going to wriggle and musk, that's usually when she does it, then she wraps herself around my wrist and seems quite content o be held outside the viv and to have a bit of a slither |
1 Pueblan Milk Snake; 1 African Mantis; several of it's locust lunch mates; various Stick Insects); 1 Doberman; several cats; and 5 fish |
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Pumpkin
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
41 Posts |
Posted - 16/06/2011 : 21:29:54
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| Yeah my milk snake is getting used of being handled, he has stop jumping everytime i come to give a little stroke and he has stopped musking everytime i go any where near him.When i have let run through my fingers he has just stopped and i have had his tail in my hand and he will be like for ever.Can i ask you where you bought that hide from caus i think it would do my snake a world of good. |
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Katkin
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
30 Posts |
Posted - 17/06/2011 : 23:08:04
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| Got mine off eBay, a fraction of the price think it was about £6.50 and I bought a few other bits so postage overall was less than a fiver. Will try to find a link |
1 Pueblan Milk Snake; 1 African Mantis; several of it's locust lunch mates; various Stick Insects); 1 Doberman; several cats; and 5 fish |
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Katkin
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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handling,how often?
